Deliverable D8.4 Demonstrators assessment
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Deliverable D8.4 Demonstrators assessment
FP7ICTSTREPProject DeliverableD8.4 Demonstratorsassessment http://www.learnpad.eu Templatev.0.3 ProjectNumber : FP7-619583 ProjectTitle : LearnPAd ModelBasedSocialLearningforPublicAdministrations DeliverableNumber : D8.4 TitleofDeliverable : Demonstratorsassessment NatureofDeliverable : Report Disseminationlevel : Public Licence : CreativeCommonsAttribution3.0License Version : 4.0 ContractualDeliveryDate : 31October2016 ActualDeliveryDate : 31October2016 ContributingWP : WP8 Editor(s) : AndreaSergiacomi(MAR) Author(s) : CinziaAmici(MAR),AlessiaBalducci(MAR),SerenaCarota (MAR),LauraGiorgio(MAR),BarbaraRe(UniCam),Andrea Sergiacomi(MAR) Reviewer(s) : AntoniaBertolino(CNR),GuglielmoDeAngelis(CNR),Andrea Polini(Unicam),BarbaraRe(Unicam) Abstract Work Package 8, titled Demonstrators, aimed at providing support to the technical and research workpackages for better focusing on their activities, and at assessing the applicability, acceptance and effectiveness of the proposed solutions. An early validation was carried out considering the first running instance of the Learn PAd platform available (since 06 November 2015). A group of users, sampled from both project demonstrators (EPBR and SUAP), tested the Learn PAd platform and provided us with feedbackandcommentstoimproveit.Fromamethodologicalperspective,intheearlyvalidationweruna questionnaire and collected technical and detailed opinions from a focus group with influential people, skilledincomputerscienceorineducation. Inthisdeliverablewepresenttheaims,settingandresultsofthefinalvalidationrunonthelatestrunning instanceoftheLearnPAdplatformavailable,whichincludesalltheLearnPAddefinitivecomponents.From a methodological perspective, in the final validation we submitted a questionnaire ex-ante to assess learners’competencesandexperiences,andaquestionnaireex-posttoassesstheirpossibleimprovements inknowledge,skillsandcompetence,acquiredattheconclusionofatrainingsessionlastingtwoworking weeks (since 14 September 2016). The ex-post questionnaire also aimed at surveying the degree of user satisfactionandengagementandataskingtheiropinionregardingusability,efficacyandcompletenessof theLearnPAdPlatform.Thefinalvalidationinvolved61users(31learnerswereinvolvedinusingtheLearn Padplatformand30learners,referredtoasthematchingcontrolgroup,workedwithinanotherregionalelearningplatformcalledMARLENE). Keywordlist BusinessProcess,EuropeanProjectBudgetReport,ModellingEnvironment,LearningPlatform,Public Administration,SportelloUnicoAttivitàProduttive,OneStopShop,Validation,Accessibility,User Experience,Gamification,TitoloUnico,SegnalazioneCertificatadiInizioAttività,UrbanVariant,Conference ofServices,EuropeanQualificationsFramework,LearningMaterial,Simulation,Recommender,Key PerformanceIndicators,Learningapproach ii iii Document History Version Changes Author(s) 0.1 TableofContent(TOC) AndreaSergiacomi(MAR) 1.0 FirstDraft:Contenttobe improved AndreaSergiacomi(MAR) 1.1 SecondDraft:Contenttobe mergedandfixed AndreaSergiacomi(MAR),Alessia Balducci(MAR),LauraGiorgio (MAR),AntoniaBertolino(CNR) 2.0 Internalrelease:Contenttobe finalized AndreaSergiacomi(MAR) 2.1 Secondinternalrelease: Conclusionstobefixed AndreaSergiacomi(MAR),Alessia Balducci(MAR) 2.2 Thirdinternalrelease:Allcontent addedandcheckedforthe internalreview AndreaSergiacomi(MAR),Alessia Balducci(MAR) 3.0 Submission AndreaSergiacomi(MAR) Document Review Release Date Ver. Reviewer(s) Comments ToC October3,2016 0.1 AntoniaBertolino, BarbaraRe Suggestiontoadd thelearning approach description Draft October14,2016 1.x AntoniaBertolino, GuglielmoDe Angelis,Andrea Polini addedpartner integrationsand contributesfrom othertechnical deliverables Internalrelease October24,2016 2.x AntoniaBertolino Candidatefinal October27,2016 3.0 iv v Glossary, acronyms & abbreviations Item Description Accessibility Incomputerscienceisthecharacteristicofacomputingsystemtobeeasilyusable byanyuser,regardlessofhissensory,motororpsychicindividualcapacities,ofany temporaryorpermanentdisability,ofevenculturalaspectsoraspectsrelatingto familiaritywiththeuseofICTinterfaces. Bloom's taxonomy isasetofthreehierarchicalmodels(coveringthelearningobjectivesincognitive, affectiveandsensorydomains)usedtoclassifyeducationallearningobjectivesinto levelsofcomplexityandspecificity. BP BusinessProcess CoS ConferenceofServices EPBR EuropeanProjectBudgetReport EQF EuropeanQualificationsFramework Gamification Theuseofelementsborrowedfromthegamesandotherfuntechniques,adapted toexternalcontexts(eg.scores,levels,rewards,badges,giftsandotherloyalty methodsorpracticestoarouseinterestorcontributetotheusersatisfaction) Item Description KPI KeyPerformanceIndicatorssettomeasurestrategic,organizationalandlearning goals Learning Approach TheoverallarchitectureadoptedbytheLearnPAdproject,mappingthe Methodology(inspiredbytargets,contextandexistinglearningparadigmsforPAs), thechoicesmade(referredtothecentralityoftheworkprocesses,the transmissionofknowledgeandusefulcompetences,theinteractivedidactic methodologiesandthemixofe-learningmodels:selflearning,assistedlearning, collaborativelearning,organizationallearning),thesubjectstobeinvolved (mandants,modelers,learners,experts)andtheevaluationsystem(basedonaKPI Dashboard) Learning Material Allentitiesnotrepresentingmodelsbutrelevantforlearningasbooks,tutorials, learningaudioandvideofilebutalsobrowsingandsimulation MARLENE MarcheLearningNetworke-learningplatform OSS OneStopShopforProductiveActivities(synonymofSUAP) PA PublicAdministration vi Item Description Recommender Learningmodethatprovidesemanticallycontextualizedlearningcontent (accordingtotheuserprofileorthefunctionalitieshe/sheisplaying)throughaside baroftheLearnPAdplatform SCIA ‘SegnalazioneCertificatadiInizioAttività’meansinEnglishcertifiedreportfor startingabusinessactivity;hereusedtonameanotherkindofSUAPbusiness process Simulation Learningmodethatsimulatestheexecutingof(partof)aprocessinatraining environmentwithtrainingdata SUAP SportelloUnicoAttivitàProduttive TitoloUnico ‘Titolounico’meansinEnglishstandardrequestforstartingabusinessactivity; hereusedtonamethebusinessprocessconsidered UrbanVariant IsanotherkindofSUAPbusinessprocess,accordingtowhichtheentrepreneur's requestmakesnecessarytoinvolvethecitycouncilinformallychangingthe urbanisticdestinationofazonefromitsoriginalplan UX UserExperience.ThesubjectivefeelingsthatanuserexperiencedusinganICT system,withreferencetotheempiricandaffectiveaspects,tothevalueand meaningattributionhe/sherelatedtotheavailabilityandtheinteractionwiththe solution,aswellastotheoverallperceptionsandpersonalthoughtshe/shehad aboutitseffectiveness,theeaseofuseoftheinterface,thesystem'sefficiency,etc. vii TableofContent(ToC) ListofTables......................................................................................................................................................x ListofFigures...................................................................................................................................................xi 1Introduction...................................................................................................................................................1 