Plan
A3 Ensure staff have appropriate skills
Using online assessment options demands a range of new skills in staff. These will include:
- generic technical skills in the use of Information and Communication Technologies (ICTs)
- teaching skills in flexible delivery
- specific skills related to the use of software packages for the development and delivery of online assessment.
Organisations that intend to offer online assessment options to their learners may need to plan a comprehensive professional development program to up skill these staff.
Toolkit
Flexways
Flexways is a web resource designed to provided online planning for professional development for VET practitioners. Flexways considers the skills and knowledge capabilities required for flexible delivery including assessment.
You can use Flexways to check your own skills or the skills of individual staff. The resource includes a Flexways Skills Checklist that includes a comprehensive list of the skills and knowledge required by practitioners involved in flexible training and assessment programs. You might consider using this checklist as a key resource to develop your own tool aimed at identifying the learning gap of your staff.
Flexways
http://flexways.flexiblelearning.net.au/default.asp
