ADTSEA On-Line Driver
Education Program
Presented By:
Brett Robinson
ADTSEA Executive Director
Vice President, Highway Safety
Services, LLC
Bobby Duque
Driver Education
Instructor
Castle High School
Richard Salboro
Driver Education
Instructor
Waianae High School
American Driver & Traffic Safety Education Association

Presentation Topics
• Myths and facts of on-line driver education
• Background of on-line driver education
• Overview of ADTSEA’s program
• What the instructor can do
• Student enrollment
• Tracking your class and students
• Instructor training
• Costs
• State approval
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On-Line Driver Education
• Myth – On-line training will take my job away.
• Fact – On-line training will create more of a demand for driver education and will be more accessible to students. The number of students enrolling in BTW will increase.
• Fact – Class sizes can be larger than traditional classroom sizes.
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On-Line Driver Education
• Fact – On-line training can be used to augment classroom training.
• Fact – Key content areas such as visual search, decision making, alcohol and other drugs, etc. can still be taught in the classroom.
• Fact – Teachers can then spend more time with in-car training and can provide more remedial training.
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On-Line Driver Education
• Myth – On-line training is too expensive.
• Fact – The ADTSEA Moodle course costs
$10 per instructor key and $10 per student.
• Myth – On-line training is too complex.
• Fact – On-line training is very easy to administer and successfully monitor students via Moodle. Easy to use graphics and internet links to enhance training.
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On-Line Driver Education
• Reality – On-line training is the delivery method of today, not the future.
• Reality – The younger generation is technical in their capabilities while we are not. On-line training (Moodle) can be taken on a hand-held smartphone.
• Reality – On-line training provides accessibility and flexibility for students.
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On-Line Driver Education
• Reality – The Driver Education Community must engage on-line training now if driver education is to be successful.
• Reality – If we do not engage on-line training, driver education will fall behind and will become a “thing-of-the-past”.
• Reality – The ADTSEA Moodle on-line training program will help us to succeed.
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Background of On-Line Driver
Education
• Has become a major tool for educators the past five years.
• Variety of on-line driver education programs that have been developed by commercial companies.
• In most cases they have used material that has been developed by ADTSEA.
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Background of On-Line Driver
Education
• Due to interest and demand for quality driver education, ADTSEA developed the
2.0 Curriculum DVD to assist teachers in providing a quality driver education program.
• To meet the need for on-line driver education, ADTSEA has taken the next step by providing the curriculum in an on-line version.
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ADTSEA On-Line Driver
Education Program
• Designed to provide the student with the basic knowledge necessary to operate an automobile.
• Features the same classroom unit lesson plans and quizzes contained within the
ADTSEA 2.0 Curriculum.
• Designed to supplement classroom, skill and behind-the-wheel training.
• Developed using software program Moodle.
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ADTSEA Classroom
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Instructor’s View
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Overview of Course
• Each unit is designed with content, assignments, discussion boards and quizzes.
• In some content files there are videos.
• Videos support the content and can be viewed as many times as needed.
• High speed connection is recommended.
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What the Instructor Can Do
• The instructor:
– Is assigned a username and password to gain access to the course
– Can tailor the course to meet their state’s needs.
– Can decide the timeframe of the course, amount of time given to the students to complete a unit or quiz, the layout, and order of the units
– Can edit or add additional content
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What the Instructor Can Do
• Within a course the instructor can:
– Add an activity
– Create assignments
– Schedule a chat
– Create and post to a forum
– Develop a glossary
– Develop a lesson plan and quizzes
– Develop a survey
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Add an Activity
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Edit Content
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Insert or Edit a Quiz
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What the Instructor Can Do
• The instructor can add additional resources to the course including:
– Inserting a label
– Composing a text page
– Composing a web page
– Linking to a file or web page
– Displaying a directory
– Adding an IMS content packge
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Add a Resource
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What the Instructor Can Do
• The instructor can also import the following to enhance the course:
– PDF files
– Word documents
– PowerPoint slides
– Pictures
– Images
– Etc.
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Insert an Image
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Student Enrollment
• Once students are enrolled in the course they will be required to read content pages online, as well as specific chapters from the Drive Right Text (Drive Right: You are the Driver, 10 th edition) as they proceed through the units.
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Student Enrollment
• The student will be required to complete assignments and quizzes and must be submitted according to the completion date.
• Quizzes are scored as the student answers each question.
• The instructor will be provided with a grade sheet after students have completed the quizzes.
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Student’s View
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Unit Content
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Unit Quiz
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Tracking Your Class and
Students
• The instructor can track their class and students, including:
– When students last accessed the course.
– Profile information about the students.
– Activity reports on what students have completed.
• The instructor can also add and send messages and notes to students.
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Tracking Your Class
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Tracking Your Students
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On-Line Instructor Training
• Provided on-line to members of ADTSEA and is free of charge.
• As part of the training you will complete the ADTSEA course by reading the content and completing quizzes as student would.
• At the end of the course, you will complete additional units, which give you guidance on how to use the course as an instructor.
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On-Line Instructor Training
• Training is self-paced and you can complete it on your own time.
• Training support is provided through
ADTSEA, as needed.
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Two Day Instructor Training
Course
• Also provide a two day instructor training course, which can be conducted at your facility.
• Cost of the course is $3,200 plus travel expenses.
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Costs for ADTSEA On-Line
Driver Education
• The instructor must be a current member of
ADTSEA (starting at $50).
• There is a $10 instructor code fee for each instructor of the course.
• Each student must pay $10 to enroll in the course for a maximum of 25 students per course.
• You can have multiple courses at the same time.
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State Approval
• ADTSEA will work with you to get approval from your state to use ADTSEA’s On-Line
Driver Education Program.
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To Sign-Up
• Contact:
Christie Falgione
724-349-SAFE (7233) christie@adtsea.org
or Brett Robinson
724-349-SAFE (7233) brett@adtsea.org
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Questions
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