1.1Purpose...................................................................................................................................................1 1.2Relateddeliverables................................................................................................................................1 1.3Structureofthedeliverable....................................................................................................................2 2Learningapproach..........................................................................................................................................4 2.1Explanationofthemethodology.............................................................................................................4 2.2Thechoices..............................................................................................................................................6 2.3Subjectsinvolved.....................................................................................................................................7 2.4Evaluationsystem...................................................................................................................................8 3LearnPadPlatform:finalvalidation...............................................................................................................9 3.1Resultsfromearlyvalidation...................................................................................................................9 3.2Validationintopractice.........................................................................................................................10 3.2.1Referencedplatforms.....................................................................................................................11 3.2.2Validationscenario.........................................................................................................................18 3.2.3Usedmethodology.........................................................................................................................21 3.2.4Questionnaires...............................................................................................................................22 3.3Resultsfromquestionnaires..................................................................................................................27 3.3.1Profilingandcontextdata..............................................................................................................27 3.3.2Competenceself-assessmentdata.................................................................................................31 3.3.3Learningassessmentdata..............................................................................................................34 3.3.4Usabilitydata..................................................................................................................................37 3.4Synthesisofthecollectedfeedback......................................................................................................39 3.4.1Positiveoverallopinionsandplatformsstrengths.........................................................................39 3.4.2Negativeoverallopinionsandmissingfunctionalities...................................................................40 4Resultsanalysisandconclusions..................................................................................................................42 Appendix.........................................................................................................................................................49 ExanteQuestionnaire(inItalian)................................................................................................................49 ExpostQuestionnaire(inItalian)................................................................................................................53 Collectedfeedback(inItalian).....................................................................................................................61 Collectedfeedback(inenglish)...................................................................................................................67 viii ix ListofTables Table1CentralchoicesmappedinthemodelsanddidacticsolutionsadoptedwithintheLearnPAd approach...........................................................................................................................................................7 Table2Usabilityresultsfromtheearlyvalidation..........................................................................................10 Table3DescriptorsdefininglevelsintheEuropeanQualificationsFramework(EQF)...................................25 Table4Aggregateddatarelatedtothetwosamplesinvolvedinthetesting................................................28 Table5PerceivedimprovementsinEQFskills................................................................................................33 Table6Profitresultsforeachclusterofquestions.........................................................................................35 Table7Dataandfiguresrelatedtotheusabilityexpostanswers.................................................................38 Table8Overallstatisticsforprofitanswersresults(themeanofthetotalscoreacquiredandthemedian score)...............................................................................................................................................................43 Table9Pearsoncorrelationbetweenthenumberofcorrectanswersandpossiblyinfluencingfactors(PA experience,SUAPexperience,anddedicatedtime).......................................................................................43 Table10Kendalltaucorrelationbetweenthenumberofcorrectanswersandpossiblyinfluencingfactors (age,SUAPexperience,anddedicatedtime)..................................................................................................44 Table11Pearsoncorrelationbetweenthenumberofindividualcorrectanswersandthesumofdeclared levelsinthefiveEQFcompetences.................................................................................................................46 Table12Pearsoncorrelationbetweenthenumberofindividualcorrectanswersandtheusersoverallrating oftheplatforms..............................................................................................................................................47 x ListofFigures Figure1TheLearnPAdplatformhomepage..................................................................................................11 Figure2Thebrowsingmode:awikipagerepresentingatask.......................................................................12 Figure3Thevalidatedoutputofacontributionbythequalityassessmentsystem......................................14 Figure4Afterthesimulationisactivated,therecommenderbarproposescontextualizedsimilarcases.....15 Figure5TheLearnPAdKPIDashboard...........................................................................................................16 Figure6TheMARLENEinterfacetoaccessaSCORMcourse..........................................................................16 