As of July the Alliance will provide an online platform (http://www.ecfalliance-training.org/) that will enable users and trainers to find and select the right courseware for their needs. The partners involved in work package 5 (WP5 – Joint Vocational Qualification Design and Pilot Implementation) have been working on a number of IT profiles and course content in the past months and will continue to do so during the next year. At the moment the 6 competence profiles that were chosen to be developed first are ready to be launched. 

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The online platform will be a Learning Management System which aims to support trainees with a set of free and open external content for each of the European e-Competence Framework competences that are going to be included in the training.

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In September 2017 in a number of countries we will start the training pilot phase. The first feedback from users is expected in early 2018.

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The course will be offered during pilots using a blended approach and will be linked to the eCF competence framework. Each trainee will acquire a specific set of skills at the end of each learning unit they have chosen to follow.

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An assessment toolkit to guide the trainers and users is under development in collaboration with EXIN. It will be available soon after the first pilots.

 

A number of issues related to the online course remain challenging, such as how certification will work in different countries and for different skills levels.

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