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https://doi.org/10.3141/1896-01

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Advances in technology, more retirements, and less-experienced personnel have increased demand for training within the pavement industry. Traditionally, training demand has been met by classroom short courses. Although many are excellent, these courses can take substantial time to develop and deliver, and they have trouble reaching everyone who needs or desires training. The term self-directed learning (SDL) refers to learning and teaching methods that rely on the direction and guidance of the learner. Examples are distance learning and learning from computers or television. When combined with short courses, SDL offers the potential to extend training outreach and improve the quality and productivity of instructor-student contact hours within short courses. The "Pavement Guide" was developed to investigate the feasibility and effectiveness of SDL tools for use in pavement training. "Pavement Guide" refers to the generic concept of a computer-based multimedia CD-ROM training tool that provides general and detailed pavement knowledge. This concept has been used to produce several customized "Pavement Guide" versions, the largest of which consists of 275 web pages, 2,500 images, 50 animations, 14 videos, and 11,000 hyperlinks, all of which can be delivered on one CD-ROM. On the basis of early student surveys, initial reaction to the "Pavement Guide" concept has been good, which indicates that development of such SDL products is a viable field into which pavement training should expand. The Washington State Department of Transportation (WSDOT) version, the "Pavement Guide Interactive," is available for viewing at hotmix.ce.washington.edu/wsdot_web/WSDOT_intro.htm.

This paper appears in Transportation Research Record No. 1896, Pavement Design and Accelerated Testing 2004.

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CD-ROM; Computer aided instruction; Distance learning; Education and training; Multimedia; Pavement design

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Administration and Management; Design; Education and Training; Highways; Pavements; I10: Economics and Administration; I22: Design of Pavements, Railways and Guideways

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