Imagining the Future of Testing Dudley Dolan ECDL Foundation

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Imagining the Future of TestingDudley DolanECDL
Foundation
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Key Themes

• Imagination
• Requirements
• Responsibility

• Context
• Evolution
• Challenges

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Context Model 1

• Data Collection
• Dispersed
• Non-integrated

Certification Sponsor

• Hierarchy
• National
• Disintegrated
• Non-standard

Operator

• Diffuse
• Multi-lingual
• Level of Support

ATES Providers
Test Centres

• Experience
• Offering
• Satisfaction

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Context Model 2
External Vendors
Operator
Certification Sponsor
Test Centres
Candidates
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Dispersion
Dispersion
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Integration
Integration

• Item Formats
• ATES Platforms
• Modes of Delivery
• Integrating
• Interfacing
• Standards

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Driving Factors

• Emerging Item format technology standards
• Emerging platform technology
• Availability of cheap, reliable bandwidth
• Pressing need to enable multilingual programmes
  delivery
• Capital costs associated with building ATES
  infrastructure
• Security considerations
• Candidate Management Tools
• Requirement to capitalise more directly on
  inherent value
• Integration with Learning Management Systems
  (LMS)
• Better reporting for Certification Sponsor or
  Operator

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Vision Quadrant
Relationships
Technology
Vision
Leadership
Motivation
Future
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A Web of Technology Values
Multi-lingual
Reliable
Research based
Trusted
Innovating
Interfacing
Integrating
Disability
Leading Edge
Flexible
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Key Drivers

• Standards
• ISO based approval
• New Standards
• Innovation

• Technology
• Format enhancement
• Platform robustness
• Integration

• Operators
• Faster to market
• Better Data Capture
• Enhanced Reporting

• Candidates
• Better products
• New Offerings
• Leadership

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Format and Delivery
Item
Delivery
In-applications
Other
Complex Simulations
Standalone
Simple Simulations
Client Server
MCQ / Hotspot
Online 2
Manual Testing
Online 1
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40
60
80
100
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40
60
80
100
Percentage of banks
Percentage of banks
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Format
Performance TestingCouncil (USA) generalised
move towards more complex item formats
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Development
Integration
High
ISO
Dispersed
CTT
Advanced Formats
Simple Formats
Manual
High
Low
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Format and Development
Platforms
Complex Simulations
Platform
Transformational
In Applications
Content and Delivery
Collaborative
Simple Simulations
Next Generation
MCQ / Hot Spots
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Fundamentals

• Quality Product
• Efficient Delivery
• Responsive
• Candidate centric
• Smart Uptake

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Testing Evolution
Automated Testing Systems
Candidates
Web
Web
Test Centres
Licensees
ECDL-F
Market
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Key Attributes
Faster
Scalable
Secure
Disability
Robust
Multi- Lingual
Reliable
Interfacing
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New Challenges

• Speed of Delivery
• Multi-lingual
• Customization
• Security
• Disability
• Performance testing
• New Item formats
• Studio Capability
• Interactive
• Richer
• Wider Acceptance
• Larger Demand
• Statistical Validation
• National Context ..

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Contact
The limit only of our imagination
Dudley Dolan dudley.dolan_at_ecdl.com