Digital dissemination platform of transportation engineering education materials founded in adoption research : [summary].

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• Creators:
  Perkins, Robert A.
• Corporate Creators:
  Alaska University Transportation Center ; Alaska. Dept. of Transportation. Research, Development, and Technology Transfer
• Corporate Contributors:
  United States. Federal Highway Administration
• Subject/TRT Terms:
  • Information dissemination
  • Transportation engineering
  • Curricula
  • Education and training
  • Training programs
  • Education and training methods
• Publication/ Report Number:
  FHWA-AK-RD-14-04 ; INE/AUTC 14.05
• Resource Type:
  Brief
• Geographical Coverage:
  Alaska
• Corporate Publisher:
  Alaska. Dept. of Transportation and Public Facilities
• Abstract:
  National interest abounds in improving engineering education in the US. This interest stems from low performance on concept inventories (P.S. Steif, Dollar, & Dantzler, ; 2005; Paul S Steif & Hansen, 2006) concerns over the role of the US as a national economic leader (The National Academies, 2006), evidence of best practices in ; curriculum development and pedagogy, and a sense that we can just do things better. These concerns have led to the development of an abundance of materials and ; methods that are based on effective methods of development and/or been shown to be effective on student learning and other important educational outcomes. ; While progress has been made in improving courses and curriculum, it is greatly hindered by inefficiencies associated with duplicating development efforts. For example, ; there are approximately 200 introductions to transportation engineering courses taught annually in the US and little evidence of sharing of materials (other than textbooks) ; in these courses. More knowledge is needed on how and why faculty and teachers adopt curriculum. Where do they go for resources when developing a new course or ; revising an old course? How do they make adoption decisions when they find curriculum? In what forms can dissemination venues (such as websites) take to optimize ; adoption? How can higher education and workforce development curriculum be shared efficiently? This project will begin to answer these important questions through an ; investigation of how faculty adopt curriculum when developing a new course or revising an existing course and using this knowledge to develop an architecture and ; sustainable plan for a web-based dissemination venue. In parallel with this work, faculty from University of Alaska, Fairbanks will develop and test courses focused on ; working professionals. We will monitor this course development process to add to our knowledge base for repository development.
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• Format:
  PDF
• Funding:
  T2-12-20
• Download URL:
  https://rosap.ntl.bts.gov/view/dot/27356/dot_27356_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 362.43 KB]
• Collection(s):
  University Transportation Centers ; US Transportation Collection
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha256:73152eea5c0951c1c7a09854637e63018f3adf5d1d5bd103287e232c7a3f7af4