CPSC OnCOURSE v2

Date: May 14, 2020 /
Program Type: Webinar /

Webinar Presentation/s

Online Teaching and Learning Management
by Ramhari Lamichhane, PhD
- Evolution of ICT in Education (Video)
- Study Tips for the Online Student (Video)
Development of Online Teaching and Learning Resources Using ICT
by Engr. Abdul Ghani Rajput
- The E-Learning Advantage (Video)

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Background

Internet based learning or e-learning in TVET has become current trend and requirement of future needs of industry due to disruption of industrial revolution 4.0. Specifically, e-learning is the term broadly used to describe “instructional content or learning experience delivered or enabled by electronic technologies”. E-learning provides a flexible system of information dissemination which is not confined to only regular day time activities but can also take place in a variety of locations including homes, schools, libraries internet cafes and open fields. With e-learning, the TVET instructors will be able to reach learners in different set-ups using the available diverse ICT resource to meet the learners’ needs.

In April 2020, a rapid assessment survey conducted by the ILO-UNESCO-WBG on TVET and described the current state of TVET during COVID-19 period. In this report, current TVET trends highlighted and stated that the TVET sector should have 4E (E-Content, E-Learning, Education Technology and Entrepreneurship).

The report also highlighted the gaps in TVET during the current situation. The one of the gaps is to provide continuous training to TVET teachers to facilitate the development and delivery of their online session. It is also emphasized that TVET has to empower teachers to develop their own e-Learning programs.

In this context, Colombo Plan Staff College is planning to organize a webinar on “Development online Teaching and Learning Resources using ICT”. This webinar will be dedicated to CPSC member countries TVET practitioners to build the capacity on how to develop a mobile app for a TVET institute. The main purpose of this webinar is to share simple steps to develop a mobile app for Teaching & Learning activities. The practical mobile application is the best tool to build native mobile apps for Android without programming skills. After completion of this webinar, the participants are able to create their own apps easily. The outcome will be aligned different interpretations and expectations of digital innovation concept from the various stakeholders’ perspectives.

Objectives

To explain the importance of online resources for TVET institutions
To share the online mobile application to develop teaching and learning resources
To practice how to create TVET institute mobile app

Facilities Required

To join the webinar, each participant should have the following:

Minimum 2Mbps Broadband Internet
Desktop/Laptop Computer or Mobile Device with Earphones and Mic

Chrome Browser or any HTML5 Compliant Browser
Google Account (Gmail) for Hangouts Meet

Date: May 13, 2020 /
Program Type: Webinar /

Webinar Presentation/s

Cultivating a Positive Attitude for Professional Excellence
by Dr. Rajesh P. Khambayat

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Background

One of the current focus of CPSC is sustainable development in CPSC training programs. This development is possible on transformative change in the training delivery process. What does "transformative change" mean in the context of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)?

On the other hand, due to the current COVID -19 situation in Manila, CPSC has suspended its operations and allowed work from home. Therefore, it is important to introduce WEBINAR in CPSC and conduct training programs online.

A webinar is an online seminar that turns a presentation into a real-time conversation from anywhere in the world. Webinars allow large groups of participants to engage in online discussions or training events and share audio, documents or slides – even when they’re not in the same place as the meeting host or in the same room where the event or presentation is taking place.

The next proposed webinar topic is Cultivating a Positive Attitude for Professional Excellence. As Technical Education and Vocational Training has globally been recognized as the most effective tool for increasing employability of graduates.

With growing globalization of economy, professional excellence has been identified as a means of achieving success and maintaining employability. It is widely believed that such dimensions of professional performance can be enhanced by placing greater emphasis on professional attitude during the education and training process, and within the system. Educational institutions while offering technical programs essentially will have to include generic skills as an integrated component of education and training system with emphasis on positive attitude, increasing productivity, and developing wiser work ethics. It should make the lives of our youth more meaningful, since the objective is to prepare them as economically independent and self-reliant beings. It would be an important step not only towards their social and economic empowerment in the new global economy, but also to increase in self-reliant, independent, educated citizens, the possibilities of growth in various aspects are prominent.

Attitude, as we have heard many times is everything. The famous quote of William James, "the greatest discovery of any generation is that a human being can alter his life by altering his attitude". Our attitude plays very significant role in shaping our thoughts, behaviour and personality. Our attitude is our own personal filter for everything that happens to us, around you, or within you. What takes place in this world is not as important as how we view it. Many times, we cannot choose what will happen to us. We cannot guarantee the success and the happiness for ourself. These things are out of our control. We can, however, choose how we feel about these things and about how we respond to these situations. Attitudes are the most important things because it affects professional work and behaviour directly or indirectly.

