Current Event Articles or Commentaries
Transportation is often in the background of many social or natural events. Starting off with an article or opinion column on current events can offer participants a chance to analyze a course or lesson through a different lens.
Instructions
- Share a pertinent quote or section from the article or commentary and supply a complete copy of the published piece for participants to review.
- Start a brief discussion by asking some open-ended questions, like:
- What are the transportation issues associated with this event?
- The name of this module/lesson is ____. How do you think this article/ commentary relates to that topic?
- What information do you think is missing?
- How does this event affect your community/job?
- What do you want to learn to be better prepared for events like this in the future?
Instructor-Led Training
Instead of displaying an image of the current events article or commentary on a slide, just display the headline or short quote, and include the author’s name and the title of the publication. Supply a copy of the entire text as a handout.
Web Conference Training
You can post a link to a current events article or commentary and assign it as pre-reading. Then, either discuss it at the beginning of the first course conference session or have participants create a discussion thread using the chat feature in the video conferencing platform.