Creating an online skill development program for India

Background

Today’s world e-governance plays an important role. The nature and scale of e-governance initiatives planned within the domain of the State Governments, present a considerable enhancement in the aspiration level of government. Major managerial and technological challenges are one consequence of this, particularly in the context of the need for implementation of these projects in a "mission mode" with clearly defined goals, timelines and responsibilities by concerned departments of the State Governments. Now a day’s government is spending money to improve skills development and Capacity Building, where e-governance have ideas to implement all the schemes.

Capacity Building Scheme for all the States/UTs for taking National e-Governance Plan (NeGP) forward across the country has been approved by the Cabinet Committee on Economic Affaires (CCEA), the scheme is mainly for providing technical & professional support to State level policy & decision-making bodies and to develop specialized skills for e-governance.

Government of India recognizes “Capacity Building”  as the key for the success of e-Governance projects and has made “Capacity Building” a integral part of all Mission Mode Projects (MMP). It has recognized the importance of Building Human Resource Capacities in terms of Necessary Knowledge, Skills to Conceptualize, Implement and Sustain e-Governance initiatives.

Capacity Building being the key pillar and to serve this need, a system of continued learning is inevitable. Learning Management System (LMS), a program for continuous development of the employee, is an excellent tool for training, evaluating, and tracking results.

The Ever-improving technology, new laws and regulations, increased job requirements, and a changing workforce are all factors that create an environment where employers must efficiently and effectively deliver learning experiences. These experiences must be easily accessible and tracked.

It is also necessary to upgrade the quality of skills to match international standards through significant industry involvement and to develop the necessary frameworks to address the development and sustainability of a dynamic management system regarding relevant curriculum, content, pedagogy, assessment and evaluation, quality assurance process and standards. Enhance, support and coordinate private sector initiatives for skill development strive for significant operational and financial involvement from the private sector.

Benefits of online learning

Focus on the underprivileged sections of society and the backward regions of the country, thereby enabling their move out of poverty; similarly focus on the workforce from the unorganized or the informal sector. A Learning Management System (LMS) is an excellent tool for training, evaluating, and tracking results. Major benefits of LMS system can be viewed as follows:

·         Centralized Learning: Centralized Learning Environment ensures consistency. By its nature, an LMS makes all types of training content, developmental content, and performance content available to individuals through DVD or web access. Multiple users can access the LMS at any given point in time. The LMS ensures consistency in delivery and evaluation since each user sees the exact same material in the same manner and can be evaluated through common pre-testing and/or post testing methods. An LMS allows users to easily design and deploy customized training modules. This feature is especially important when new module is introduced, existing module is updated, or standard operating procedures are significantly modified.

·         Tracking and Reporting: The LMS allows users to view a required learning path, track progress against the learning path, review records of success, and register for additional courses. Employers can offer these courses through various media including instructor led training, web-based training, or webinars. Management can access the same records of success and can also analyze the records data to determine areas of success and areas that needs improvement.

·         Capabilities Evaluation: The LMS allows users to be evaluated prior to taking a course, while participating in the course, and upon course completion. Employers can evaluate retention by periodically administering scheduled assessments via the LMS. They can review the records of results to determine success levels and actual time taken to complete each course and its components.

·         Cost Effectiveness: LMS allows multiple people to be trained at same time, thus reducing reliance on trainers and reducing cost of training.

LMS Deliverables 

1.      Develop some online courses with text and 2D pictures and animation

2.      Self assessment questions at end of each section

3.      The developed content should be uploaded to the LMS through content management system

4.      The developed content should be available in form of DVD

LMS Features

Web-based solution for Capacity Building is a Learning Management System for employees of Government departments to acquire Knowledge and enhance their skill sets in a quick, user friendly and cost effective manner. Some salient feature of this solution is listed as below:

·         Manage Employee Development

·         Create continued learning Environment

·         Manage Training Initiatives

·         Skill Development