The document discusses the ITACA project, which aims to design a pilot certification course for IT administrators focused on projects and internships. The goal is to have the credits from this course recognized according to the European Qualifications Framework (EQF) and ECVET system. It provides background on the EQF, which establishes 8 levels of qualifications across Europe based on learning outcomes rather than educational inputs. It also explains key concepts of the ECVET system such as units of learning outcomes, credits, competent institutions for validation and recognition.
The document discusses the objectives of the ITACA Transfer of Innovation Project, which includes designing a pilot course leading to certification as an IT administrator. The course would focus on project activities and internships, and be structured into learning outcome units. The goal is recognition of credits/points according to the European Credit System for Vocational Education and Training (ECVET). ECVET is designed to facilitate transfer, recognition and accumulation of learning outcomes. Several key terms are defined, such as qualification, learning outcomes, units of learning outcomes, and competent institution. ECVET points provide a numerical representation of the weight of learning outcomes in a qualification.
This toolkit provides career advisors with resources to guide mature students through modules on educational guidance and career development, with tutorials covering topics such as career exploration, course investigation, skills development, and preparing for further education and future careers.
This document defines key terms related to developing a European Qualifications Framework (EQF) for lifelong learning. It defines learning and learning outcomes, qualifications, competencies, and qualifications frameworks. Learning is defined as a cumulative process of acquiring knowledge and skills through both formal and informal means. Learning outcomes are defined as what a learner knows, understands, and is able to do after a learning process. Qualifications are achieved learning that has been assessed to meet a specified standard. Competencies involve combining knowledge, skills, and wider abilities based on the requirements of a context. Qualifications frameworks provide a classification of qualifications based on levels of learning criteria. The EQF is described as a "meta-framework" that enables comparison of qualifications across
The document discusses the objectives of the ITACA Transfer of Innovation Project, which includes designing a pilot course leading to certification as an IT administrator. The course would focus on project activities and internships, and be structured into learning outcome units. The goal is recognition of credits/points according to the European Credit System for Vocational Education and Training (ECVET). ECVET is designed to facilitate transfer, recognition and accumulation of learning outcomes. Several key terms are defined, such as qualification, learning outcomes, units of learning outcomes, and competent institution. ECVET points provide a numerical representation of the weight of learning outcomes in a qualification.
This toolkit provides career advisors with resources to guide mature students through modules on educational guidance and career development, with tutorials covering topics such as career exploration, course investigation, skills development, and preparing for further education and future careers.
This document defines key terms related to developing a European Qualifications Framework (EQF) for lifelong learning. It defines learning and learning outcomes, qualifications, competencies, and qualifications frameworks. Learning is defined as a cumulative process of acquiring knowledge and skills through both formal and informal means. Learning outcomes are defined as what a learner knows, understands, and is able to do after a learning process. Qualifications are achieved learning that has been assessed to meet a specified standard. Competencies involve combining knowledge, skills, and wider abilities based on the requirements of a context. Qualifications frameworks provide a classification of qualifications based on levels of learning criteria. The EQF is described as a "meta-framework" that enables comparison of qualifications across
The AICA proposal for Computing in Italian Primary and Lower Secondary SchoolsPierfranco Ravotto
The document proposes a framework for integrating computing into Italian primary and secondary schools called LOGIC. LOGIC focuses on pedagogical teacher training and consists of modules covering pedagogical theories, algorithms, and problem solving using various tools. The modules include Bee-bot, Drape, Logo, Robomind, and Snap! by Scratch. Teachers can obtain a certificate by completing 3 modules, including the required pedagogical theories module. An expert certificate requires all modules. Students can obtain a certificate by completing 2 modules plus the algorithms and problem solving module. The goal is to better integrate computing and change perceptions of it among young people.
This document provides training guidelines for facilitating virtual learning professions across Europe. It is divided into three sections. Section 1 discusses basic principles of facilitating learning events, including entry behavior, the learning event, and assessment. Section 2 provides detailed training guidelines for six virtual learning role profiles, outlining learning units with objectives and recommendations for training methods. Section 3 introduces several European frameworks related to qualifications and quality assurance in vocational education and training. The guidelines are intended to help harmonize training for virtual learning professions according to standards at the European level.