In today’s global economy, competitive advantage is increasingly gained from the effective use of knowledge, skills and positive attitude. As a result, investment in developing attitude has increased significantly in the last few years. A highly skilled and motivated workforce is a pre-requisite for growth and progression of knowledge based global economy. Knowledge-intensive businesses depend heavily on access to high-level skills, both in terms of specialist knowledge and in terms of the ability to demonstrate alongwith a spectrum of positive attitude that are crucial to participate in the new economy.

Attitude is becoming a key to our success. With a positive attitude, we will have the ability to be happier each day, make others around us happier, and live a good life. An attempt is made in this webinar to contribute to the ongoing discussions on the issue of the challenges of the work force development from the perspective of positive attitude in helping youth to face emergent professional work and life challenges. Further, the webinar also highlights the growing need for a positive attitude as a part of the generic skills component in the TVET curriculum for enhancing employability of graduates.

Focus

This webinar on Cultivating a Positive Attitude for Professional Excellence aims to provide an online training platform for CPSC member country's participants; to understand the significance of positive attitude for professional excellence. Furthermore, this webinar will discuss how to cultivate positive attitudes among learners in TVET institutions.

Objectives

Appreciate the significance attitude and its role in for professional excellence;
Comprehend the components of positive attitude and professional excellence contexts,
Identify and explain the key factors influencing professional attitude in the workplace, and
Discuss strategies and approaches for cultivating a positive attitude to enhance the professional excellence.

Facilities Required

To join the webinar, each participant should have the following:

Minimum 2Mbps Broadband Internet
Desktop/Laptop Computer or Mobile Device with Earphones and Mic

Chrome Browser or any HTML5 Compliant Browser
Google Account (Gmail) for Hangouts Meet

Date: May 11, 2020 /
Program Type: Webinar /

Webinar Presentations

How Technology is Transforming Technical and Vocation Education - Virtual TVET
by Dr. Steven McKee
21st Century Learning - From Teacher Led to Student Centric to Nationwide
by Brad Ker

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Background

The world of education is changing due to the COVID 19 pandemic. As we all know this is an unprecedented time with COVID19 impacting our society at all levels. A record number of students and teachers are out of school with an estimated 1.5 Billion school age students out of school around the world.

The impact on students, schools and teachers is huge and we are facing problems of making up learning, extending students time in school and other issues. This has left the world seeking new solutions that might provide a more robust education system that can be more flexible during times of crisis.

Many are looking towards digital and online learning as a potential tool that can help deal with these problems. Educational development has already started to include digital learning solutions quite some time ago, but it has yet to become a key part of the system. Now it may be the time to look at more comprehensive solutions and move education firmly into the digital age.

In this Webinar we shall look into the broad issues facing education and focus in on TVET and skills training. What are the possibilities for change, what are the tools, what will it look like, how do we prepare for it, what will be the impact on the quality of learning and the cost of delivery.

Dr. McKee will share observations on the impact of technology on the TVET system the emerging Virtual TVET approach on the education system which may transform learning. We shall see how we can infuse technology into the learning process to make it more relevant and use it to achieve better training results at substantially lower costs.

We will look at the new Virtual TVET digital learning technologies which are being developed with 3D models and graphics which can increase student understanding and not only teach theory but also start them on the road for practical learning. Using these new applications can change the way that skills training is done in Institutions. Laboratories/workshops can be setup in new ways requiring less physical equipment and at less cost. Virtual TVET can deepen student learning and allow us to individualize student learning pathways and tailor learning to each students’ own preferences and needs.

A highlight of this session with be a demonstration of a new online resource for Virtual TVET. This new content can now be delivered on-off campus and on-line to facilitate learning anywhere and anytime. This new style goes beyond "Blended Learning" to be what is now being termed "Braided Learning" and opens possibilities to change when, where, how, for whom and at what cost we learn Skills.

Education is one of the few areas that has not yet realized true transformation from the technological revolution. Now is the time to look into our TVET systems and explore infusing technology for teaching and learning into them.

Focus

This session is designed to provide an overview and a framework for using technology for teaching and learning in TVET. It will cover aspects of implementation in schools and introduce new tools for online learning for skills training. Practical applications will be shown and demonstrated. The purpose is to stimulate the discussion in TVET Institutions how they can implement distance and online learning while integrating it with their existing programs.

Facilities Required

To join the webinar, each participant should have the following:

Minimum 2Mbps Broadband Internet
Desktop/Laptop Computer or Mobile Device with Earphones and Mic

Chrome Browser or any HTML5 Compliant Browser
Google Account (Gmail) for Hangouts Meet

Date: May 8, 2020 /
Program Type: Webinar /

Webinar Presentation

Role of TVET Schools in Bridging the Gaps in Workforce Development
by Ma. Cristina B. Orbecido, Ph.D.

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Background

The role of Technical Vocational Education and Training institutions in bridging the gap in workforce development will be the focus of this online presentation. Worldwide, TVET has been seen as a key driver or game changer to spur human capital development.

