The training program consists of 3 workshops over 5 days that will teach instructors how to use assessments to improve learning and measurement. Workshop 1 will cover guidelines for quality and equitable assessments. Workshop 2 will teach managing the entire assessment process. Workshop 3 will demonstrate how assessments can enhance learning throughout the process. The program aims to encourage faculty in Saudi Arabia to benefit from new technologies for course assessment and evaluation.

1. Assessments,
and certification
Training program in Switzerland
Prepared by
Leading provider of assessment and talent development solutions and services
Comartis AG , Oberneuhofstrasse 1, 6340 Baar, Switzerland
www.comartis.com
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2. 1. Purpose
The basis of developing successful educational, training, and certification materials is
the effective use of assessments.
This assessments & certification training program, designed to provide a one week
in-depth workshops to learn about how you can use assessments to improve the
learning and measurement processes.
This program is designated to encourage faculty members and teachers in the
Kingdom of Saudi Arabia to highly benefit from the new technologies to develop
appropriate Assessments activities to determine if students have met their course
learning outcomes. Participants will learn tools to evaluate their own courses.
This program will also demonstrates that questions can produce significant learning
and performance benefits, potentially improving learning by 150% or more.
Participants will benefit from the large experience and know-how of Comartis and
subject matter experts in the area of assessments.
2. Strategy
During the workshop participants will be trained on measuring students knowledge
by the use of assessments such as self-evaluations, surveys, quizzes, tests and
certification exams.
For any of these assessment formats, participants will learn how to provide
meaningful and reliable data, they need to be conducted uniformly, evaluated
consistently and be ongoing by using modern assessment management systems.
Participants will also learn how to benefit from the new technologies to develop high
quality tests with significant questions.
In addition to the learning experience, participants will enjoy tours, sightseeing and
activities in Switzerland.
Summary:
The training program consists of 3 workshops representing a step forward in
improving the quality, hence the fairness of assessment, instructors will also learn
how they can use assessments to improve the learning process and achieve better
results.
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3. Workshop1: Guidelines for Assessment Quality and Equity
Trainees will learn how to adopt and implement important guidelines to improve the
quality, and hence the fairness of assessment.
Workshop 2: Manage the Entire Assessment Process
Trainees will create, deliver and analyze Assessment and they will also learn how to
combine online and Traditional testing methods to cover all testing circumstances.
Workshop 3: Assessments through the Learning Process
Trainees will learn how quizzes, tests, exams and surveys can be used not only to
measure knowledge, skills and attitudes but also to enhance learning.
3. Comartis project team:
Facilitators:
1. Omar Lahyani, co-founder and CEO, is the driving force behind the Comartis
vision and market direction.
Since 1995 the company has become a leading supplier of Assessment and
Learning Management Solutions with headquarters in Switzerland and
subsidiaries in Morocco and the US. The professional quality of its
products and services has convinced hundreds customers, including
companies like Abbott, Credit Suisse, Novartis, Polaroid, Roche, Siemens
and UBS. Mr. Lahyani has an MS in Computer Science and Instructional
Design from the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology.
2. Andreas R. Plimpton, co-founder and CTO of Comartis, is responsible for the
technical vision and architecture of the i-qbox Human Performance Suite.
Mr. Plimpton is well versed in the development of complex e-business
software solutions.
He has developed complex e-commerce applications that integrate with a
variety of heterogeneous systems.
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4. Mr. Plimpton has been the primary software architect of the i-qbox since its
inception.
Mr. Plimpton also has an MS in Computer Science from the Swiss Federal
Institute of Technology in Zurich.
3. Dave Marbacher – Mr. Marbacher is Head of Development and part of the
Comartis Senior Management Team.
He has been with Comartis for over 8 years as the senior developer
overseeing the strategic deployment
of the Comartis Human Performance Suite initially under the direction of
Andreas Plimpton. Before joining Comartis,
he worked for cnlab and Check Point Software in the field of VoIP
encryption technologies.
4. Amine Hanafi, Head of Marketing & Sales in the middle east region, is the
Comartis primary point of contact. He's a business generalist who is prepared
to roll up his sleeves for the Comartis clients.
Since joining Comartis, Amine has been working with professional organizations and
subject matter experts to craft innovative e-Learning solutions. He is well positioned
to offer just the amount and type of marketing assistance needed by virtually any size
of business. He has a proven track record of being very successful at all his
endeavors.
Keynotes:
Professors from zurich university
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5. 4. Agenda for the Online and paperbased tests & certification training
program
1st day
(Monday)
from to
09:00 11:00 Welcome and Outlines
11:00 11:15 Break
11:15 13:00 Workshop1
13:00 14:30 Prayer & Lunch time
14:30 17:30 Workshop1
17:30 18:00 Prayer & Snack
2nd day
from to
09:00 11:00 Speaker1
11:00 11:15 Break
11:15 13:00 Workshop2
13:00 14:30 Prayer & Lunch time
14:30 18:00 Site Visit, Networking
3rd day
from to
09:00 11:00 Speaker2
11:00 11:15 Break
11:15 13:00 Workshop2
13:00 14:30 Prayer & Lunch time
14:30 17:30 Workshop2
17:30 18:00 Prayer & Snack
4th day
from to
09:00 11:00 Speaker2
11:00 11:15 Break
11:15 13:00 Workshop3
13:00 14:30 Prayer & Lunch time
14:30 17:30 Workshop3
17:30 18:00 Prayer & Snack
5th day
(Friday)
from to
09:00 11:00 Speaker3
11:00 11:15 Break
11:15 13:00 Graduation Ceremony
Friday Prayers & Lunch
13:00 15:00 time
14:30 18:00 Site Visit, Networking
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