THE DESIGN FRAMEWORK OF TRAINING SYSTEM FOR PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT (TASPOD)

Abstract

The human resource training policy in any sector requires each member to be equipped with attitude, skills and knowledge through human resource development program based on competency development and continuous learning. The continuing professional development is a concerted effort to ensure educators in higher learning institutions to equip themselves with professional knowledge, skill, values and practices through in-service training program organized based on competency development, lifelong learning and career path. The deliverables of this research at the initial stage include the development of the system framework of the e-training for professional development. The system named ‘Training System for Professional Development’ (TaSPoD) designed as an electronic training system for educators in the higher learning institutions, with the main purpose to enhance and equip educators’ competency, professionalisms, knowledge, skills and practices in an effective way; utilizing the system through 3 distinct modules; the training module, the assessment module and the management module. In designing effective training product, the design of the module adapts Merrill’s First Principles of Instruction. The functionality of TaSPoD is basically divided into 3 distinct components:(1) content module, (2) assessment module and (3) management module. Each of the modules will be interacting to each other where one module will equip data and information to other modules.