This document summarizes information from a presentation about implementing ECVET in Finland. It discusses:
- The region of Central Finland and the city of Jyväskylä, where ECVET is being piloted.
- Why vocational education organizations are interested in ECVET and how it can support work-based, college-based, and combined transnational learning.
- The key concepts of ECVET including mutual trust, learning outcomes, recognition of learning, and quality assurance.
- The three main learning outcomes of ECVET implementation: linking mobility to strategy, using learning outcomes as a common language, and following the ECVET quality process of assessment, validation and recognition.
The European Maturity Model for Blended Education is a framework which can help educators and institutions to take the next step in blended education.
The framework consists of 3 levels (course, programme, and institution) and for each level dimensions and indicators have been developed. This can be used to self assess the maturity of a blended course, programme or institution..
The EMBED implementation guidelines offer support for educators, course teams, instructional designers and management to mature in blended education. For each of the 21 dimensions guidelines have been written to reach the next maturity level. The guidelines include educational models, articles, research, and tools. Use them and take the next step toward mature blended education.
For more information, take a look at https://embed.eadtu.eu.
The document summarizes the challenges and lessons learned from an Erasmus program that facilitated virtual mobility among higher education academic staff across Europe. Key challenges included: 1) Reaching agreement on consistent learning outcomes across institutions. 2) Ensuring recognition and certification of student learning. 3) Measuring diverse student achievements across cultures and contexts. Barriers to overcome include a lack of regulations and inter-institutional agreements for recognizing virtual mobility outcomes. Lessons indicate recognition will remain difficult without institutional support for virtual learning and changes to traditional assessment methods.
ELECTRONIC PORTFOLIOS FOR ASSESSING THE TRAINING OF TUTORS AND RESIDENTS IN A...portaleir
These electronic portfolios were created by the Regional Ministry of Health in Andalusia, Spain to assess the training of tutors and residents. The portfolios encourage professionals to take responsibility for their own learning by collecting evidence of acquiring skills through reflection and tasks. The tutor portfolio focuses on teaching skills while the resident portfolio addresses common clinical skills. Both are meant to enhance learning and be compulsory training assessment tools for specialists in the region.
This newsletter issue from CEMCA includes the following:
- An article discussing how institutional self-evaluation methodology can help improve pedagogical management of distance education projects.
- News and updates on CEMCA's recent activities in the region.
- A review of the book "MOOCs and Open Education: Around the World" and a feature on Nanyang Technological University.
- Tips and tools for open educational resources including a mediawiki extension for quality assurance of OER.
The WoLLNET and CELiNE projects aimed to raise awareness of workplace literacy issues among trainers and employers. WoLLNET developed an evaluation toolkit to assess the impact of literacy training programs. CELiNE designed training materials to help teachers embed literacy skills into vocational training. Both projects engaged stakeholders to inform the design and testing of project outputs with the goal of supporting workers' employability and lifelong learning.
This document provides information on ECVET (European Credit system for Vocational Education and Training). ECVET aims to support mobility and recognition of learning outcomes achieved abroad to fully integrate mobility into individual learning pathways. Key concepts include mutual trust, learning outcomes, avoiding duplication, and quality. ECVET follows a process before, during, and after mobility involving memorandums of understanding, learning agreements, transcripts of records, assessment, validation, and recognition. Learning outcomes are statements describing what a learner knows, understands, and is able to do, and guide the teaching, assessment, and recognition processes. Units of learning outcomes can be specific to qualifications or common across them, and must be structured, logical, and assessable.
Presentation 3
LEBPASS Project - Work package 2
Developing the Lebanese Diploma Supplement Principles and Form (12 - 15 January 2020) in University of Cyprus, Nicosia
A Novel Expert Evaluation Methodology Based On Fuzzy LogicLeslie Schulte
This document describes a novel expert evaluation methodology based on fuzzy logic. It aims to reproduce the cognitive mechanisms of human expert evaluators. The methodology involves fuzzifying inputs like question difficulty and student answers. Basic rules are then used to connect these fuzzy inputs to fuzzy outputs, mimicking how experts might evaluate. This allows capturing the ambiguous and uncertain nature of evaluation. The methodology provides flexible and adaptive evaluation that better reflects human reasoning compared to traditional binary approaches. It could form the basis for intelligent evaluation expert systems.
