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Green Defensive Driving Course Online

• A Presentation to the
• National Conference on Safety
• May 5, 2003

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What Is It?

• Green Defensive Driving
• is an exciting new bilingual
• Web-based learning experience
• that aims to help you become
• a safer and greener driver
• www.solutions.ca/gddc-cep

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Presentation Overview

• Project history
• What is e-Learning?
• What are the advantages of e-Learning?
• Course tour
• Fun with Flash a demonstration of some of the
  tools in the Green Defensive Driving Course

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Project History

• In a response to market demand, Innovative
  Management Solutions Inc. developed this course
  in co-operation with the Canada Safety Council
• It meets the needs of organizations that want to
  have safer drivers
• It also meets the needs of organizations that
  want to have more environmentally responsible
  drivers
• Everybody wins!!

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What is e-Learning?

• It is
• the latest training industry buzzword
• a philosophy of adult education that recognizes
  that all forms of learning have a part in a
  modern organization
• the use of computers and connectivity to maximum
  benefit, while still providing for human
  interaction
• not just CD ROM or computer based training (CBT)

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Advantages of e-Learning

• There are many reasons to go online
• Self-Paced Instruction students proceed at
  their own pace, but everyone is tested the same
  way
• Access e-Learning is accessible 24/7 via the
  Internet
• User Tracking students see their progress as
  all information is tracked
• Reduced Costs it costs less than classroom
  training regardless of student location
• Review and Reinforcement an excellent resource
  tool after completion

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Course Tour

• We believe that good e-Learning consists of three
  components
• a support Web site
• a knowledge bank
• online course(s)
• Each section of the learning portal connects to
  the other sections

Online Course
Support Web Site
Knowledge Bank
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Components of the Learning Portal

• The support Web site contains the material that
  Web users typically look for in a site including
• resources
• glossary
• links
• contact information
• help

SupportWeb Site
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Support Web Site
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Components of the Learning Portal

• The knowledge bank is a resource management tool
  that stores information including
• tip sheets
• quick reference tools
• checklists
• It can be accessed before, during and after the
  course

Knowledge Bank
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The Green Driver Knowledge Bank
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Components of the Learning Portal

• Course Modules in Online Course
• Mandatory
• Module 1 Principles and Foundations
• Module 2 Intersections
• Module 3 The Driver
• Module 4 Passing
• Module 5 Aggressive Driving
• Module 6 Green Driving
• Supplementary
• Module 7 More Defensive Driving Tips
• Module 8 Winter Driving

Online Course
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Students can access the course from the IMS Inc.
learning portal
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Students choose their language of instruction
Each learning portal has a custom look and feel.
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Students log in using an assigned username and
password
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Course access page tracks student progress
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Each module begins with an introduction by the
instructor including the module objectives
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Information pages including Did You Know? tips
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Flash Demonstrations - Passing
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Flash Collision Scene
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Solution to Collision Scene
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Flash Interactive Demos
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Interactive Roll-overs
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Each mandatory module concludes with a five
question review quiz
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Students must achieve 80 or better on the final
quiz to receive certification from the Canada
Safety Council
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Flash Demo

• Demonstration of Flash interactivity in the Green
  Defensive Driving Course
• Developed using Macromedia Flash MX

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Contact Information

• Darlene Monkman
• Communications and Education Consultant
• Innovative Management Solutions Inc.
• darlene_at_solutions.ca
• 350 Sparks Street, Suite 309
• Ottawa, Ontario K1R 7S8
• T 613 567-1877
• F 613 567-0577
• I http//www.solutions.ca
• Thank you for your time and interest!