Figure7ApageofcontentfromtheMARLENEcourseaboutSUAPCoS........................................................17 Figure8TheSUAP“TitoloUnico”BusinessProcess.......................................................................................19 Figure9The“ConferenceofServicesmanagement”sub-processwithinthe“TitoloUnico”BP...................20 Figure10a/bTheLearnPAdandMARLENEsamplesbygender....................................................................28 Figure11a/bTheLearnPAdandMARLENEsamplesbyage..........................................................................29 Figure12a/bTheLearnPAdandMARLENEsamplesbyqualificationineducation.......................................29 Figure13a/bTheLearnPAdandMARLENEsamplesbypublicrole...............................................................30 Figure14a/bTheLearnPAdandMARLENEsamplesbyyearsofworkat(oronbehalfof)aPA...................30 Figure15a/bTheLearnPAdandMARLENEsamplesbyyearsofexperienceinOSS/SUAP...........................31 Figure16Theplatformsoverallusagetime(inhours)...................................................................................31 Figure17ThedeclaredimprovementinEQFskillswithinthetwosamples...................................................32 Figure18ThepercentageofdeclaredimprovementineachrelevantEQFskillwithinthetwosamples......33 Figure19Thenumberofuserswhoanswercorrectlytomorethan70%oftheproposedquestionswithin thetwosamples..............................................................................................................................................34 Figure20Thenumberofuserswhoanswercorrectlytomorethan70%oftheproposedquestionswithin thesamplesandperclustersofquestions......................................................................................................36 Figure21Acomparingoverviewonacquiredopinionsaboutusability,userexperienceandplatform effectivenessbytheusersofLearnPAdandMARLENE..................................................................................39 Figure22a/bThePOSITIVEFEEDBACKWord-CloudsforLearnPAdandMARLENE.......................................39 Figure23a/bTheNEGATIVEFEEDBACKWord-CloudsforLearnPAdandMARLENE.....................................40 xi 1Introduction 1.1Purpose InthecontextoftheLearnPadproject,demonstrators(i)helpthetechnicalandresearchwork-packagesto betterfocustheiractivities;and(ii)theypermittoassesstheapplicability,acceptanceandeffectivenessof theproposedsolutionwithinrealworkingcontexts.AccordingtoWP8objectiveswehadtovalidateproject results considering the platform effectiveness in supporting civil servants training and collaborative activities, by directly involving the end users. During the third year of execution of the project, the objectives of the demonstrators evolved according to the state of development of the project, taking in deep consideration the effort of the whole consortium and of the partners in each single WP and deliverable that represented, for the platform, a new release, an empowerment or a content adapting request. IntheY2reportthereviewerssetsomespecificrequirementsforsuchvalidationrelatedtothesizeandthe qualityoftheexperiment,whichhadtoprovidestatisticallymeaningfulconclusions.Theyalsoaskedtotest theeffectivenessoftheconceptuallearningframeworkinordertoassesssomerealtangiblelearninggoals achievedbythecivilservantsusingtheLearnPAdplatformintheworkplace. WefocusedonthecaseofOSS(SUAP)tobeabletoinvolvethelargestnumberofavailableusersarounda community of practice clearly identified. To pursue the required results, the final validation has been planned to last a minimum of two weeks, while the experimenters, involved in the SUAP management processes,hadcontinuedworkingasusualintheirdailydutiesandroutines. The validation, better described in Section 3.2, was carried out dividing the 72 recruited people in two groups, equally populated and as homogeneous as possible: the users of arunning instance of the Learn PAd platform (available at the address http://Learn PAd.regione.marche.it:8080/xwiki/) and the control group, using MARLENE, a more traditional e-learning Moodle platform, already available in the Marche Region(http://marlenescuola.regione.marche.it/moodle/). Apreviousquestionnairewasprovidedtoalltheexperimenters,todefineexantetheirownmasterdata andthestatusoftheirexperience,EQFcompetencesandexpertiseinthematterofthecourse. Subsequently,afterthetwoweekstrial,amoredetailedexpostquestionnaire-alwaysthesameforboth groups-hadbeensubmittedtoretrieveusefuldatainordertounderstandifandhowthoseplatformshad helped them to learn, and the judgment they gave to this experience, in terms of usability and effectiveness.Attheendoftheexperimentationwereceivedback61compiledquestionnaires. Thesedata,bothmeasurableandbasedoncommentstobeinterpretedandrepresentedinverbalform, were anonymized, aggregated and processed to provide a clearer picture of the evaluation results, as explainedlater. 1.2Relateddeliverables Thefollowingdocumentshavebeentakenasreferencepoints: • D1.2.RequirementsAssessmentReport.Thisdeliverablewasconsideredasitreportsonassessmentof realizationstatusofthoserequirementsthathavebeencollected,analysed,andreportedinD1.1. 1 • • • • • • D2.4 Core Platform Implementation – Second Version. The deliverable consists of a second and final versionoftheLearnPAdcoreplatform,andisofsoftwarenature. D5.4 - KPI Ontology and Learners Assessment Mechanism. This deliverable describes the design of a comprehensive solution to enable PA employees meeting their business goals on a strategic and operational level, deriving operational goals, learning goals and competencies needed to achieve a correctexecutionofrelevantbusinessprocesses.ItoutlinesthetypicalgoalsandKPIsrequiredtoplan andtracklearninginarealworkplaceenvironmenttakingasexamplethe“TitoloUnico”SUAPprocess. D8.1.DemonstratorsBPandKnowledgemodels.Thedocumentidentifiesthedemonstratorsrelatedto the Learn PAd project within the two following scenarios: European Project Budget Reporting and “SportelloUnicoAttivitàProduttive”. D8.1. (Addendum) User Perspective and Project Evaluation Strategies. This additional deliverable was triggered by the exigency of a deeper understanding of user needs is required. It is referred as it providedearlyinsightsandguidelinesonhowtheevaluationoftheimplementationshouldbecarried out. D8.2.PlatformPrototypeEarlyValidationResults.Itreportstheresultsofthepreviousvalidationwhich havebeencomparedwiththeresultsshowedinthepresentdeliverable. D8.3. Demonstrators Populated Learning Platform. It consists of the final version of the Learn PAd contentforthetwodemonstratorsdevelopedintheproject:EuropeanProjectBudgetReport(EPBR), andSportelloUnicoAttivitàProduttive(SUAP).Thedeliverableisofsoftwareandreportnatureandit providestheofficialreleasedversionofcontent,alsoincludinginformationonhowsuchcontentscan be accessed. In particular, we refer to both the Learn PAd Modeling Environment and the Learn PAd LearningPlatform. Moreover,thevalidationusedasabackgroundthefollowingdeliverableswhosenatureisReport,Software orboth: • D3.3-FinalLearnPAdMetamodelsandImplementationofModelTransformationsforManaging BusinessProcessesModelsinPublicAdministrations • D4.3-QualityAssessmentMechanismsImplementation • D5.1-ModelsforSettingtheWiki • D5.5-SemanticsfortheWiki–FinalIteration • D6.3-LearnPAdSimulationEnvironment:Finalrelease • D7.2IntegrationToolsandSystems • D9.5Technology-orientedLearnPadwhitepaper • D9.7LearnPAdExploitationPlan–FinalIteration 1.3Structureofthedeliverable Besidesthisbriefintroduction,thisdeliverableisstructuredinthreeparts,respectivelyfocusingon: A. Learningapproach(Chapter2) In this chapter we highlight the learning framework defined by the consortium, describing it in termsofadoptedmethodology(inspiredbytargets,contextandexistinglearningmodelsforPAs), choices made, involved subjects and evaluation system. As required in the Y2 review report, the conceptualframeworkforlearningintheworkplacehasbeenusedasareferenceforbothtothe evaluationapproachandthelearninggoalsmappedinthedeployedKPIDashboard. 