The document discusses the development of the Supportive Systems (SupSys) project. SupSys aims to develop an online system to support continuous professional development for individuals and flexible competence development for organizations. It will differ from traditional education by being non-formal and tailored to individual needs and interests. The system will guide professionals' qualification development over time based on a European Qualification Framework. It will integrate personal learning networks and environments while providing supervision and support from experts to help users progressively improve their knowledge, skills, and competencies.
This Higher Education Achievement Report provides information about Quoc Vy Tran's MSc in Information Technology from the University of the West of England, Bristol, including:
- Personal details of the student holder of the qualification.
- Details of the qualification including the name, main fields of study, awarding and administering institutions.
- Information on the level and length of the program, as well as access requirements.
- Details of the program contents and results, including module titles and marks, as well as the total credits accumulated and grading scheme.
- Information on the function and professional status conferred by the qualification, and access to further study.
The AICA proposal for Computing in Italian Primary and Lower Secondary SchoolsPierfranco Ravotto
The document proposes a framework for integrating computing into Italian primary and secondary schools called LOGIC. LOGIC focuses on pedagogical teacher training and consists of modules covering pedagogical theories, algorithms, and problem solving using various tools. The modules include Bee-bot, Drape, Logo, Robomind, and Snap! by Scratch. Teachers can obtain a certificate by completing 3 modules, including the required pedagogical theories module. An expert certificate requires all modules. Students can obtain a certificate by completing 2 modules plus the algorithms and problem solving module. The goal is to better integrate computing and change perceptions of it among young people.
This document provides training guidelines for facilitating virtual learning professions across Europe. It is divided into three sections. Section 1 discusses basic principles of facilitating learning events, including entry behavior, the learning event, and assessment. Section 2 provides detailed training guidelines for six virtual learning role profiles, outlining learning units with objectives and recommendations for training methods. Section 3 introduces several European frameworks related to qualifications and quality assurance in vocational education and training. The guidelines are intended to help harmonize training for virtual learning professions according to standards at the European level.
This document summarizes information from a presentation about implementing ECVET in Finland. It discusses:
- The region of Central Finland and the city of Jyväskylä, where ECVET is being piloted.
- Why vocational education organizations are interested in ECVET and how it can support work-based, college-based, and combined transnational learning.
- The key concepts of ECVET including mutual trust, learning outcomes, recognition of learning, and quality assurance.
- The three main learning outcomes of ECVET implementation: linking mobility to strategy, using learning outcomes as a common language, and following the ECVET quality process of assessment, validation and recognition.
The European Maturity Model for Blended Education is a framework which can help educators and institutions to take the next step in blended education.
The framework consists of 3 levels (course, programme, and institution) and for each level dimensions and indicators have been developed. This can be used to self assess the maturity of a blended course, programme or institution..
The EMBED implementation guidelines offer support for educators, course teams, instructional designers and management to mature in blended education. For each of the 21 dimensions guidelines have been written to reach the next maturity level. The guidelines include educational models, articles, research, and tools. Use them and take the next step toward mature blended education.
For more information, take a look at https://embed.eadtu.eu.
The document summarizes the challenges and lessons learned from an Erasmus program that facilitated virtual mobility among higher education academic staff across Europe. Key challenges included: 1) Reaching agreement on consistent learning outcomes across institutions. 2) Ensuring recognition and certification of student learning. 3) Measuring diverse student achievements across cultures and contexts. Barriers to overcome include a lack of regulations and inter-institutional agreements for recognizing virtual mobility outcomes. Lessons indicate recognition will remain difficult without institutional support for virtual learning and changes to traditional assessment methods.
