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Technical
Trainers
College-
Riyadh
by Prof. Dr.
C. Kaldeich
Overview
1. Objectives
2. Current Situation
3. Concept
4. Way to Go
5. Some Results
6. Discussion
7. ICT Exhibition‘13: Photo gallery
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Technical
Trainers
College-
Riyadh
by Prof. Dr.
C. Kaldeich
Objectives
To define and offer Information & Communication
Technologiy (ICT) programs to graduate Bachelors of
Engineering Technology (BET) to be future Teacher-
Trainers at the Colleges of Excellence (CoE):
TTC Study Programs
Regular Courses
Company Field Practice
Vocational Field Practice
Further programs
e-Learning/Blended-
Learning
Projects & Project
Management
Continuing
Education/Distance Learning
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Technical
Trainers
College-
Riyadh
by Prof. Dr.
C. Kaldeich
Alignement with the goals of National
Occupational Skills Standards (NOSS)
Labour-market oriented training & education
Supporting sustainable social & industrial
development
Combining best practices, latest technologies
and innovation
International accreditation
Continuing Education oriented programs
Objectives
Criteria for the Overall Concept
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Technical
Trainers
College-
Riyadh
by Prof. Dr.
C. Kaldeich
Alignment to the Saudi Skills Standards
Saudi Skills Standards (SSS)
• National Occupational Skills Standards (NOSS)
SSS
Ensure consistent outcomes from
vocational programs across KSA
public and private sector
Provide transparency to employers
on outputs from the vocational
system
Create a common understanding of
the skills required for different
occupations
NOSS
Programmer
Graphics Designer
System Administrator
Computer Network Technician
Computer User's Support Technician
Website Designer
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Technical
Trainers
College-
Riyadh
by Prof. Dr.
C. Kaldeich
Alignment to the Saudi Skills Standards
Example of a SSS Qualifiaction Outline:
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Technical
Trainers
College-
Riyadh
by Prof. Dr.
C. Kaldeich
Current Situation
1. Objectives
2. Current Situation
3. Concept
4. Way to Go
5. Some Results
6. Discussion
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Technical
Trainers
College-
Riyadh
by Prof. Dr.
C. Kaldeich
Current Situation
The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia spends more on education than
the OECD Saudi Arabia age pyramid
Source: World Bank/TVTC
Estimated growing tendecies
Source: TVTC0
100000
200000
300000
400000
500000
600000
2007
2009
2011
2013
2015
2017
NumberofStudents
Male Female
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Technical
Trainers
College-
Riyadh
by Prof. Dr.
C. Kaldeich
Current Situation:
Where the students are coming from
Eligibility of the Applicant:
1. Being a Saudi national
2. Having graduated from one of the following institutions:
3. During the studies at
TTC, it is prohibited to
hold down a job, which
is subject to social
insurance contribution
4. Passing the English
language intensive
skills program provided
by TVTC or having
passed IELTS with 4.00 out of 9.00 at least or other adequate proof
of sufficient English language skills
5. Passing the admission test
Kind of Institution GPA·
Requirement
Degree
College of Technology (CoT)
College of
Telecommunication
and Information (CTI)
At least 3.75
out of 5.00
CoT-degree/diploma CTI-
degree/diploma
Institute of Public Administration
(IPA)
At least 3.75
out of 5.00
IPA-degree with at least a
"one year plus 1.5 years"
training program
Royal Commission: Jubail
Industrial College (JIC)
At least 2.75
out of 4.00
JIG-degree/diploma
Royal Commission: Yanbu
Industrial College (YIC)
At least 2.75
out of 4.00
YIC-degree/diploma
University At least 3.75
out of 5.00
At least Associate Degree,
i.e. foundation year plus 1.5
years studies
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Technical
Trainers
College-
Riyadh
by Prof. Dr.
C. Kaldeich
Current Situation
6. Passing the interview.
7. Not having been dismissed
from TTC.
8. Good conduct certificate.
9. Good health conditions.
10. Not having been involved
in any Bachelor Program in
the past, including
King Abdullah Scholarship
Program for Technical
Trainers (KASPTT).
Department at TTC Specialization
Information and
Communication
Technology (ICT)
Application Development
(AD)
Networking & System
Administration
(NE)
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Technical
Trainers
College-
Riyadh
by Prof. Dr.
C. Kaldeich
Overview
1. Objectives
2. Current Situation
3. Concept
4. Way to Go
5. Some Results
6. Discussion
7. ICT Exhibition‘13: Photo gallery
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Technical
Trainers
College-
Riyadh
by Prof. Dr.
C. Kaldeich
Concept
Qualifying the Students
Well-founded technical
competences thru a „Hands-On“
approach: Cognitivist approach
with a strong Behaviorist
component (heading towards
Constructivism...)
The goals of the learning process
are: i) to acquire the ability to
handle complex (practical)
problem situations; ii) to “solve
problems”; iii) to be able to teach
future ICT-professionals according
the NOSS; ...
Cognitivist/Behaviorism
Team working (collaborative
approach)
Project work (collaborative
approach)
Results
Understanding the
fundamentals
Exemples/exercises (+) Homework/Assignments
Motivation thru „sense of
achievement“
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Technical
Trainers
College-
Riyadh
by Prof. Dr.