2 B. Finalvalidationoftheplatform(Chapter3) ThissectiondescribesthevalidationofthefinalversionoftheLearnPAdplatform.Inparticular,at firstweprovidetheresultsfromthepreviousearlyvalidation,asapossibleyardsticktointerpret the actual findings. Then we explain how we conducted the validation describing: the functionalities of the platforms that have been tested, the chosen scenario, the validation methodology,andthedevelopedquestionnaires.Finally,theresultsobtainedfromtheanswersto thequestionnairesarerepresented,andasummaryofthecollectedfeedbackisreported. C. Resultsandconclusions(Chapter4) Thissectionprovidesevidenceandreportssomeconclusions,summarizingandfinalizingthework doneforthefinalvalidation. 3 2Learningapproach This Chapter will illustrate the learning approach utilised for theLearn PAd project and its impact on the didacticandtechnologicalchoices. 2.1Explanationofthemethodology Thearchitectureofthelearningmodelproposedderivesfromacross-analysisofthreesystemvariables: a. Targetcharacteristics b. Characteristicsofthecontextinfluencingthemodelsandthelearningobjectives c. ExistinglearningmodelsforPA a. Targetcharacteristics The Learn PAd project is aimed at the civil servant, therefore an adult in a working environment, who is generallyusedtodoinghighlyprescriptive(typicallynormedbystrictrules)professionalactivities. The working context is still characterised by particularly fragmented working processes among the employees, a condition that does not facilitate the understanding of the logic at the basis of the professionalactivityofeachindividual. Beinganadult,thecivilservantisparticularlyorientedat: • • • Learning from experience: this highlights the need to focus on experiential techniques when constructing the learning setting. Such techniques make use of the learner’s experience. Among them,themostefficientandcommonare:simulations,problemsolving,andcasestudies. Selective learning: the adult only learns what he/she needs to know and to do in order to efficientlyfacerealsituationsinlifeandatwork. Beingengagedbysupportinglearningprocesseswhentheseareshowntoassisthimintasksand problemsfacedindailylife.Infacttheadultgainsnewknowledge,understanding,abilities,values and attitudes more effectively when these are presented and applied in the context of real situations. From a technological skills perspective, the civil servant is generally accustomed to the technologies that supporthis/herprofessionalactivities,aswellaslearningsystems.Furthermoretherearewidespreadand ampletechnologicalfacilitiesintheworkplace. b. Characteristicsofthecontextinfluencingthemodelsandthelearningobjectives Europeanandnationaldirectivesregardingsimplification,anti-corruptionandefficiencyinthePApushfor reorganisation of the PA based on lean work processes, in order to ensure procedure deadlines and transparencyofthedecisionmakingprocesses. Thischangeinpacehasanenormousimpactonthelearningsystemsthatmustsupportsaidchangeand thereforemustreorganiseknowledgeintermsofcompetenceandworkprocesses. 4 c. ExistinglearningmodelsforPA Afterananalysisofthetargetandtheenvironmentinwhichitoperates,thechoiceofmethodologieswas basedonthelearningexperiencesclosesttothePAcontextandthemostcommone-learningmodels. Regarding the learning experience, the didactic model of the Training School of the Region of Marche, whichasaninternalstructureexclusivelytrainscivilservants,wasadopted. Regardinge-learningmodels,referencewasmadetothedirectiveoftheMINISTRYFORINNOVATIONAND TECHNOLOGYandtheMINISTRYFORPAconcerninge-learningmodelsforPA Thisdirectiveidentifies: • • • The Self learning model, in which the technology predominantly provides access to learning materials offering repositories of material structured and organised around self learning. Static learningcoursesandtoolsforself-assessmentareproposed.Inthiscasetheuserinteractsalmost exclusivelywiththecontentmanagementsystem. The assisted learning model, in which assistants, tutors and technological staff play a role, interactingwithlearners,andhelpingthemusethematerials.Inthismodeltheaccesstomaterials remains important but less than in the previous model. In fact human communication mediated throughthecomputerispresentfacilitatingandenrichingthelearningprocesswhichisnolonger purelybasedonstudyingmaterials. The collaborative learning model, in which interpersonal relations are ever more important, not only with the facilitators but also between learners. This model comprises systems based on collaboration and community practice. Activities involving cooperation between the participants areofgreatimportance,aswellastechnologyaimedatfavouringinteraction. RegardingthemodelutilisedbythetrainingschooloftheRegionofMarcheforPA,thetraditionallearning model based on the transfer of knowledge has been superseded in favour of a model centred on the developmentofcompetencesthroughtheuseofactivedidacticmethodologies. The basis of this methodology derived from the most common knowledge theories is the following: ‘the adult in a working context learns (gains new competences and develops new attitudes) if the following conditionsaremet: • • • Trainingcontract:thisisdeterminedwhenthetrainingofferedisrecognisedasadvantageousand usefulforprofessionalimprovement,bothforthelearnerandfortheorganisation.Inorderforthis conditiontoexisttheproposalmustbemadeonthebasisofapreliminaryanalysisoftheworkthat allowsthedesignertoidentifytheareasofresponsibilityforeachparticipantandthereafterdesign acoursethatiscoherentwiththeirworkingprocesses. Activeparticipation:thelearnerneedstoplayanactiveroleinpersonallyverifyingtheefficiencyof the information provided, even if simulated, within his/her professional role. To guarantee this condition the school adopts an interactive didactic methodology oriented to solving real professionaltasks. MandantInvolvement:fromtheanalysisstage,thetrainingmustbestrictlyrelatedtotheoperative goals of the organisational structure and consequently the responsibility for the learning/change does not depend solely on the school and the individual learner, but also on the entire organisationalsystemandinparticularthemanagement. 5 • Assessmentoftheresults:afurtherconditionforeffectivenessisrelatedtotheassessmentofthe learning outcomes. To this end, the school adopts a system monitoring all the variables that influence the overall result: assessment of the training quality, teacher assessment, competence assessmentandassessmentoftheoutputquality. 