CTVSD3/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 or industry practitioner. It will guide you on how to identify a range of resources you can use to enhance your competency-based training. It will expand your knowledge of the OARAS learning design framework and help you design and create your own engaging resources for your intended cohort. This is the third of the CTVSD courses as Resources is the third key element of the OARAS framework. The rest of the courses are:

OARAS - Outcomes (CTVSD 1)- This course will assist you to work with outcomes, analyse them and define clear performance criteria as the foundation of competency-based training.

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

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

This is the third course in CTVSD series. Providing engaging resources is something that is embedded in developing engaging training. You may have already completed the courses OARAS – Outcomes (CTVSD1) and OARAS - Assessment (CTVSD2). If so, you will have already identified educational outcomes and assessment requirements for creating a course. This course will expand on that understanding and help you to plan and develop OARAS courses in the future.