TENCompetence is an integrated project which will support individuals, groups and organisations in Europe in lifelong competence development by establishing the most appropriate technical and organizational infrastructure, using open-source, standards-based, sustainable and innovative technology. To achieve this, the project will conduct RTD activities to further develop and integrate models an...

Non-verbal communication (NVC) plays a major role in various aspects of human life (Andersen, 2004; Cameron, 2001; Johnstone, 2008). Children learning their first language come to realize non-verbal communication as their socialization process takes place (Fletcher & German, 1990; Ingram, 1996; Owens, 2001). However, most EFL learners may have little exposure to these non-verbal aspects of comm...

In this paper, the authors address the problem of fast changing Information and Communication Technology (ICT) profession which hampers efficiency of ICT professionals and practitioners as well as businesses. For instance, ICT practitioners increasingly need support and training activitie to adapt their skills or to acquire new ones in order to deal with ICT technology changes. The authors atte...

The recent development in IT-based HRM systems implies increased potential for using these systems to support the strategic competence management process in organizations. The paper discusses potential benefits and challenges related to implementation of IT-based competence systems, based on a case study of the implementation of a global competence management system in the telecommunications co...

This study intends to propose a modern model in the field of human resources (HR) strategic management through designing human resources&rsquo competence framework. Based on this strategic orientation of organization on human resources management system has been investigated considering the mediating role of competence approach in Central Bank of the Islamic Republic of Iran. In order to implem...

After a short introduction on the need for a new literacy, coming from the work of many organizations and institutions during last twenty years, the approach adopted by an Italian research group for the planning and development of a framework for digital competence assessment is discussed. This model, the first built until now, has been used to create a questionnaire experimented with High Scho...

The present patterns of economic development are deemed to be ‘unsustainable’. It is believed that the concept of sustainability, assisted by the use of information and communication technologies (ICT) through organisational sustainability information systems (OSIS), is a ‘cure’ for current extraordinary environmental changes. However, the effective use of these systems requires an ICT competen...

Dynamic ensemble selection (DES) techniques work by estimating the level of competence of each classifier from a pool of classifiers. Only the most competent ones are selected to classify a given test sample. Hence, the key issue in DES is the criterion used to estimate the level of competence of the classifiers to predict the label of a given test sample. In order to perform a more robust ense...

Agents often have to trust one another when engaging in joint actions. In many cases, no single design team has the authority to assure that agents cooperate. Trust is required when agents hold potentially different values or conflicting goals. This paper presents a framework and some initial experiments for decomposing agent reputation within a multi-agent society into two characteristics: com...

Currently, in Austria there is a major reform of the final exam (Matura) on the way and will be implemented in 2015. All subjects, Informatics included, will be affected in different forms. The underlying philosophy of this reform is a strong competence orientation, thinking educational processes in terms of students’ outcomes which are based on clear expectations and standardized objectives. T...