Design and Implementation of a Web Based E-Iearning Support System (For Technical and Vocational Education and Training (TVET)
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2013-08
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Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
Abstract
Outcome based TvET training is important in laday's development of the economic sector.
Young people and technologies should be rcady for a country to fit in the dynamically complex
learning/training and working envi ronment. The case of Ethiopia is no exception, The country
has been in a steady growth in TYET train ing since its implementat ion in 2001 /02. Compared 10
other deve loped co untries TYE'!' training in Ethiopia has not yel rcached the required level of
developmen t. This impl ies more work should be carried oul 10 Ill eet present and future needs of
ski lled and well tra ined man power as per the need or the variolls training and education fields
and the req uirement of the labor market.
The purpose of this work was to conduct a sllldy on design and im plementation or a web based eLearn
ing support system ror TVET training programs. System requirements have been
rigorously collected rrom the fi ve TVET institutions in Addis Ababa; and consulting related
literatures and soft ware products which are used in other countries has been made. The design
and implementat ion or a prototype system was done in accordance with the ident ified runctional
and non runctional req uirements.
The prototype has been tested with data from the li ve TVET institutes in Addis Ababa. II has
been fOllnd out that the system enables the trainers and tra inees to register, to download proper
learn ing material s, to obtain recent in formation about the TVET training, to see result (progress
chart) ror a unit or competency, to send noti fi cation by mobile, to download and submit
ass ignment, to download teachers guide, curriculum, TVET strategy documents, and generate
various reports.
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Outcome based training, rvET, unit of competency, progress chart, web bosed e-Ieorning