ELECTRONIC PORTFOLIOS FOR ASSESSING THE TRAINING OF TUTORS AND RESIDENTS IN A...portaleir
These electronic portfolios were created by the Regional Ministry of Health in Andalusia, Spain to assess the training of tutors and residents. The portfolios encourage professionals to take responsibility for their own learning by collecting evidence of acquiring skills through reflection and tasks. The tutor portfolio focuses on teaching skills while the resident portfolio addresses common clinical skills. Both are meant to enhance learning and be compulsory training assessment tools for specialists in the region.
This newsletter issue from CEMCA includes the following:
- An article discussing how institutional self-evaluation methodology can help improve pedagogical management of distance education projects.
- News and updates on CEMCA's recent activities in the region.
- A review of the book "MOOCs and Open Education: Around the World" and a feature on Nanyang Technological University.
- Tips and tools for open educational resources including a mediawiki extension for quality assurance of OER.
The WoLLNET and CELiNE projects aimed to raise awareness of workplace literacy issues among trainers and employers. WoLLNET developed an evaluation toolkit to assess the impact of literacy training programs. CELiNE designed training materials to help teachers embed literacy skills into vocational training. Both projects engaged stakeholders to inform the design and testing of project outputs with the goal of supporting workers' employability and lifelong learning.
This document provides information on ECVET (European Credit system for Vocational Education and Training). ECVET aims to support mobility and recognition of learning outcomes achieved abroad to fully integrate mobility into individual learning pathways. Key concepts include mutual trust, learning outcomes, avoiding duplication, and quality. ECVET follows a process before, during, and after mobility involving memorandums of understanding, learning agreements, transcripts of records, assessment, validation, and recognition. Learning outcomes are statements describing what a learner knows, understands, and is able to do, and guide the teaching, assessment, and recognition processes. Units of learning outcomes can be specific to qualifications or common across them, and must be structured, logical, and assessable.
Presentation 3
LEBPASS Project - Work package 2
Developing the Lebanese Diploma Supplement Principles and Form (12 - 15 January 2020) in University of Cyprus, Nicosia
A Novel Expert Evaluation Methodology Based On Fuzzy LogicLeslie Schulte
This document describes a novel expert evaluation methodology based on fuzzy logic. It aims to reproduce the cognitive mechanisms of human expert evaluators. The methodology involves fuzzifying inputs like question difficulty and student answers. Basic rules are then used to connect these fuzzy inputs to fuzzy outputs, mimicking how experts might evaluate. This allows capturing the ambiguous and uncertain nature of evaluation. The methodology provides flexible and adaptive evaluation that better reflects human reasoning compared to traditional binary approaches. It could form the basis for intelligent evaluation expert systems.
The document discusses the development of the Supportive Systems (SupSys) project. SupSys aims to develop an online system to support continuous professional development for individuals and flexible competence development for organizations. It will differ from traditional education by being non-formal and tailored to individual needs and interests. The system will guide professionals' qualification development over time based on a European Qualification Framework. It will integrate personal learning networks and environments while providing supervision and support from experts to help users progressively improve their knowledge, skills, and competencies.
This Higher Education Achievement Report provides information about Quoc Vy Tran's MSc in Information Technology from the University of the West of England, Bristol, including:
- Personal details of the student holder of the qualification.
- Details of the qualification including the name, main fields of study, awarding and administering institutions.
- Information on the level and length of the program, as well as access requirements.
- Details of the program contents and results, including module titles and marks, as well as the total credits accumulated and grading scheme.
- Information on the function and professional status conferred by the qualification, and access to further study.
How to prepare an effective enterpreneurship education programme? Have a look at a presentation from the Workshop in Vienna which was organised within the TRIGGER project (project number: 2617309-EPP-1-2020-1-SK-EPPKA2-CBHE-JP).
The aim of the project is to improve conditions at universities in Central Asia and to educate students in an innovative way so that they acquire the skills needed for today's job market.
In this presentation the University of Applied Sciences BFI Vienna will take you through the course preparation aimed at fostering enterpreneurial mindset support based on the Entrepreneurship Competence Framework (EntreComp).
