Distance Technology Transfer Course Content Development

The Illinois Department of Transportation (IDOT) offers multiple technology transfer courses for engineering, project design, and safety training for state and local agency personnel. These courses are often essential to the agency mission. Because of resource constraints, IDOT has been limited in its ability to deliver courses to statewide participants in a timely, standardized, and cost-effective manner. With telecommunications advances and electronic course delivery technologies, universities have developed and implemented multiple methods to effectively deliver highly technical content online to a diverse population of students. Distance course delivery allows individuals to complete courses from almost any geographic location, enabling cost efficiencies and flexible scheduling. The objective of this research was to investigate the efficacy of the development and implementation of online course content for several high-benefit IDOT technology transfer training courses and short courses. This research project assessed learning management system (LMS) options and investigated multiple online methods to deliver course content incorporating Department knowledge and expertise. In addition, this research produced a summary of findings with recommendations for future electronic technology transfer course development efforts at IDOT.

• Record URL:
  http://hdl.handle.net/2142/45754
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• Corporate Authors:

  University of Illinois, Springfield

  One University Plaza
  Springfield, IL  United States  62703-5407

  University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign

  Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering
  205 North Mathews Avenue
  Urbana, IL  United States  61801-2352

  Illinois Department of Transportation

  Bureau of Materials and Physical Research
  126 East Ash Street
  Springfield, IL  United States  62704-4766

  Federal Highway Administration

  1200 New Jersey Avenue, SE
  Washington, DC  United States  20590
• Authors:
  • Hall, James P
  • Buttlar, William G
  • Burke III, Kevin
• Publication Date: 2013-6

Language

• English

Media Info

• Media Type: Digital/other
• Features: Appendices; Figures; Photos;
• Pagination: 34p

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Distance learning; Technology transfer
• Uncontrolled Terms: Online training; Training courses
• Subject Areas: Education and Training; Highways; I10: Economics and Administration;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 01487869
• Record Type: Publication
• Report/Paper Numbers: FHWA-ICT-13-008, UILU-ENG-2013-2020
• Contract Numbers: R27-73
• Files: TRIS, ATRI, USDOT, STATEDOT
• Created Date: Jul 19 2013 11:20AM