In the system of higher education main results mastering basic educational programs are competences students and graduates. However, in pedagogical environment, despite widespread use term, there is still no deep understanding features such ways to achieve them. Therefore, often clear distinction between cognitive outcomes (knowledge, skills, abilities) competence outcomes. There difficulties t...

This paper presents a framework for project management competence assessment based on participant’s performance and contribution in a simulated environment. The proposed framework considers competence assessment through evidences and the participation of different roles. The system enforces the assessment of individual competences by means of a set of performance indicators. A specific case stu...

This research asked the research question: what competencies and capabilities are required by HEIs engaging in e-learning? E-learning capabilities deployed in all of the cases studied in this research were a part of, or related to, existing capabilities. The findings also enable an analysis of e-learning competence. A competency is a capability performed relatively well, and confers competitive...

introduction: evaluation of human resources requires proper indicators for its performance measurement. in fact, compiling indexes consider as the basic source of information evaluation. the aim of this study was to compiling the basic human resources indicators in health system to provide enough information to evaluate human resource management in this sector. this work developed by designing ...

Universities can contribute to the solutions of major challenges of the 21st century such as increasing environmental and socio-economic crises, inequalities of income and wealth and political instabilities by integrating the concept of sustainable development (SD) in research, organization, and by educating future decision makers. For instance, by integrating sustainability into the organizati...

Article history: Received 20 April 2009 Received in revised form 3 August 2009 Accepted 18 September 2009 The explosive growth of the Internet has led to a dramatic increase in data sources for (competitive) technology intelligence. Appropriate implementation and use of IT tools to gather and analyze these data is of key importance for the creation of actionable technology intelligence. A strat...

The Measure Athletes’ Volition consists of 23 items that measure six elements of volitional competences. The purpose of the present study was to examine whether a subset of these items could form a short version of the scale; to provide evidence for the structural validity and internal consistency of the short version; and to test validity issues of the new scale. A total of 831 individuals fro...

The research presented here is justified by the lack of tradition in Spain with regards to socioeducational intervention programmes based on training and group support, as well as the proven benefits of these methods in foster care. It addresses the need to go deeper into the acquisition and consolidation of the core professional competences for running socioeducational groups with foster famil...

A skill is a basic unit for cognitive processing that allows the use of concepts. A competence is the result of the application of a skill on a concept. Competences and their development play a central role in most educational and training programs. This paper presents a formal model for the representation of competences, called Competences Memory Map, an extension of the Memory Map [14], a mod...