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National
Highway Institute
Home Page: www.nhi.fhwa.dot.gov
National Highway
Institute Instructor Conference To Be Held Oct. 18-20, 2000
In an effort to recognize the vital part that instructors play in the training
process, the first National Highway Institute (NHI) Instructor Conference will
be held October 18-20, 2000. This will serve as a forum for open communication
and exchange of information that will help all of NHI’s instructors better serve
the training needs of the transportation community. The conference will be held
at the Cheyenne Mountain Conference Center in Colorado Springs, Colo.
The audience will be contractors, subcontractors, and FHWA staff who are actively
involved in the development and delivery of NHI training programs. The conference
will include interactive workshop sessions for instructors to refine their skills
in instructional design and delivery. Some workshop topics include "How to Effectively
Use Visual Learning Tools" and "How to Take Instructor-Centered Materials and
Present It in a Learning-Centered Classroom," among others. This is also a forum
for soliciting ideas about ways to improve NHI and provide information about
changes taking place within the training community.
Jim Bagnola, a leadership expert, will speak at the conference. Bagnola is
a senior partner with The Leadership Group, an organization dedicated to transforming
cultures from a "do as you are told" environment to a "do whatever it takes"
mindset. Donald Kirkpatrick, an internationally recognized expert on evaluating
training effectiveness and the author of Evaluating Training Programs: The Four
Levels, will discuss the four levels of evaluation. Karen Medsker, chair of
the Human Resources Department of the School of Business at Marymount University,
will speak on instructional system design.
For more information on the conference, contact Larry Jones at (703) 235-0523
or larry.jones@fhwa.dot.gov.
Software Procurement
Course Offered
Software Procurement (#13620) is a new one-day workshop targeted at changing
the way state project managers and procurement officials approach the funding
of ITS projects. This course is aimed at eliminating the "normal" low-bid approach
to ITS procurement.
Software Procurement will examine the differences in requirements for procurement
from construction and from ITS, will look at local barriers to ITS procurement
needs, and will determine what options best meet local needs.
The target audience for this course is state highway agencies, FHWA divisions,
and local transportation agencies. This course is free of charge until October
1, 2001. For more information, contact Eloise Freeman at (703) 235-0553 or eloise.freeman@fhwa.dot.gov.
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TxDOT's Efforts to Increase Use of Recycled Materials
How NCDOT is Building a Recycling Culture
National Transportation Week
Geosynthetic Reinforced Soil Structures
Scanning Europe: Recycled Materials in Highway Construction
Managing Change in FHWA
Highways and Bridges on the Brink of the New Century
The National IVI Meeting
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