As the world keeps changing at a rapid rate, so do the skills requirements in the workplace and society. This change is characterized by innovation cycles, disruptive technologies, digitalization and challenges posed by demographic and global changes.

Confronted with constant economic, technological and social developments, TVET systems and institutions are struggling to anticipate these changing requirements; and to initiate the change processes that are needed to stay connected to global standards and to remain inclusive.

Even the Brunei Darussalam-Indonesia-Malaysia-Philippines East Asean Growth Area or BIMP-EAGA Vision for 2025 highlighted the goal to foster shared culture and heritage and strengthened partnerships among institutions providing technical vocational education and training. To narrow the development gap, BIMP-EAGA envisions for a resilient, inclusive, sustainable and economically competitive region.

According to the UNEVOC TVET Program, TVET leaders need to combine key dimensions to be effective in instituting successful and sustainable change management. These dimensions are vision for change; knowledge for change and skills for change.

The gaps in workforce development may be attributed to a number of factors, such as policies, quality framework and industry engagements. If this must be achieved, TVET institutions must meet the demands of the 21st century workplace for skilled manpower and produce graduates that will be equipped with saleable skills for employment.

This webinar will discuss the concept of workplace training in TVET, concept of workplace-school collaboration; need for workplace-school collaboration and bridging the gap to meet the manpower needs. How do we bridge the gap? This has a ticklish issue, however remains a relevant challenge that we can discuss during the webinar.

The topics for discussion in this webinar will mainly focus on the key roles of TVET in workforce development; gaps or problems of TVET institutions; understanding the framework for TVET and industry partnership; share some best practices in the delivery of quality TVET programs.

Hence, it is in this context that this webinar has been proposed to CPSC for TVET providers from member countries of the organization.

Focus

This webinar on the "Role of TVET Schools in Bridging the Gap in Workforce Development" aims to provide an online training platform for CPSC member country’s participants; specifically, it aims to explain the significant role of TVET institutions in workforce development; to discuss the gaps or problems of TVET schools and to share some best practices in the field of TVET.

Objectives

To offer online training to member countries of CPSC
To explain the important role of TVET institutions in workforce development
To be familiar with the gaps or problems of TVET institutions
To discuss the framework of partnership between TVET institutions and industries
To share insights on best practices in the delivery quality TVET programs

Facilities Required

To join the webinar, each participant should have the following:

Minimum 2Mbps Broadband Internet
Desktop/Laptop Computer or Mobile Device with Earphones and Mic

Chrome Browser or any HTML5 Compliant Browser
Google Account (Gmail) for Hangouts Meet

Date: May 7, 2020 /
Program Type: Webinar /

Webinar Presentations

Ushering TVET to Address the Challenges of Industrial Revolution 4.0
by Ramhari Lamichhane, PhD
- 5 Core Skills to Be a Good Supervisor (Video)
Supervision and Monitoring of Teaching Processes of TVET Teachers
by Engr. Sanyog Bhattarai

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Background

This concept paper is prepared for the CPSC webinar on the topic “Supervision and Monitoring of Teaching Processes of TVET Teachers”. TVET teaching is more complex and diverse as per technological advancements and teachers need to deal with the young generation of 21st century. The demands on teachers will increase as TVET expands and the level of participation by students increase day by day. TVET teachers now teach a range of qualifications that include higher education qualifications and certificate level in TVET schools, which implies teachers to be versatile and have adequate pedagogical skills to deal with different types of students. TVET institutions need to support teachers to develop the knowledge and skills that will help them become expert teachers as well as industry experts.

TVET teachers with the technological advancements need to be competent in dealing with ICT based education as well as conventional ways of teaching. Whichever teaching mode is adopted, a teacher need to be skillful to motivate students, have two-way communications, use variety of methods and media, have a good presentation skills, and questioning skills.

A TVET teacher plays a vital role in TVET system to impart occupational knowledge and skills to the students. The teachers have responsibilities not only teaching but also guide and be a mentor of the students. Teachers need to abide by the teaching ethics and standards so that learning takes place and learning outcomes are met.

The main purpose of supervision and monitoring of classroom delivery is to assess the teachers’ performance comparing to the pre-defined teaching standards leading to improvements in delivery of sessions. By doing this, TVET institutions are able to identify strengths and weaknesses in delivery, to compare its performance with that of other TVET institutions, to identify opportunities for improvement, to set objectives and targets, and to prioritize the actions required to achieve these. Monitoring and supervision also ensures that the learning outcomes in each session is met and students acquire competencies as per national competency standards.

Hence, CPSC is looking forward to this webinar on “Supervision and Monitoring of Teaching Processes of TVET Teachers” and meet all the CPSC member countries participants & discuss about it. It is hoped that this experience will enable us to think and act differently on planning, organizing, and implementing supervision and monitoring system in TVET institutions.

