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Ford Driving Skills for Life

Investigator: Brandon [email protected]

Practice Title and Abstract

Ford Driving Skills for Life (FDSL)

ThisE-Learningtool is designed to useactive learningto instruct and train teenagers, beyond

standard driver education programs, on the skills needed to become safer drivers, with the hopes

of reducing teen deaths caused by auto accidents.

Subject Area and Population

Ford Driving Skills for Life is primarily designed for newly licensed teens in the United States,but anyone can use it, including parents and educators.

Description of Best Practice

Designed by the Ford Motor Company Fund, theGovernors Highway Safety Association, and a

panel of safety experts in 2003, the

goal ofFDSL is to reduce thenumber one killer of teens in the

United States, auto accidents. Their

belief is that because of

inexperience, many teens lack theskills and knowledge required to be

safe drivers (1). The medium in

which FDSL tries to mosteffectively reach their audience isthrough an E-Learning website,

www.drivingskillsforlife.com .

From the website anyone can
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access FDSLs tools for free. Within the website there are specially designed areas for students,

educators, and parents, so the user can quickly find the tool that will be most effective for their

needs.

Registration is required to

access most of the

websites tools, but the

registration process issimple. You are asked to

fill out a short form which

asks for your name, age,and occupied state, and

then all you need is a valid

email address and the

creation of a unique

password and username.

Background

The first order problem addressed by FDSL is that most newly, licensed teens are notexperienced enough to be safe drivers. In order to be a good driver you need to have more than

just knowledge of the rules of drivingyou need experience.Statistics demonstrate that teen

involvement in crashes declines considerably as young drivers gain experience.

Furthermore, the distractions

drivers face today are more

numerous than they have everbeen, and only experience and

driver education can help

reduce the risk of these

distractions.

The second-order problem

addressed by FDSL is that

standard driver education isntenough to properly educate

new drivers about driver

safety; nor is it enough to

adequately give teen driversthe experience they need

behind the wheel to start

driving as safely as they

potentially could. Additionally, teenagers who take drivers education are usually around the ageof 14 or 15, and they take the course through their secondary school. The classroom setting

usually involves 50+ students who are listening to one drivers education teacher speak while

using outdated videos as a teaching aide. This is simply not an effective way to teach teenagers.
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Conceptual Framework

FDSLs website uses two methods to improve teens driving in what they believe are the four

areas that are the most significant factors in more than 60% of vehicle crasheshazard

recognition, vehicle handling, speed management, and space management. The first method uses

study modules that teach through short, easy to read passages of text, accompanied by shortanimated videos with commentary that help back up the information in the text through visual

representationsthese representations give the learner the visual experience of dealing with

obstacles whiledriving, therefore

increasing

experience. The

informationlearned in this

first method is

reinforced using

an assessmentinthe form of a

quiz at the end ofthe learning

modules.

The second

method is the use

of twointeractive games to reinforce information learned during the study modules. The first game is a

memory game that helps increase concentration stamina levels and reinforces some rules of

driving. The second game is a highway driving game that usescontextualized learningwhere

score is assessed based on how well, or poorly, the player obeys the speed limit, changes lanes,

and merges on and off the highway.

Technology and

Management Plan

The presentation of FDSL needs to attractteen drivers and keep them engaged, as well

as be accessible and navigable to parents andeducators. The latter is accomplished by

making a website that can easily be foundusing a common search engine, such as

Google. Once a parent or educator accesses

the website they simply need to create an

account using a valid email address. Fromthere they can view tips for educators and

parents, a Best Practices Guide, and videos

that feature professional stunt drivers giving

Animated Video Screenshot

Click the Link Above to View Clip
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safe driving tips. These videos can be viewed in-site with a flash player or downloaded and

played using Windows Media Player.

On the students end ofFDSL the technology

includes flash games, the same type of video

Safety Tips as shown above, and animatedvideo. These are effective tools because they

teach throughexperimental learning. Thegames are used to help enforce lessons

learned and increase concentration stamina.

The lessons are learned through fun and

entertaining modules.

Critical Assessment of the

Project

Overall I believe Ford Driving Skills for Life can be extremely effective in helping new, teendrivers become safer on the road. Being easily accessible on the web and the ease of creating an

account for the site make it more likely that teens will use it. The interactive games and thepresentation of the informational text are really driven home by the accompanying animated

videos. Additionally, I think this would be a great tool for drivers education teachers or parents

who have access to computers with internet. All they would have to do is direct their student or

child to the site and monitor their progress in whatever way they want.

With as effective as the FDSL site can be, I do see some room for improvement. First of all,there is no plausible way to see the effectiveness of the site. How do its creators know FDSL

works? How do they monitor progress? Yes, there is a quiz at the end of the learning units, but

that is the only form of assessment. Also, aside from being assigned to complete learningmodules by driving instructors or parents, what would motivate teens to use site? Yes, the games

can be fun, entertaining and educational, but what is in place to keep the kids interested and

motivated?

Thematically-Related Web Links

Governors Highway Safety Associationo http://www.ghsa.org/

Saving Teenage Liveso http://www.nhtsa.gov/people/injury/newdriver/saveteens/sect1.html

Keys to DriveThe AAA Guide to Teen Driver Safetyo http://teendriving.aaa.com/NC/

Teen Driving Course (Pay Site)o http://www.teendrivingcourse.com/

Conceptually Related Web Links

E-Learning

Highway Driving Game Screenshot
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o http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/E-learning Active Learning

o http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Active_learning Assessment

o http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Educational_assessment Contextualized Learning

o http://www.ncrel.org/sdrs/areas/issues/envrnmnt/stw/sw1lk3.htm Experimental Learning

o http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Experiential_learning
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