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FHWA Knowledge Sharing

     
In the interest of capturing and preserving its institutional knowledge, FHWA has instituted a series of online presentations called "Knowledge On-Demand." These multimedia presentations are self-contained packages that combine textual, audio, and video elements to create the learning experience of attending a presentation you can experience from the comfort of your own computer chair. Many of these presentations are designed by and presented by FHWA employees.

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Technical Topics

Technical Topics provides solutions to technical problems, promotes the implementation of new technologies, and shares successful practices.
 
Presentation Title Presenter Description
Strategic Highway Safety Plans Rudy Umbs, Chief Highway Safety Engineer Umbs discusses the characteristics of successful Strategic Highway Safety Plans and the approaches necessary for full implementation.
Strategic Highway Safety Plans, Part 2: Business of Saving Lives Rudy Umbs, Chief Highway Safety Engineer Umbs builds upon the presentation entitled, “Strategic Highway Safety Plans.” Umbs shares a template for developing Strategic Highway Safety Plans.
Highway Safety: It's a Team Effort Rudy Umbs, Chief Highway Safety Engineer Umbs discusses the need for collaboration in addressing the Highway Safety problem. Umbs cites the need for cooperation from across all sectors in addressing this nationwide issue.
Traffic Monitoring and Pavement Design Programs Harshad Desai, P.E. Desai introduces the Traffic Monitoring Program and explains how the outputs of the Program serve or will evolve to better serve the needs of the pavement design engineer.
HPMS and Traffic Data Harshad Desai, P.E. Desai provides general background information on the Traffic and HPMS Programs for those who may not have been exposed to one or the other program.
Self-consolidating Concrete Myint Lwin Lwin discusses the development and uses of Self-Consolidating/Self-Compacting Concrete, highlighting its advantages and variety of applications.
Self-consolidating Concrete, Part 2 Myint Lwin Lwin adds to his presentation on Self-Consolidating Concrete, with a focus on current research, guidelines and specifications.

Knowledge Sharing Tools

Knowledge Sharing Tools provides instructions in how to use the tools employed to share the knowledge related to the Technical Topics and the Federal-Aid Program such as Web conferencing, Web based training and Communities of Practices.

 
Presentation Title Category Description
So Many Choices - Choosing the Right Tool Online Learning Highlights many of the distance collaboration and learning tools available for use by FHWA.
Web Conference Training 101 Web Conferencing Gives a high-level overview of Web conferencing as a tool for remote collaboration and distance learning.
Tips for Web Conference Participation
 Web Conferencing Covers Web conference etiquette and explains how participants use the interactive features of the FHWA Web conferencing tool.
Upload my PowerPoint files (in the Share Pod) Web Conferencing Display slides to support a presentation.
Customize my Presentation (create layouts and organize pods) Web Conferencing Use mutliple areas of a meeting room (e.g., one layout for each presenter).
Share a view of my desktop (in the Share Pod)
Web Conferencing Allow meeting attendees to see your desktop or an application on your computer.
Manage my attendees (in the Attendee List Pod) Web Conferencing See a list of meeting attendees; view status icons.
Ask and answer questions (in the Chat Pod) Web Conferencing Manage written questions, comments, and answers.
Make documents available for download (in the File Share Pod) Web Conferencing Upload documents that attendees can download.
Take notes (in the Note Pod) Web Conferencing Capture meeting notes, action items, or brainstormed ideas.
Conduct a survey (in the Poll Pod) Web Conferencing Create multiple choice and multiple answer questions.
Make notations on a white board or slide (using the Whiteboard Overlay) Web Conferencing Add notations to a blank screen or PowerPoint slide.
Retrieve reports Web Conferencing Retrieve a list of attendees and results of polling questions.
Web-based Training 101 Web-based Training Gives a high-level overview of FHWA's Web-based Training development tool, which is based in PowerPoint.
Six Tips for Converting Slides to Online Learning Web-based Training Presents users of FHWA's Web-based Training development tool with six tips for organizing content in PowerPoint and creating visual, interactive presentations or training modules.

Field Engineers Conference

These presentations are adapted from the National Field Engineers Conference, March 4-9, 2007.

Presentation Title   Original Presentation by
Construction Inspection and Emerging Technology: GPS Technology in Construction   Jeff Lewis, Douglas Townes, Amy Scales, Kevin Moody, and Chris Newman
Change Orders, Claims, and Dispute Resolution   Rob Elliott, Steve Mills, and Jenny Balis

This page last updated 4/1/2008 8:49:42 PM
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