Paper Info
Title
A New Perspective on Competency Management: Implemented Through Effective Human-Computer Interaction.
Abstract
Making an informed decision on whether an individual is suited to undertake an educational Course or industry training programme can be very frustrating. When dealing with young adults at different cognitive skill levels, it is important to be able to identify and distinguish between their knowledge/competency levels, mostly on the basis of the evidence gathered from test-items. The current absence of appropriate measurement tools to determine skill/competency/knowledge levels remains a practical issue. The main aim of this paper is to discuss the management of this important differentiation in cognitive skill performance. One of the dilemmas surrounding this type of competency evaluation is the time it takes to test an individual. Insisting for instance, that a novice undergoes a long and arduous test, including many difficult testing items, results in lowered self-esteem, reduced motivation for learning something new, may induce stress related disorders. Similarly, expecting a more competent individual 10 undergo numerous simple test-items can generate the same negative result. A Competency Management System (CMS) is presented to initiate effective human-computer interaction (HCI) for cognitive skills assessment.
Year
DOI
Venue
2008
10.1007/978-0-387-93847-9_9
International Federation for Information Processing
Keywords
DocType
Volume
Effective HCI,ICT,eLearning,instructional design,workplace training,experiential learning,knowledge navigation,competency management system
Conference
292
ISSN
Citations 
PageRank 
1571-5736
0
0.34
References 
Authors
1
2
Name
Order
Citations
PageRank
Elspeth McKay198.19
Kathy Henschke200.68