General Meeting

May 1, 2000, 6:30 - 8:30 PM Sheraton BostonHampton A/B Room

Status of Pilot Courses

• ENCE 999A - students only– Course completed – Strict schedule– Univ. of Toronto - full grade– RPI - part of grade with a project

• ENCE 999 - students & professionals– Students finish this month– Most professionals may never finish!

Lessons Learned

• Students – work best on a strict schedule– good to incorporate a class project

• Professionals– Full semester course to much for most

• Testing is the hardest part

Feedback from pilot course

See the CITE web site athttp://www.citeconsortium.org/

comments.html

Evaluation

• Received feedback from:– Students– Professionals– Expert Evaluators

• Based on feedback received:– Editing tests – Making system changes

System Changes to be Made

- Quizzes: Show student’s answer and correct answer and add customized feedback

- Add Back, Next and/or Submit buttons to the bottom of each page

- Fix caching issue

- Add a general Help component

- Open a new browser for links

• Add “structure” to Course/Module Map

Course Availability to Universities

• Option 1 - Free– CITE will host the course on its server. – Universities will be given the URL for all the modules.– CITE will provide a file with all the exam questions.– No support will be given by CITE for course delivery.

• Option 2 - Fee of $4,800– CITE will set up the course and schedule – CITE will coordinate with students on the use of

WebCT– CITE will monitor the course and answer questions

– CITE will provide university with final grades

Availability for Professionals

• CITE will offer in Fall and Spring• Cost is $950• Students receive CEU’s instead of

college credit• CITE will provide a list on web site of

universities offering the course for credit

Next Steps

• Finalizing modules

• Major marketing campaign

• Develop a list of universities planning to offer the course

Training Courses

• Offering all Fundamentals course modules as their own separate course

• All available in June

• Priced based on length of course

• Plan to do major marketing

Courses Available & Fees

• Fundamentals of ITS and Traffic Management ($950)

• Introduction to Intelligent Transportation Systems ($60)

• Traffic Flow Theory as Applied to ITS ($275)

• Introduction to Telecommunications Technology ($275)

• Introduction to Information Technology ($400)

• Interoperability: ITS System Architecture and Standards ($275)

• Transportation Management ($225)

• The Tools of ATMS ($275)

• Incident Management and Emergency Management ($275)

• Corridor Management ($400)

• Dynamic Route Guidance and In-vehicle Systems ($275)

• Traffic Signal Systems Fundamentals ($275)

• Systems Integration ($350)

ITS America

• Agreement

• Learning Hall

– Wednesday, 10:30 - 4:00 PM

• World Congress

– Paper Accepted

– CITE Meeting

What is the CITE Clearinghouse?

• An on-line database for transportation professionals.

• Contains information on courses in three disciplines:

• Civil Engineering (CE)• Industrial & Systems Engineering

(ISE)• Public Administration & Policy

(PAP)

How to Search for Courses

• Course-Based Search:1. Discipline (CE, ISE, or PAP)2. Types of Courses within Discipline

• Geographic Search:1. Nation as a Whole2. Geographic Region

• Type of Course:1. Full-semester2. Distance Learning3. Short-Courses/Executive

Development

Goals for the Clearinghouse

• “One stop shop” for educational & training resources;

• Satisfy transportation professionals’ needs for interdisciplinary information;

• Provide individuals with options for how to search for courses.

What Researchers Have Done

• Identified ITS courses throughout the United States;

• Identified over 300 courses in PAP, CE, and ISE from Maine to Georgia;

• Gathered information on these courses & keyed in to a database;

• Developed a prototype webpage.

Where We’re Headed

• Improve the design and presentation of the prototype webpage;

• Gather information on PAP, ISE, and CE courses throughout the United States, not just from Maine to Georgia;

• Add a series of discussion forums on topics in transportation;

• Develop an on-line shopping service for educational & training resources.

Future Projects

• ITS Applications and Management

(second full semester course)

• Introduction to the National ITS Architecture

• Systems Integration