We present and analyse a work experience, now in its fifth year, to help students in developing soft skills, through execution and reporting, during a period of six semesters, of extra-curricular activities that are validated and evaluated by the faculty and, in a certain way, integrated in the curriculum throughout in the form of a ‘Personal Portfolio’. The global objective of the Personal Portfolio is to develop the student’s soft skills through the practice of extra-curricular activities and the reflection on that practice. In this paper we clarify the initial design of the learning environment, the objectives and regulation of Personal Portfolio, the information system that supports the activities and the evolution of students’ numbers and of the faculty. We comment on the major activities that have been developed, the main results obtained, the differences between the experiences in two campuses and the evolution of the Portfolio concept resulting from the adoption of the Bologna Agreement.
Naples dissemination plan - 18 september 2014Progetto Itaca
The document discusses dissemination and exploitation plans for the ITACA project. It outlines distributing project results in partner school regions in Italy, Hungary, and Spain, as well as across Europe. The dissemination targets include computer teachers, school administrators, IT students, education authorities, employers, companies, and certification organizations. Dissemination tools include a website, brochures, and booklets. Public events are planned in Italy and Spain upon project completion to engage stakeholders and share results. The document also provides a table of past dissemination activities.
CNNA is an association for small businesses in Italy that represents artisans and the handicraft sector. It lobbies public institutions to create opportunities for small businesses through public financing, favorable tax laws, and new proposals and projects. CNNA provides consulting services to small businesses related to financing, accounting, taxes, marketing, logistics, and export. In Italy, CNNA has 1,000 offices, 7,000 workers, and represents 350,000 associates. In Lombardy, it has 90 offices, 400 workers, and represents 25,000 associates.
The document summarizes information about AICA, an Italian association of informatics professionals founded in 1961. AICA is a member of IFIP and CEPIS, international organizations related to informatics. The presentation discusses AICA's role in certifications and relationship with schools in Italy.
This document outlines the quality and evaluation activities for a project funded by the European Commission. It discusses defining a quality plan, producing periodic status reports, conducting peer reviews of research, and monitoring quality within working packages. The project will run from October 2012 to September 2014, with an initial kick-off meeting held in Napoli, Italy on November 29-30, 2012. Partners are asked to provide feedback on the kick-off meeting and comment on the draft quality and evaluation plan and tools.
EUCIP (European Certification of Informatics Professionals) is a certification framework developed by CEPIS to standardize IT competencies across Europe. It consists of a competency framework covering 18 areas and 3,000 skills, as well as certification profiles including EUCIP Core, IT Administrator, and 21 professional certifications. Candidates can be certified by passing exams or by presenting work and education experience. The framework aims to document IT professionals' skills for employers and allow individuals to advance their careers through competency-based certifications.
This document outlines the dissemination and exploitation activities of the ITACA Kick-Off Meeting held in Naples from November 29-30, 2012. The activities will target computer science teachers, school administrators, IT students, education authorities, employment agencies, companies, and the scientific community using websites, brochures, booklets, and public events in Italy and other European countries. The activities will also utilize a Web 2.0 environment.
1. ITACA, Transfer of Innovation Project
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Among the objectives of ITACA,
Transfer of Innovation Project:
2. Design, in a pilot research / action, course
that leads to certification IT Administrator,
focused on project activities and internships,
and structured in units defined by Learning
Outcomes.
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3. The goal is a recognition of credits / points
ECVET by the competent institutions,
referring to the European Qualifications
Framework for lifelong learning (EQF).
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4. European Qualifications Framework
The European Qualifications Framework
(EQF) is a meta-framework that does not
replace in any way to the national systems, it
is proposed as a common reference for ease
of reading and comparison of different
qualifications in the Member States of the
European Union.
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5. The EQF is built on eight reference levels,
which are being reported all levels of skills of
lifelong learning, which is both the title and
the certification of formal education and
training system such as the qualifications
acquired in non-formal ( courses in company,
for example) and informal (activities in the
workplace that provide knowledge and skills).
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6. Each level is defined by some specific
learning outcomes, describing the set of
knowledge, skills and competence that
learners must have acquired from the
learning path relates to that level, regardless
of context and how that learning has
occurred.