2.2Thechoices On the basis of the aforementioned criteria, principled choices on the matter were made, which determined the orientation of the Learn PAd approach. These choices focus on five main principal features: 1. Thecentralityoftheworkprocessesasafactororientingtheorganisationoftheinformationand thecontent. 2. The transmission of knowledge and competences seen as useful for the learner in that they are directlyconnectedtoconcreteprofessionalexperience. 3. Functional development sustaining interactive didactic methodologies oriented to solving real professionaltasks,whichfosteractivelearnerparticipation. 4. The adoption of a mix of e-learning models from which the most functional and target oriented featureswereselected. 5. Theadoptionofacollaborativelearningperspectivethatcansupportchangesintheorganizational processes. The table below presents the solutions selected at a training system level based on the choices in the matter. Modelsandstandardsatthe basisofLearnPAd Didactic/technologicalsolutions adopted Centralityofthework processes • Businessprocessmodel • Organisationalmodelrelated torecommender • Documentmodel • KPImodel • Businessprocessmodel • Competencemodel • Documentmodel • KPImodel Interactivegraphicrepresentationof theworkprocesses Transmissionof knowledgeand competencesseenas useful Interactivedidactic methodologiesoriented tosolvingreal professionaltasks • Organisationalmodel • Businessprocessmodel • CaseManagementModel Interactivegraphicrepresentationof theworkprocesses Simulationbasedonrealcase studies Availabilityofformstosupport explanationoftheprofessional activity Simulation Gamification Recommender Commentingandproviding contributions 6 Mixofe-learningmodels UseofWIKItechnology Selflearningmodel • Browsingmode • Integrativedidacticmaterial forselflearningandindividual in-depthstudy Assistedlearningmodel • Expertconsultation • Recommender • Simulation Collaborativelearningmodel • Feedbackvs.modeller • Commentvs.platform • Collaborativesimulation Feedbacks; Commentingandproviding contributions. Adoption of a UseofWIKItechnology collaborative learning perspective that can support changes in the organizationalprocesses. Table1Centralchoicesmappedinthemodelsanddidacticsolutionsadopted withintheLearnPAdapproach 2.3Subjectsinvolved LearnPAdlearningmodelinvolvesinitsprocessesasetofactorsthatsupportthedifferentphaseofthe processmodellingandimplementation.Theyare: Themandant Themandantisalwaysaninternalstaffmemberwithintheorganisationpromotingthetrainingprocess, whocorrespondsto(someof)thedescriptionsbelow: • • • • • He/shecontributestothedescriptionandmappingofthebusinessprocessesandorganisational model. He/shedefinesthestrategic,organisationalandoperativegoalsincollaborationwiththemodeller. He/sheisthedecisionmakerwithrespecttolearningpolicieswithintheunitororganisation. He/shereceivestheresultsofthelearningprocessesandinthisrolehe/sheisalsoresponsiblefor thelearningimpact. He/sheisthefinaldecisionmakerwithrespecttoproposalsforinnovationpresentedbythe modelleronthebasisoffeedbackfromthelearners. Themodeller Themodellermanagesthedesign,maintenance,andmodificationsofmodelsandcontentsoftheplatform, alsotakingintoaccountlearnerfeedback.Inthisenvironmenthe/sheisresponsiblefortheassessmentof feedbackqualityandofitsimpactonthemodels. Itisuptothemodellertovalorisepotentialaspectsforinnovationcomingfromthelearnerfeedback.He/ sheisthereforetheprincipalguarantorfortheprocessofmodelinnovation. 7 Thelearner Thelearnerisalwaysaninternalstaffmemberwithintheorganisationpromotingthetrainingprocess. He/sheisresponsibleforindividuallearning. The said learner is also co-producer of knowledge through the production of feedback, interaction with experts,productionoflearningobjects,andinteractionwithotherlearners. Theexpert Maybeinternal/externaltotheorganisation. • • • He/sheisresponsibleforthethematicin-depthlearning. He/sherespondstolearnerrequestsregardingspecificstothecourse. He/she assesses the importance and the quality of feedback relative to potential innovation or changes within the business process. He/she relates to the modeller and the mandant regarding decisionimpactingonthemodel. 2.4Evaluationsystem The evaluation approach adopted, in coherence with the methodological choices, has two primary objectives: a. Evaluate the learning process by measuring competences before and after the training and evaluatetheimprovementinworkerperformance. ThelearningassessmentismadebyutilisingthedefinitionsofKPIsetswhichgroupdatarelativeto thequalityofworkerperformance,correlatedtostrategic,organisationalandoperativegoals. Inthismannerthelogicbehindtheworkprocesses,afundamentalelementinthelearningprocess, isretained. Such validation should be done over a long period, and extended to the organization (not only individual)level. b. Evaluatetheefficiencyoftheplatformusingindicatorsthatmonitorthelevelsandqualityofthe learner/platforminteraction.Atthesametimetheefficiencyofthedidacticmethodologyadopted canbeevaluated. The KPI dashboard collects and provides information relative to the intensity of platform usage (greater or lesser application of the tools present on the platform such as simulation, the use of materials and the recommender etc.) and therefore contributes to a better understanding, also indirectly,oftheeffectivenessofsomemethodologiesinrespecttoothers,andinrelationtothe typeofuser. TheevaluationsystembasedonKPImodelisdescribedindetailinDeliverable5.4. 8 3LearnPadPlatform:finalvalidation According to Deliverable 8.1 addendum and considering the latest suggestions recommended by the reviewers,theLearnPAdconsortiumcarefullyconsidereddifferentstrategiesfortheassessmentofproject resultsandforgettingindicationsthatmayhelptheanalysisofimpactforpotentialadopters.Duringthe early validation we aimed to collect as much feedback as possible to properly address the prototyping activityofthefinalversionoftheLearnPAdplatform.Inthefinalvalidationwecollectedamoredetailed amountofdataandcommentstobeevaluated. This chapter describes the final validation we carried out on the Learn PAd platform at the end of the project.TheassessmentoftheLearnPAdplatformhasbeendoneontheversiondeployedonatest-bed settled in the cloud datacenter of Marche Region in Ancona, and available at the address http://Learn PAd.regione.marche.it:8080/xwiki/ (release 14 September 2016). In parallel a control group tried and testedanotherregionale-learningplatform“MARLENE(http://marlenescuola.regione.marche.it/moodle/) to be able to compare the achievements, in terms of measurable learning goals, and the opinions of the learnersaboutthetwodifferentlearningenvironments. Despite the different ways of use, the content enjoyed by the two groups were essentially similar and relatedtotheSUAP“TitoloUnico”workprocessesintheorganizationofaconferenceofServices. Wedecidedtoperformanassessmentaimingatexaminingtheoverallstatusoftheprojectaccordingto thedifferentlearningparadigms,asdescribedinthepreviouschapter,andthevariousaspectsrelatedto theactivitiesthatanemployeehastocarryoutwithinaBPenactment. Allthedidacticandtechnologicalsolutions,releasedandadoptedcoherentlywiththeLearnPAdlearning approach, have been evaluated considering both the users learning profit results (also analyzing the answerstheygivegroupedbyclustersofenablingfunctionalities),andtheiropinionsontheusabilityofthe proposedfunctionalities. WefocusedonaspecificsetofmodelsrelatedtotheSUAPscenario,whichhasbeenimplementedinterms ofcontentsandlearningmaterials,accordingtothespecificfunctionalitiesofeachplatform,aswebetter describe later. In particular, the platform final validation involved a quantitative assessment and the collectionandanalysisofdataandfeedbackviaquestionnaires. Thechapterisorganizedasfollows.Insection3.1weresumetheresultsobtainedfromtheearlyvalidation at M18. In Section 3.2 we describe how and for what scenario we conducted the validation. We also introducethemainfeaturesofthetwoplatformsandpresentthequestionsaskedinthequestionnaires, togetherwiththeratiooftheirprovision.InSection3.3wepresentinfactsandfiguresthecharacteristic datarepresentingthesamplesandtheresultsobtainedfromthecollectedanswers.TheninSection3.4we report a summary derived from all the verbose feedback we collected from the users (which will be reportedinappendix). 