C. Kaldeich
The line of action
„Hands-On“ approach: the „right balance“ between Theory
and Praxis
Theoretical part
(based on/related to previous
courses)
Practical part
- Examples and exercises in class:
strong students participation
Work-group approach in class:
- Strong students participation
Homework/Assignments:
- To motivate the students to work
outside the classroom
Checking the results:
- Review topics and clarify the links to
previous topics
- Next related topic
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Technical
Trainers
College-
Riyadh
by Prof. Dr.
C. Kaldeich
Overview
1. Objectives
2. Current Situation
3. Concept
4. Way to Go
5. Some Results
6. Discussion
7. ICT Exhibition‘13: Photo gallery
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Technical
Trainers
College-
Riyadh
by Prof. Dr.
C. Kaldeich
The way to go: The new ICT Curriculum
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Technical
Trainers
College-
Riyadh
by Prof. Dr.
C. Kaldeich
To piece together
(heading towards „Project-Driven Constructivism“)
From “Programming” to “Web Application Development” towards a Bachelor Project
JAVA (Object Oriented Programming Language)
Using SQL (Database Design and Query Language)
To create a Web-Application (with PHP, HTML,...)
Some more technical sophistication (interfaces, ...)
Requirement's analysis, teamwork, set up project phases,..., Results
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Technical
Trainers
College-
Riyadh
by Prof. Dr.
C. Kaldeich
The Way to Go: Blended-/e-Learning
Systematic Overview
Maturity Level Software Solutions
5 advanced and proven blended learning
strategies
specialized tools, advanced settings
4 learning management system,
online applications
CommSy OLAT moodle Blackboard ...
3 collaborative work, shared documents CommSy OLAT moodle Blackboard ...
2 annotated, clustered material CommSy OLAT moodle Blackboard ...
1 common storage location network file sytems, dropbox, ...
0 unsystematic disorder local file sytems, data sticks
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Technical
Trainers
College-
Riyadh
by Prof. Dr.
C. Kaldeich
The Way to Go: Blended-/e-Learning
Accessing TTC‘s BL/e-L Infrastructure - Logical Framework
Student
Lecturer
TTCBLWebPortal
CommSy
OLAT
Mobile: Know-
ledgePulse
Wiki-
spaces
Wee-
bly
Storage
authentification
Act.Dir.
Acad. 5grades
academic
editorial
work
external
additional
services
internal
services
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Technical
Trainers
College-
Riyadh
by Prof. Dr.
C. Kaldeich
The Way to Go: Producing own material
Video – training films and pre-produced lectures
mobile settings
on-site film production,
e.g. in class/workshop situations
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Technical
Trainers
College-
Riyadh
by Prof. Dr.
C. Kaldeich
Some Results
1. Objectives
2. Current Situation
3. Concept
4. Way to Go
5. Some Results
6. Discussion
7. ICT Exhibition‘13: Photo gallery
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Technical
Trainers
College-
Riyadh
by Prof. Dr.
C. Kaldeich
Some results: Library Information System (LIS)
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Technical
Trainers
College-
Riyadh
by Prof. Dr.
C. Kaldeich
Some Results
Project Management with Agile
Requirements analysis/
Customer’s needs
Planning, Analysis,
Definition of the development platform
Programming and CodingImplementation
Maintenance & Support
Milestone Meeting & Quality Control
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Technical
Trainers
College-
Riyadh
by Prof. Dr.
C. Kaldeich
Some results: The Library Information System
The requirements/goals:
i. Build a user-friendly web-interface;
ii. Provide the college with the Library Information System;
iii. Follow up book acquisitions and procurement requests;
iv. Provide an easy book-user tracking process;
v. Control and organize the book lending/borrowing process;
...
ix. Provide an interface to send SMS to the users;
...
xiv. Allow easy data maintenance;
xv. Provide book-reservation-list for the users;
xvi. Define management/statistical reports;
xvii.Provide a recent acquirement of new books;
xviii. Provide a social media bar for each new acquisition;
xix. Provide a stock report for available books.
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Trainers
College-
Riyadh
by Prof. Dr.
C. Kaldeich
Some results: Example of Site-Map
The Site-Map and the related
processes were developed
attending the Requirement
Analysis
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Technical
Trainers
College-
Riyadh
by Prof. Dr.
C. Kaldeich
Some results: Example of Database Design
The Entity-Relationship Model for the Library Information System (LIS)
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Technical
Trainers
College-
Riyadh
by Prof. Dr.
C. Kaldeich
Some results: Example of Code
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Technical
Trainers
College-
Riyadh
by Prof. Dr.
C. Kaldeich
Overview
1. Objectives
2. Current Situation
3. Concept
4. Way to Go
5. Some Results
6. Discussion
7. ICT Exhibition‘13: Photo gallery
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Technical
Trainers
College-
Riyadh
by Prof. Dr.
C. Kaldeich
Discussion
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Technical
Trainers
College-
Riyadh
by Prof. Dr.
C. Kaldeich
Thank you for your attention!
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Technical
Trainers
College-
Riyadh
by Prof. Dr.
C. Kaldeich
ICT Exhibition‘13: Photo gallery
