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Competency Framework as an Instrument to Assess
Professional Competency of Future Seafarers
Halina Popova 1 and Alona Yurzhenko 2
1 Kherson State Maritime Academy, 20, Ushakov ave., Kherson, 73000, Ukraine
spagalina@gmail.com
2 Maritime college of Kherson State Maritime Academy, 20, Ushakov ave., Kherson, 73000,
Ukraine
helen18@online.ua
Abstract. The purpose of the article is to use the framework for evaluating
communicative competencies in the English language course of Kherson State
Maritime Academy for future ship engineers.
Keywords: Professional Competency, Competency Framework, Digital
Badges, Higher Educational Establishments, MOODLE.
1 Introduction
Competency framework of Kherson State Maritime Academy (KSMA) is a
hierarchical list of Competencies defined by standards of STCW.
Fig. 1. The connection of Professional competency, LMS MOODLE and Competency
framework in KSMA.
The standards of maritime education strictly defines list of ship engineer’s
minimum standard of competence for officers in charge of ship engineering watch at
the operational level, which contains nine main professional competencies
Fig. 2. Professional competencies of ship engineer at the operational level according to STCW.
2 Analysis of Recent Research and Publications
Nowadays there is a large number of studies devoted to the analysis of the
effectiveness of Competency Framework usage in MOODLE when studying. The
research was carried out by such scientists as K. Hancox, A. Kirkbride, G. Markovic,
A. Herron, R. Elliott, S. Kalmbacher, B. Sandow, M. Davis and others.
The questions of Competency Framework usage in the educational process in the
higher educational establishments, namely while the development of electronic
courses in LMS MOODLE, were considered in the studies of A.P. Lopes, J. Cook,
M. Dougiamas, P.C. Taylor, J. Fruitet, I. Wild, S.S. Nash, W. Rice and others.
However, we did not find out as a result of the analysis of the scientific work
researchers who studied the introduction of interactive MOODLE courses using
Competency Framework for cadets of higher maritime educational establishments.
3 "Maritime English" E-Course
To study Maritime English competency framework according to STCW was created
in LMS MOODLE and Maritime English is studied.
Fig. 3. The position of Competency Framework in LMS MOODLE “Maritime English” e-
course.
4 Results
The principle of gamification is formed by the use of game design elements in e-
learning process. The combination of digital technology learning games is already
perceived as a legitimate educational tool that is highly effective in comparison with
traditional training. Another instrument that helps to asses students’ professional
competencies is the electronic system of badges Badges are visual tokens of
achievement sharable across the web.
They appear on a user's page, identify and show the skills, knowledge, etc. of the
participant. This rewards system helps to increase the level of students’ motivation,
and provides a course on the elements of the computer game.
Fig. 4. Digital system of badges on “Maritime English” e-course to assess professional
competencies of cadets.
5 Conclusions
The use of the competency framework implemented in KSMA on the MOODLE
platform is aimed to increase the effectiveness of the learning process management
and to implement a competency approach in the process of forming a communicative
competency. The existence of a scheme for the development and compilation of a
computer, its visual representation, confirmation of the activity in the interactive
electronic course allows to improve the quality and increase the efficiency of the
formation of competencies, to optimize the educational process, to make it
personalized and diverse.
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