Online Driver Education

My goal here is to look at Distance Education

ECU’s Driver Education online

• I have been online for 10 years

• Did you know? 16% of those stopped in road blocks have drugs in their system?

• We are changing impairments in the US.

• The brain can take in information 15 times faster than someone can talk?

6,000,000 ACCIDENTS EACH YEAR in the US.

There are 1 billion vehicles on the road in the world

That number will be 2 billion in 10 years.

1.2 million people will die this year in traffic accidents

Traffic in India

Back to online issues

Advantages of Online instruction

• Cost savings

• Convenience

• Time savings

• Location

• Better structured instruction

But what is our goal?

• Make instruction available?

• Pass/licensure?

• Is online instruction as good?

• No

You take the teacher out of the equation

• Good teachers get good results. JC Rivers

• Technology boring students. The Chronicle of Higher Education. July 21, 2009

• Face to face better. Herbert J. Walberg

• Walberg lists several components, like clearly identified academic standards, direct teaching, and encouraging increased parental involvement, that when used together, improve learning.

Herbert J. Walberg

Does the delivery of classroom material suffer online?

• Who wrote the curriculum?

• Is the material outdated, etc?

• Is the curriculum better?

• What are the kids learning?

• Are they prepared for the BTW?

FYI, online cheaters

• We are a nation of law breakers

• 75-80% of students report they cheat

• 50% see nothing wrong with it

• 95% say they have never been caught

• Using ethics to prevent?

• Make it harder to cheat

Online instruction is only as good as the STUDENT wants it to be

What do we really want here?

• License or permit. Everyone gets one• Let the parents teach them?• Save money?• Postpone driving? • Age 17?• Age 18?• How about age 25?• Better prepared drivers?

What are we doing?

• Many states have gone to online delivery of Driver Education

Which states?

• California• Virginia• Texas• Colorado • Georgia• Minnesota• Nevada• Oklahoma• Nebraska• Utah• Others?

California • • Student Login | 24/7 Support• • • • • • •

• Approved by California DMVNo Classrooms, No boring LecturesStudy on Your Own Schedule

• • • California Driver Education is now available online! Offered by NDSS (National Driver Safety

Services) and certified and approved by the California State DMV, our online California Drivers Education course is specifically designed for teen seeking to get their California learners permit without spending their weekends in a class listening to lectures and reading text books.

• • You'll also benefit from one of our main features that have made this California Driver Ed online

course, distinct from others drivers ed courses - our free 50-question DMV California driver permit practice tests that enables you to generate realistic DMV test over and over again. This free test ensures great chance of success when taking your California Learners Permit test.

• • Our hassle free approach to our California Online Drivers Education course gives you the peace of

mind that should anything happens and you are not completely satisfied, you'll be entitled to ALL your money back - 100%. Just be sure to ask for your refund BEFORE you take the final test and no later than 30 days after you signed up.

Texas DE•

•   • Start today and get a FREE 50-Question

Permit Practice Tests!•  • Get Your Permit and Get Down The Road To Freedom• Convenient. Simple to Follow. The Complete Parent-Taught Solution for Drivers Ed!• Fits in with your busy schedule • Designed to make sure you pass your permit test • Uses short, concise chapters • Easy-to-read and understand lessons • Cool animations • Best of all – It’s Fun To Do!!!!  •

Try us for free and see what you think!•

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Virginia • Welcome to the VADETS Online Driver Education Course! We look forward to

contributing to your driving success and keeping you collision free! Experienced Virginia driver education teachers designed this course and welcome any suggestions you may have to improve this learning experience.

During this course, you will have the opportunity to explore a variety of driving situations and learn how to minimize driving risks by effectively managing visibility, time, space, and available tire traction.

As you know, driving is an essential life skill; and you, as a good driver, can contribute positively to the driving world. This course allows you to work at your own pace to gain a solid understanding of the essential traffic safety concepts. The only thing standing between you and success is effort.

At the end of each topic, there is a quiz to check your level of understanding, and a test at the end of the module to see if you have the proficiency to move on to the next module. On the test, you must answer at least 85% of the questions correctly before proceeding to the next module.

• To assist in your studies, there is a student workbook. The workbook should be completed online as you study each topic. Save the workbook to your desktop each time you work on it.  At the end of each module, there will be a command on your course menu to upload the workbook. This workbook is a course requirement and must be completed.

Va continued• A Virginia driver education teacher will review your work and answer any questions or help clear

up any concepts you do not understand. You may communicate with your teacher through the message center.

If you have any questions or require help during your course studies, use the "Contact your teacher" option provided in your message menu to notify your teacher, this feature will automatically alert your teacher that you require his/her assistance.

• To increase accountability, the final examination must be monitored. The exam monitoring form is posted at the top of your course menu.

When you complete the course, your teacher will review your work and you will receive a classroom completion certificate (DEC-1) by US mail if all work is satisfactory. You will be notified if any of your work needs to be redone. This certificate will allow you to enroll in a public, private or commercial school behind-the-wheel driver education program.

To be eligible for a 180-day temporary license, you will not only need to successfully complete this course but you will also have to:

• - complete an in-car course and pass a road skills evaluation;- be at least 16 years and 3 months old;- hold your learner's permit for 9 months; and- drive 45 hours with a parent or guardian (15 of which must be after sunset).

How should we deal with it?

The seven steps of Marzano’s Dimensions of Learning:

• Knowledge. Information or facts• Organizing. Comparing, classifying, orderings or

representing.• Applying. Demonstration prior knowledge within

a new situation.• Analyzing. Indentifying: Relationships, main

ideas, clarifying, errors or fallacies and correcting them.

• Generating. Inferring, predicting, elaborating.• Integrating. Summarizing, restructuring. • Evaluating. Establishing criteria, verifying.

I worry we are regressing

• The 21st Century skills

• Online instruction is a compromise at best

• The new 3 Rs– Rigor, Relevance, Relationships

Contact me

• Goggle ECU driver education