3.1Resultsfromearlyvalidation Themainresultsobtainedfromtheearlyvalidationaresummarizedinthetablebelow,whichrepresents theaverageopinionsofthememberswhoparticipatedinthe2015tests,answeringonspecificquestions related to the perceived characteristics of the platform (usability, effectiveness, accessibility, innovation, etc.). The majority of these questions was proposed again in the final validation, in order to set a comparative meter with reference to the possible evolutions found on the current Learn PAd platform 9 functionalities.Sothesevalues,evenifcollectedbyonly7testersofanearlierversionoftheplatform(asof 6 november 2015) that had been assisted by platform experts, will be also considered and compared in section3.3. Criterions Averageratingduringtheearlyevaluation phase[from1=lowto5=high] Overalldegreeofsatisfactionintheuseofthise-learningsolution Degreeofeffectivenessofthevariousfunctionalitiesavailablewithin theplatform Degreeofusability,easeofuseandaccessibility Degreeofcompletenessoftheavailablefeatures Degreeofintegrationandhomogeneityofallthemodulesavailable withinthelearningenvironment Degreeofinnovationoftheproposedsolution Degreeofusefulnessandappropriatenessoftheplatformwith respecttothetrainingneedsoflearners Detectedneedofagreaterpresenceofawizard-drivencontent fruition Detectedneedofagreaterpresenceofgamificationfeatures Detectedneedofagreaterpresenceofanappropriateuseof multimedia Detectedneedofagreaterpresenceofinteractivitybetweenlearner andcontent Detectedneedofagreaterpresenceofmultilingualismor explanatorytechnicalvocabularies Detectedneedofagreaterpresenceoftutoringandexternalteaching support 3,14 3,32 2,42 3,42 3,42 4,33 4,00 3,71 4,20 4,71 4,50 4,28 4,00 Table2Usabilityresultsfromtheearlyvalidation 3.2Validationintopractice InthissectionwedescribeindetailhowwepracticallyrunthevalidationtestsoftheLearnPAdplatform,in combination with a matching control group using MARLENE e-learning platform. We report the used methodology and we describe the validation scenario supported by the final instance of the Learn PAd platform(aswellasbythemoodletrainingmoduleproposedwithinMARLENE).Finally,weintroducethe exanteandexpostquestionnaireswedevelopedfortheevaluationpurposes(intheappendixwereport theItalianverbatimversionofthesequestionnaires). Suchvalidationinvolvedatotalnumberof72end-usersoftheSUAPdemonstrator,whohadnoknowledge of the learning platforms before the validation, and that have been invited to join by Marche Region, havingconfirmedtheirreadinesstoparticipateinthetests.36wereaskedtousetheLearnPAdplatform; 36toowereaskedtotesttheMARLENEplatform. Eventually, we collected 61 answered questionnaires (31 from the Learn PAd users and 30 from the MARLENEusers).ThereceiveddataandfeedbackarereportedinSections3.3and3.4ofthisdeliverable. AsfortheLearnPAdplatformvalidationresults,wecananticipate(seeinthefollowingofthisdocument- Chapter 4 - a more detailed analysis and explanation) that the actual release is on average perceived as quiteeffective,evenif,probably,itneedsahigherusagetimeinordertorecordmoresignificantlearning outcomes and even if some further development and content customization are needed. We expect to 10 fulfillthoseevolutionarymaintenancerequests,abletotransformaprototypeintosomethingmoresimilar toamarketstablerelease,duringthenextcomingexploitationphase. 3.2.1Referencedplatforms We now turn to describe briefly each of the platforms used in the experiment and their main functionalities. 3.2.1.1LearnPAd Figure1TheLearnPAdplatformhomepage Briefly, in the Learn PAd web/wiki platform, after the log-in (using the assigned credentials, as from the users list represented in https://github.com/Learn PAd/Learn PAd/blob/master/lp-collaborative-workspace/lp-cwcomponent/lp-cw-component-ui/src/main/resources/LPUsers/UsersListY3Demo.xml#L42) and the selection of the specific case/course “ModelSet – SUAP Titolo Unico”, the end user can find the list of the managed BusinessProcesses(orsignificantpartsofthem),withasetoflinks,iconsandbuttons,mostlyto: • browse hierarchically the single tasks or choice gateways, roles in the organizational units, documentsandotherobjectsinvolvedanddescribedbythemodels • viewanavigablemapoftheprocessorsub-processactivities • contributeandgenerallytointeractwiththecontentandthefunctionalitiesoftheplatform. • simulatearealcase 11 Asanindicative,althoughapproximate,unitofmeasuretheusershadattheirdisposalforthevalidationa huge amount of material (almost 90 wiki pages), including BP and sub-process tasks and other modeling objectstobevisited,collaborativeandsimulationactivitiestoplayandrecommendedcontenttoexplore. Figure2Thebrowsingmode:awikipagerepresentingatask More in detail, the main implemented functionalities of the Learn PAd platform under validation have been: • Thehomepage(providingintroductiveinformationandexplanations,anonlinehow-tohandbook, someguidedtoursonfeatures,etc.)–Fig.1; • TheBrowsingMode(whichallowstonavigateamongthetextualcontentsandtheimagesrelated to the interconnected models – BP, documents, organizational structures, … - , and in particular amongtheprocesstasks,representedwithinawikipage,thataretheknowledgesegmentsofan overallproceduralflow)–Fig.2; • TheCollaborativefeatures(includingthepossibilityto:(i)providecommentsineachpage,(ii)give feedback to the modelers reporting logical errors or suggesting variations in the flow [this, indirectlyandpotentially,transformanindividuallearningprocessintoanorganizationallearning process], (iii) contribute in writing extended wiki documents – that can also be analyzed and validatedbythequalityassessmentmechanismintermsofqualityforcorrectness,simplicity,non ambiguity,contentclarity,presentationclarityandcompleteness)–Fig.3; 12 • • TheSimulator(inwhichtheusercanpracticeanexercisebasedonarealusecasehe/shechooses- inthiscontextaSUAPinstance-followingsomeexecutivesteps,providingresultsandanswering questions. As soon as the user correctly performs all the required jobs, the simulator returns an overallscore.Thesimulationcanbeperformedinindividualmode,withrobots,orinvolvingother physicalend-userstoplaytheroleofdifferentactorsinvolvedasthirdpartiesintheprocess)–Fig. 4; The Recommendation bar (which provides additional semantically contextualized contents – meaning experts to be contacted, more learning materials