Focus

This Webinar is focused on understanding the value, its purpose, teachers’ teaching standards, and conducting in a systematic way supervision and monitoring of classroom delivery by TVET teachers. Further the Webinar helps in gaining insights on what should be observed in classroom delivery and how a feedback system works in TVET institutions. The participants will become aware of what improvements on delivery are expected as the results of supervision and monitoring.

Objectives

Share knowledge on supervision and monitoring of teaching processes
Make similar understanding on supervision and monitoring of teaching processes among TVET professionals

Facilities Required

To join the webinar, each participant should have the following:

Minimum 2Mbps Broadband Internet
Desktop/Laptop Computer or Mobile Device with Earphones and Mic

Chrome Browser or any HTML5 Compliant Browser
Google Account (Gmail) for Hangouts Meet

Date: May 6, 2020 /
Program Type: Webinar /

Webinar Presentation

Redefining Learning Spaces – Change Agent in Educational Ecosystem
by Dr. G. Janardhanan

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Background

One of the current focus of CPSC is sustainable development in CPSC training programs. This development is possible on transformative change in the training delivery process. What does “transformative change” mean in the context of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)?

The next webinar topic is Redefining Learning Spaces – Change Agent in Educational Ecosystem. The role of educational institution is to develop the knowledge-based skill society which meets needs of the global community. Drastic transformation in the learning environment and learning space made significant impact on learning. Acquisition of knowledge take place either inside the classroom (formal learning) or through interaction among individuals / peers (informal learning). Due to the infusion of digital technologies, learning spaces got redefined. Space, whether physical or virtual, need to produce excitement to the learner and enrich their thought process. There is a paradigm shift in the learner expectation which influence the educational institution to move ahead from Brick and Mortar. The learning space is influenced by the facilitators, viz., faculty, librarians, administrators and technologists. Information technology has brought unique capabilities to learning spaces, whether stimulating greater interaction through the use of collaborative tools, videoconferencing with international experts, or opening virtual worlds for exploration.

The physical space of learning need to accommodative with the expectation of current learners. It should provide more scope of exploration, collaboration and discussion. The designer, architect and builders together make learning walls which lead to vibrant educational ecosystem. This is inevitable in the current day scenario towards making sustainable education campus. There seems to be a clear need, therefore, to consider current issues in the design of learning environments, starting from an educational perspective, aiming at those who use educational institution and who would like to think more about how spaces in them might be planned and arranged to facilitate learning and teaching. The current generation learners prefer active, participatory, experiential learning – the learning style they exhibit in their personal lives. The learners live with technology and their behavior may not match their self-expressed learning preferences when sitting in a large lecture hall. Another characteristic of students has an impact on space: time constraints. The majority of today’s students (skill-based education) work part time, commute, and have outside responsibilities. They wish to practice immediately what they have learned through part time assignment. With student attention pulled in multiple directions, how can learning spaces bring students and faculty together, ensuring that the environment promotes, rather than constrains, learning? What we know about how people learn has also changed our ideas about learning space. There is value from bumping into someone and having a casual conversation. There is value from hands-on, active learning as well as from discussion and reflection. There is value in being able to receive immediate support when needed and from being able to integrate multiple activities (such as writing, searching, and computing) to complete a project. And, there is value from learning that occurs in authentic settings, such as an estuary or on a trading floor. How do we turn the entire campus—and many places off campus—into an integrated learning environment? This lecture will focus on this issue and explore future direction.

Focus

This Webinar on Redefining Learning Spaces – Change Agent in Educational Ecosystem.to provide an online training platform for CPSC member country’s participants; to understand the how the learning space act as a change agent in the educational ecosystem. It provides the framework for making the transition from traditional environment and visualize the future of learning centered built environment. Trends in learning space design and how it induces the psychology of learning. Furthermore, this webinar will discuss how to sustain and support learning spaces with assessment strategies for TVET institutions.

Objectives

To examine evidence of the importance of active and collaborative learning and how space can support learning.
To explore a comprehensive support and faculty development framework for learning spaces
To develop a comprehensive framework to help develop ideas for your campus
To explore the nuance of learning space implementation
To evaluate the ideas and integrate to establish learning space.

Facilities Required

To join the webinar, each participant should have the following:

Minimum 2Mbps Broadband Internet
Desktop/Laptop Computer or Mobile Device with Earphones and Mic

Chrome Browser or any HTML5 Compliant Browser
Google Account (Gmail) for Hangouts Meet

Development of Online Teaching and Learning Resources Using ICT

Cultivating a Positive Attitude for Professional Excellence

Digital Technology and E-Based Learning in TVET

Role of TVET Schools in Bridging the Gap in Workforce Development

Supervision and Monitoring of Teaching Processes of TVET Teachers

Redefining Learning Spaces – Change Agent in Educational Ecosystem

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