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Thorough intensive effort have been made to design powerful and outstanding e-learning platforms or environment but little or no attention have been paid to creating also environment that will provide assessment to test the knowledge and skills which learners may acquire form
these platforms. Competency based testing can be applied to various instance including real life or e-learning programmes with a focus of skill based learning outcomes. This study however is concerned with creating a competency-based e-learning platform for the regular desktop that teaches web development to students or interested learners. Web development here is a larger learning goal and is however divided or broken down into smaller component courses called competencies. Students or users of the platform must however go through each phase and must be classified Advanced, Competent or Master in order to advance to a next level as advancement to a next level component or competency would depend on the students tested competency level.
Included also in this study is a model for testing student’s competency level in relation with the 5-level scale which is used to classify student according to their competency leve
these platforms. Competency based testing can be applied to various instance including real life or e-learning programmes with a focus of skill based learning outcomes. This study however is concerned with creating a competency-based e-learning platform for the regular desktop that teaches web development to students or interested learners. Web development here is a larger learning goal and is however divided or broken down into smaller component courses called competencies. Students or users of the platform must however go through each phase and must be classified Advanced, Competent or Master in order to advance to a next level as advancement to a next level component or competency would depend on the students tested competency level.
Included also in this study is a model for testing student’s competency level in relation with the 5-level scale which is used to classify student according to their competency leve
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