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Competence Models in Technology-Enhanced Competence-Based Learning

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Throughout the years competence-based management approaches have proved to be a critical tool in human resource management, vocational training and performance management. As a result, competence-based approaches are often adopted as the key paradigm in both formal or informal education and training programs. Despite this fact, the Technology-enhanced Learning (TeL) research community has only recently considered undertaking research towards technology-enhanced competence-based learning and training. To this end, there exist a number of open issues such as: how can we model competences; how can we assess competences; how can we develop training resources and training activities that target specific competences. The scope of this chapter is to contribute to this field by addressing the issue of competence modeling in technology-enhanced competence-based training, that is, how can we model and represent competence-related information in a system meaningful way.

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  1. Department of Digital Systems, University of Piraeus, Greece

    D. Sampson & D. Fytros

  2. Advanced e-Services for the Knowledge Society Research Unit (ASK), Informatics and Telematics Institute (ITI) Center for Research and Technology - Hellas (CERTH), 150 Androutsou Str., GR-18532, Piraeus, Greece

    D. Sampson & D. Fytros

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  1. Information Systems for Production and Operations Management, University of Duisburg-Essen, Universitätsstraße 9, 45141, Essen, Germany

    Heimo H. Adelsberger

  2. School of Computing and Information Systems, Athabasca University, 1 University Drive, Athabasca, AB T9S 3A3, Canada

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  3. Information Technology Research Institute (ITRI), University of Jyväskylä, Agora PL 35, 40014, Jyväskylä, Finland

    Jan M. Pawlowski

  4. Department of Digital Systems, University of Piraeus, Greece

    Demetrios G. Sampson

  5. Advanced e-Services for the Knowledge Society Research Unit Informatics and Telematics Institute, Center for Research and Technology - Hellas, 150 Androutsou Str., GR-18532, Piraeus, Greece

    Demetrios G. Sampson

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Sampson, D., Fytros, D. (2008). Competence Models in Technology-Enhanced Competence-Based Learning. In: Adelsberger, H.H., Kinshuk, Pawlowski, J.M., Sampson, D.G. (eds) Handbook on Information Technologies for Education and Training. International Handbooks on Information Systems. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-540-74155-8_9

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