from the document model, real use casessimilar–thatvariesaccordingtospecificparametersoftheuserprofile,typesofwikipage theuserslandin,andthespecificcontentthereinselectedbytheusers)–Fig.4. Thesefunctionalitiesarebetteroutlinedinthedeliverablesthatwetakeasreferenceorbackground,and, ofcourse,havebeenimplementedintheMarcheRegiontest-bedandwillbedemonstratedduringtheY3 review. Anotherfundamentalfunctionality,whichwasnotplannedtobeincludedinthefinalvalidationbutworth mention,istheKPIdashboard(“pannellodicontrollo”–Fig.5).Itrepresentsalltherelevantaspectsofa learning scorecard, in terms of learning and strategic goals, their connection to organizational goals, KPIs forassessingtheirachievement.Itcollectsalsoinputvaluesthatresultfromtheactionsthatusersmakeon thecollaborativeworkspaceandthesimulationenvironmentoftheplatform(eg.n°ofvaluablefeedback, totaltimeofuse,globalscorepersimulationanduser,globalactionsperusers,etc.). Someoftheseinputvaluesneedtoreachacertainthreshold,otherwisetherecommendersystemprovides someadvicesbothtothelearnersandtotheirorganizationalunits,inordertoimprovebadperformance scores.AllthesefunctionalitiesarebetterdescribedinDeliverable5.4. Forthelearningassessmentandthefinalevaluationoftheplatformeffectiveness,wepreferredtousea platform-independent tool, structuring specific questionnaires, also in order to compare more homogeneousresultsgotbytheLearnPAdtestandthecontrolgroup’sone.TheuseoftheKPIDashboard for evaluation purposes makes a greater sense in the context of a real training in the workplace preorganized set, where the aspects of motivation of the users and PA commitment exist, and the organizationalgoalshadbeendefinedandtunedaccuratelywiththePAmanagement. 13 Figure3Thevalidatedoutputofacontributionbythequalityassessmentsystem 14 Figure4Afterthesimulationisactivated,therecommenderbarproposescontextualizedsimilarcases 15 Figure5TheLearnPAdKPIDashboard 3.2.1.2MARLENE Figure6TheMARLENEinterfacetoaccessaSCORMcourse The MARLENE (MARche LEarning NEtwork) platform is the regional web e-learning system, adopted, followingasignedagreementwiththeTuscanyRegion,forthereuseoftheentiresystemcalledTRIOand its available learning objects, with the goal of maximizing the public investments dedicated to the developmentofanyonlinetrainingactivityforcivilservantsofthelocalPAs. 16 Thesystemisoperationalandofferstoitsusersawiderangeoflearningresources,basedonAICC/SCORM andMoodlestandards. Among the available courses, the module “SF0015-MD-2015-W” (La conferenza di servizi: quadro normativo di riferimento in ambito nazionale e regionale) provides a lesson about the regulatory framework, at national and regional level, on the conference of services. This module has been taken as referencefortheexperimentationofthecontrolgroup,asitprovidesmanycontentsrelatedtothesame scenarioimplementedwithintheLearnPAdSUAPdemonstrator,evenifatamoretheoreticallevel.Asan indicative, although approximate, unit of measure the users had at their disposal for the validation 28 pagesofcontent. Withregardstothefunctionalities,theplatformprovidesamanualandsomeonlinehelp.Whenthecourse begins,awebpop-upwindowsappearstoguidethelearnersequentiallythroughthecontents,offeredin the form of slides, accompanied by timed and animated texts, images and audio support (Fig. 7). Some utilitybuttonsallowtheusertohandlethesubtitle,topausetheaudiospeech,tomovebetweenthenext orpreviousslides,toaccesstheglossaryandthereferences,toconsultagraphicalhelponline,toprintthe contentsofthecurrentpage. Figure7ApageofcontentfromtheMARLENEcourseaboutSUAPCoS 17 The slides alternate with stages of verification (by multiple choice questions) exclusively for learning reinforcement, and, at the end of the fruition, a final assessment questionnaire is proposed to test the overall knowledge gained. The course is successfully passed answering correctly at least 70% of the final proposedquestions. A MARLENE back-end is also available to assess the state of completion of the course by each learner engaged,returninginformation(takenintoaccounttovalidatesomeofthequestionnairesanswersandto assess the final conclusions) on the dates of registration and completion, score points, total time of use, numberofaccesses,statusand%ofcompletion. Ifneeded,wewillbeabletoshowpracticallytheoperationofthissystemduringtheY3review,asitcanbe reached through the Internet at the address http://marlenescuola.regione.marche.it/moodle/ by logging withtheusercredentialsownedbytheofficersofMarcheRegion. 3.2.2Validationscenario TheLearnPAdprojectdemonstratorsfocusontwodifferentworkplacecontexts. The first demonstrator, referred to the European Project Budget Reporting (EPBR) scenario, engages a PublicAdministration(PA),partnerinafundedproject,whichhavetomanagesomeinternaladministrative documentationandfinancialproceduresinordertoreportdataandinformationtotheEUCommunity;in thiscasethemodelstrytomapaBusinessProcess(BP)whichdoesnotcrosstheborderofaPA. Theseconddemonstrator,referredtothe“SportelloUnicoAttivitàProduttive”(SUAP)scenario,represents a more complex inter-organizational scenario, involving many Pas engaged in providing a unique and sharedformalanswer(orauthorization)toentrepreneurswhowanttostartabusinessactivityortobuild productiveorcommercialpremises. Both of them were developed on the basis of several interviews with civil servants working in the Public Administrationandinvolvedinthecases. For both scenarios, the models we produced are those resulting from the WP3 (Organizational models, Business Process models, Documents and Knowledge models Competence models, Business Motivation models,KPIs,etc.).Inparticular,weconsideredtheorganizationalstructureofeachoftheinvolvedPAs. In some cases (mainly due both to reasons of synthesis, readability, complexity decrease and space availability) we focused only on part of those structures, considering the offices and the employees that mainlyimpactontheanalyzedscenario,exercisingtheirrole.Ahugeeffortwasdonewithrespecttothe competencesofemployees,sincetheyarerelevantintermsoflearning.Thesewereelaboratedaccording tothewellknowEuropeanstandardcompetenciesframework(EQF). It was originally planned to carry out a final validation with users on both SUAP and EPBR scenario. However,weinsteadconcentratedalleffortsforfinalvalidationonlyonSUAP.OnereasonwasthattheY2 review report requested to collect a sufficient number of users in the final validation (30 + 30) to get statistically significant results and the number of EPBR users would be quite far from such target. Moreover,weconsideredriskytodividetheconsortiumeffortsandattentionontwodemonstratorsinthe relativelylimitedtimeavailable,andpreferredtofocusallattentioninonestudy. For these reasons we focused on the case of SUAP, and in particular on the Conference of Services subprocessforthe“Titolounico”process,tobeabletoinvolvethelargestnumberofavailableusersarounda communityofpracticeclearlyidentified. 