CTVSD1/About

The Commonwealth of Learning has developed this course as one of five courses to build the capacity of TVET educators within its Skills in Demand model. This model aims to increase access to TVET for marginalised people across the Commonwealth. The detailed theory of change outlines TVET challenges facing developing Commonwealth countries and three interventions to help overcome these challenges and thus improve many lives. The three interventions are fostering collaborative partnerships between industry and TVET institutions, developing skills for sustainable livelihoods through distance and workplace learning, and influencing TVET policy.

The OARAS learning design framework introduced in the five courses supports the design of quality distance and workplace learning to achieve national qualifications. The hope is that through distance and workplace learning, TVET can be scaled without needing to build new TVET institutions and thus be more affordable. It can also give more choice to marginalised learners by taking learning to where they are already working and fitting around their life and work commitments.

This course is for you if you are a vocational educator, trainer, industry practitioner. It will guide you and assist you in the design of competency-based training. It will introduce you to the OARAS learning design framework and help you analyse the outcomes of your module or unit to develop clear performance criteria. This is the first course of the CTVSD courses as Outcomes is the first key element of the OARAS framework. The rest of the courses are:

OARAS - Assessment (CTVSD 2)- This course will assist you to design competency-based assessments for online and workplace learning environments.

OARAS - Resources (CTVSD 3) - This course will help you identify the types of resources that will meet the needs of your learners and provide you with access to range of instructional videos about creating such resources.

OARAS - Activities (CTVSD 4) - This course will assist you to identify and design authentic and engaging activities to meet the needs of your learners.

OARAS - Support (CTVSD 5) - This course covers the skills and knowledge required to identify elements of learning support to be considered for the intended cohort as part of course planning and design.

Prior knowledge

No prior knowledge is required for this course. Knowledge and familiarity with educational outcomes, such as learning outcomes, occupational standards, competencies will be beneficial but not essential, as this course will introduce you to different outcomes, and guide you through the process of analysing them to design competency-based training.