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7. Knowledge: facts, principles, theories and
practices related to a field of work or study,
they are described as theoretical or practical
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8. Ability or skills: Ability to apply knowledge and
use know-how to complete tasks and solve
problems; they can be cognitive or practical
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9. Skills or competences: proven ability to use
knowledge, skills and personal, social and / or
methodological abilities in work or study
situations and in professional and personal
development, in the context of EQF; they are
described in terms of responsibility and
autonomy.
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10. Each of the 8 levels is defined by a set of
descriptors indicating the learning outcomes
relevant to qualifications at that level in any
system of qualifications Knowledge, Skills,
Competence
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11. Level 3: (for exemple)
knowledge of facts, principles, processes and general
concepts, in a field of work or study
skills, a range of cognitive and practical skills required
to accomplish tasks and solve problems by selecting
and applying basic methods, tools, materials and
information
competences, take responsibility for completion of
tasks in work or study - adapt own behaviour to
circumstances in solving problems
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12. It is apparent that many descriptors are
inevitably generic and provide a more
immediate applicability of the definitions in the
work context rather than education and
training paths.
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13. The most important fact from a conceptual
approach is based on learning outcomes (or
competence in a broad sense, which
promotes and encourages the EQF.)
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14. This approach implies to create learning paths
based not on the more traditional inputs (type
of institution dispensing, learning objectives,
content, duration, etc..), but rather on the
output (what a learner actually knows,
understands and is able to achieve at the end
of a learning experience).
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15. ..recognition of credits / points ECVET…
European Credit System for Vocational
Education and Training is a system "designed
to facilitate the transfer, recognition and
accumulation of learning outcomes of people
interested in acquiring a qualification."
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16. Some definitions to use a common language
"Qualification" means a formal outcome of an
assessment and validation process which is
obtained when a competent institution
determines that an individual has achieved
learning outcomes to given standards; (fl. this
term is the translation of qualification and
should not be confused to use that in our
country we do the "professional qualification")
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17. “Learning outcomes” means statements of
what a learner knows, understands and is
able to do on completion of a learning
process and which are defined in terms of
knowledge, skills and competence;
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18. ‘Unit of learning outcomes’ (unit) means a
component of a qualification, consisting of a
coherent set of knowledge, skills and
competence, that can be assessed and
validated;
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19. The units that make up a qualification should be:
described in legible and understandable with
reference to knowledge, skills and competences
contained in them;
constructed and organized in a manner consistent
with respect to the overall qualification;
constructed in a way that enables discrete
assessment and validation of learning outcomes
contained in the unit.
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20. A unit may be a single qualification or
common to several qualifications.
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21. The specifications for a unit should include:
the title of the unit;
the title of the qualification (or qualifications)
to which the unit relates, where applicable;
the reference of the qualification according to
the EQF level and, where appropriate, the
level of the National Qualifications Framework
("NQF") with the ECVET credit points
associated with the qualification;
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22. the learning outcomes contained in the unit;
procedures and criteria for assessment of
these learning outcomes;
ECVET points associated with the unit;
where appropriate, the validity in time of the
unit
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23. Some definitions to use a common language
‘Credit for learning outcomes’ (credit) means
a set of learning outcomes of an individual
which have been assessed and which can be
accumulated towards a qualification or
transferred to other learning programmes or
qualifications;
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24. ‘Competent institution’ means an institution
which is responsible for designing and
awarding qualifications or recognising units or
other functions linked to ECVET, such as
allocation of ECVET points to qualifications
and units, assessment, validation and
recognition of learning outcomes, under the
rules and practices of participating countries;
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25. ‘Assessment of learning outcomes’ means
methods and processes used to establish the
extent to which a learner has in fact attained
particular knowledge, skills and competence;
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26. Validation of learning outcomes’ means the
process of confirming that certain assessed
learning outcomes achieved by a learner
correspond to specific outcomes which may
be required for a unit or a qualification; ‘
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27. ‘Recognition of learning outcomes’ means the
process of attesting officially achieved
learning outcomes through the awarding of
units or qualifications;
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‘ECVET points’ means a numerical
representation of the overall weight of
learning outcomes in a qualification and of the
relative weight of units in relation to the
qualification.
