Expression of Interest "JSTE to translate and develop e-lessons of BT2 Science des Materiaux using Articulate 360” 18.2208.9-001.00 QuaVet

Brief information on the project

The project "Improving the Quality and Attractiveness of Vocational Education and Training in Lebanon" aims to increasingly align vocational education and training in sectors with sustainable employment potentials with the needs of the Lebanese economy.

Emphasis is placed on improving the partnership between vocational training institutions and the private sector, strengthening human resource capacity in vocational training institutions, and developing practice-oriented training programs. The target groups of the project are young people, unemployed and underemployed adults who want to improve their employment prospects through qualifications relevant to the labor market.

The implementing partner is the Directorate General for Vocational and Technical Education (DGVTE), which lacks capacity at various levels to involve the private sector in vocational education and training. This concerns curriculum development, teacher training and the expansion of practical elements in teaching. The project's advisory approach includes establishing and advising coordination bodies with representatives of the state vocational training sector and company representatives at the macro and steering levels, piloting cooperation models between vocational training institutions and the private sector, systematic human resources development in public vocational training institutions and testing competency-based, modularized training programs.

Context

Considering the stumbling economic situation that is affecting Lebanon at several levels, TVET schools and institutes are not opening on a regular basis and are likely to stay closed several days of the week during the 2023/24 academic year due to teacher strikes.

Based on the experience in e-learning which the GIZ project’s ProVTE[1] and VTE4all[2] have collected and considering that the teaching and learning at distance will be a constant in the future in the form of blended learning, the QuA-VET project started the development of the technical theoretical subjects of BT1 and BT2 “Industrial Mechanics” (البكالوريا الفنية اختصاص الميكانيك الصناعي) in e-learning (EL) modality in the French language.
This will ensure that students are receiving the necessary support to access the technical theoretical subjects as e-lessons and that their learning is not interrupted due to the instability in the country. Moreover, the lessons in EL modality will be a support for teachers for in presence lessons, whenever more face-to-face teaching will be taking place.  

In order to ensure the equal access of all students enrolled in the BT Industrial Mechanics to the e-learning lessons uploaded to the Moodle learning management system, a competent technical teacher, from public TVET, that is able to translate and develop in Arabic language the French e-learning lessons using Articulate 360 is required.

Outline of the mission

To assure a consistent level of quality of the content and the flow of the EL courses, an Authoring Software (AS) – Articulate Rise 360 - has been selected as a tool for the creation of interactive courses and a Learning Management System (LMS) – Moodle, which is SCORM compatible and can absorb the courses developed by the content developers contracted through QuA-VET project, has been chosen and used during the delivery of the technical theoretical subjects for the “Industrial Mechanics” during the 2022/23 academic years, and for the BT “Bâtiment et Travaux Publics” under ProVTE and VTE4all projects.

In order to translate and develop the ELs in Arabic language, a competent expert is required to develop the technical theoretical subject of BT2 “Science des Materiaux” in Arabic language using Articulate 360, according to the criteria set by the project team.

3. The contractor shall provide the following work/service:

• Develop the technical theoretical course of BT2 “Science des Materiaux” in Arabic language, using Articulate 360: translate and draft the scripts in Arabic language, develop the e-lessons on Rise 360 using the project template, insert multimedia blocks relevant to content, translate and draft the in-lesson knowledge check and end-of-lesson quiz questions.
• Ensure the usage of the correct Arabic technical terms and the alignment of the e-lessons with the already developed courses in French language.
• Publish and adjust the e-lessons developed according to the feedback provided by the project team.
• Apply the right-to-left alignment procedure to the SCORM package and upload the e-lessons to Moodle learning management system upon the approval of project team.
• Share the deliverables with project team: Arabic scripts, in-lesson and quiz questions, illustrations and SCORM packages.

Qualifications of proposed staff

Education:University or TS, LT or LET degree in Mechanical Engineering, Mechanics, Mechatronics, Electronics, Electricity or equivalent in a mechanic discipline

Professional experience:  5 years’ experience in teaching in TVET the technical theoretical subject of BT2 Science des Materiaux and experience in developing e-learning lessons using Articulate 360 authoring tool

Experience in the region/knowledge of the country

5 years of working experience in Lebanon

Language skills

Business fluency in French and Arabic languages

[1] Practice-Oriented Vocational and Technical Education

[2] Vocational and Technical Education for All