ECVET points provide complementary
information about qualifications and units in
numerical form.
29. How do you decide how many points to
assign to a unit and to a qualification?
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30. To enable a common approach for the use of
ECVET points, a convention is used
according to which 60 points are allocated to
the learning outcomes expected to be
achieved in a year of formal full time VET.
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31. In ECVET the allocation of points usually has
two phases: ECVET points are allocated first
to a qualification as a whole and then to its
units.
For a given qualification, one formal learning
context is taken as a reference and on the
basis of the convention the total number of
points is assigned for that qualification.
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32. From this total, ECVET points are then
allocated to each unit according to their
relative weight within the qualification. For
qualifications which do not have a formal
learning pathway reference, ECVET credit
points can be allocated through estimation by
comparison with another qualification which
has a formal reference context.
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33. To establish the comparability of
qualifications, the competent institution
should refer to the equivalent EQF level or,
possibly, NQF or to the similarity of the
learning outcomes in a closely related
professional field.
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34. the relative importance of the learning outcomes
which constitute the unit for labour market
participation, for progression to other qualification
levels or for social integration,
the complexity, scope and volume of learning
outcomes in the unit,
the effort necessary for a learner to acquire the
knowledge, skills and competence required for the
unit.
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35. The relative weight of any given unit common
to several qualifications, as expressed in
ECVET points, may vary from one of these
qualifications to another.
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36. In the ECVET Recommendation, there is a
clear call to countries, where there is already
a national system of points, so that the
competent institutions entering into
agreements for the conversion of national
points in ECVET points.
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37. In 'EQF, which entered into force in 2008, the
European Parliament and the Council
recommend to the member states:
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38. relate their national qualifications systems to
the EQF by 2010, particularly in a transparent
manner the national qualifications levels to
the levels set out in Annex II (see above) and,
where appropriate, by developing national
qualifications (NQF) in accordance with
national law and practice;
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39. to take measures, where appropriate, so that
by 2012 all new qualification certificates,
diplomas and Europass documents issued by
the competent authorities contain a clear
reference on the basis of national
qualifications systems - to the appropriate
European Qualifications Framework level;
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40. In response to this recommendation public in
Italy in June 2012 a First Report of
referencing the Qualifications divided into
three phases.
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41. The first phase is an analysis of the existing,
considering all the educational, training and
professional that provide for the issuance of
title, qualifications, certifications,
qualifications by a competent authority.
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42. In the second step is carried out a mapping of
qualification issued.
In the third step referencing to the EQF levels.
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43. I would point out that, in this report, are also
taken into account the qualifications issued
by private entities, which by their nature have
"ability to meet the needs and opportunities of
the market."
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44. Are used as examples AICQ issuing the
certificate of Quality Systems Assessor with
the establishment of a special register since
1990.
Another known example is Microsoft who
release certifications related to I.T.
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45. There is a reference to the language
certificates that refer to the CEFR Common
European Framework for Languages of
reference to which the various languages of
certification bodies are adapting to expected
levels A1, A2, etc. or provide conversion
tables.
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46. The last point being considered, which of
course I wish to demonstrate how it has been
included in this report, is a reference to the
skills for which :
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47. "Has spread in Europe the ECDL which is the
European Computer Driving Licence. It is a
certification system that certifies the ability to use
personal computers at different levels of detail and
specialization and is a standard of reference. The
ECDL is an internationally recognized certification
and proof that the holder knows the basics of
information technology and the skill necessary to use
a personal computer and he is informed the main
application programs.
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48. It is aimed at students, workers, the ordinary citizen,
that is, to all those who have an interest to
demonstrate their ability to use the computer. The
certifying body for Italy of the ECDL program - is
AICA (Italian Association for Informatics and
Automatic Computation).
Features common to the qualifications described
above is being issued by approved private bodies (or
credited) for the release of the specific certificate to
which they relate. "
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49. Thank you for your courtesy
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