18 Inthefollowing,weintroduceandexplainbrieflytheconsideredSUAPscenario,chosenforthevalidation. ThescenarioisalreadydetailedandexplainedinDeliberable8.1:wejustwouldliketoprovideanoverview, within a self-contained document, to better highlight some of the choices we made in the setting of the validationstudy. The SUAP office can be considered as an intermediary between entrepreneurs and local government bodies.Thismeansthat,ifanentrepreneurwantstostartanewbusinessactivityormakeaconstruction interventiononafactory,he/sheonlyneedstocontacttheSUAPofficers.Thelatterareinchargeof: • collectingandformallyverifyingtheapplicationandanysupportingdocumentation(eg.featuresof theapplicant,possessionoravailabilityofthepropertytitles,etc.); • acquiringanyintermediateanswersfromalltheotherauthoritiesoroffices,involvedonthebasis oftheirindividualresponsibilities(eg.firesafety,buildingpermissions,protectionoflandscape, protectionofarchaeologicalsitesandculturalheritage,environmentalpermits,foodhygiene, sewagedischarges,connectiontothemunicipalutilities,etc.); • issuinganofficialfinaldecisionthatisenforceableagainstthirdparties. A SUAP office can be organized as an office of the Municipality, or as a district office - managed by a consortium of PAs, by an aggregated administrative entity or by a locally superordinate public body (eg. mountain unions) - that provides services on behalf of several Municipalities. This distinction was considered in terms of Organizational Model: we assigned the user credentials distinguishing whether a user belonged - or simulated to belong - to a "district desk" or a "municipal desk"; this parameter has enabled,forexample,tovary,dependingontheuser,thehintoftheappropriatereferencedexpertsonthe recommenderbar.So,alltheusersreallyworkingforamunicipalSUAP,orforathirdpartyadministration, weregivena“municipaldesk”account;alltheusersreallyworkingforadistrictualSUAP,orforanotherPA, indirectly involved in the SUAP processes for coordination, training and support, were given a “district desk”account. Figure8TheSUAP“TitoloUnico”BusinessProcess The “Titolo Unico” application, also called standard request - Fig. 8 -, is one of the processes run by the SUAP offices (typically the most ordinary one). The legislation introduced other peculiar types of procedures, such as the “SCIA” or the “Urban Variant”. Here, for the validation purposes, we have not 19 includedthose,eventhoughalongtheprojecttheyhavebeenthesubjectofintenseanalysisandmodeling activities. Figure9The“ConferenceofServicesmanagement”sub-processwithinthe“TitoloUnico”BP One of the sub-processes specified under the “Titolo Unico” is the management of the Conference of Services(CoS). TheCoSisameeting,activatedwhenrequiredbylaw,inordertodrawacollectivedecisionasquicklyas possible; typically it is required when is necessary to obtain an agreement, a clarification, an act of concertationorassentbyoneormorePAsinvolved.Thiscanhappenoncomplexdossiers,orwhensome PAs show a delayed response time if compared to the standard timing of completion of the overall procedure, or in any case where there is no consensus among all the public actors involved (and even, sometimes,thesameprivateapplicant).Inparticular,thesimultaneousCoS,mappedinthesub-processin Fig. 9, is a meeting where all the involved participants (i.e SUAP offices, other municipal offices, other government units and possibly the applicant) discuss on the case, from all points of view, together and concurrently, and decide whether the request could be eligible or not. According to the procedural flow, theSUAPoffice:(i)announcestheCoSandconvenestheadministrationsinvolved-sendingalltheenclosed documentation, (ii) manages the agenda and the works of the meeting, (iii) collects the opinions summarizing them in a report, and then (iv) takes the final decision (which can be positive, negative, conditionedtothefulfillmentoffurtherrequirementsbytheentrepreneur,etc.). When using the Learn PAd platform, the learners were asked to play the role of a SUAP representative contact person. In some phases of the simulation, they had also the option to play the role of a third administrationreferee,calledtoexpressitsopinioninaCoS. 20 A new regulation, changing consistently many circumstances and aspects of procedural flow of the SUAP CoS,hasbeenrecentlyintroducedbytheDecree“DLgsn.12730/06/2016”.Unfortunatelythishappened atalatestageofthedeploymentofthecontentsontheLearnPAdplatform;similarlywedidnothavethe time to adapt the CoS moodle course on the MARLENE platform. For validation purposes we decided to leave, in both platforms, the outdated content, ie responsive to the previous legislation dictates. Nevertheless we reacted offering the users some additional learning material, as better described in the nextsection. 3.2.3Usedmethodology At the beginning of August we invited via email more than 90 public managers, officers, employers, civil servants or even freelance professionals, involved in the provisioning of the OSS/SUAP services towards entrepreneurs,tojointheLearnPAdfinalvalidationactivities.TheywerepeopleworkingforSUAPoffices or for local government bodies called to give an opinion on OSS practices or even other public administrationsindirectlyinvolvedintheOSSprocessesforcoordination,training,technicalandregulatory support,etc. We explained them about the Learn PAd project - and its aim to develop a prototype platform for the trainingofPublicEmployeesbasedonworkprocesses-andweaskedfortheiravailabilityandwillingness to participate in this trial, carried out by the Marche Region ICT Department, in collaboration with the Regional School of Public Administration, as well as for their help in finding other people to engage. We informedthemaboutestimatedtiming,modalitiesandrequiredeffortforthevalidationexperiment.We told them that we would have assessed by questionnaires, aggregating their answers, the degree of teachingeffectivenessofthenewWikimodel-basedLearnPAdplatform,accessibleviaawebbrowser24 hourson24duringthetrialtimewindow,alsoincomparisonwithmoretraditionale-learninginstruments. We also specified that the contents found in the platform, related to the SUAP, were to be considered purelyasameanstotestitsvalidity.Forthisreasonwewouldnothaverequiredanypreviousorextensive preparationonthesubject,meaningthatevenaninexperiencednovice,aslongasinsider,couldattendthe testtoseeiftheplatformhadprovedausefullearningtool. Wereceivedback72candidaturesfrompeopleavailabletojointheexperimentation. InSeptemberwecommunicatedtheofficialstartofthetrial,from15/09till26/09,sendingtheusersafirst exantequestionnairetoassess,briefly,their: • personaldetails,relevantcharacteristicsandprofileinformation,neededtoclassifyandaggregate thesamples • aself-assessmentofthelevelofexpertise–from1to8–theybelievedtohavewithrespectto5 mainEQFqualificationsrecommendedtoworkintheSUAParea Beforethetestsbegan,wegatheredthecompletedquestionnaires. We divided the candidates in two groups (the main one of Learn PAd users and the control one of MARLENEusers),ashomogeneousaspossible,consideringtheirexperienceandexpertiseinOSS/SUAP,on thebasisofourknowledgeandunderstanding.Asaresult,eachofthetwogroupsresultedcomposedof: almosta50%ofnoviceusers(withlessthan1yearofworkpractice),a25%ofintermediateprofessionals anda25%ofexpertusers(withmorethan5yearsofworkpractice). 21 Then we provided the users with all the technical detailsto start (web address: respectively http://Learn PAd.regione.marche.it:8080/xwiki and http://marlenescuola.regione.marche.it/moodle/, credentials, operativeinstructionsandmanuals,telephoneandemailcontacttorequestsupport).Wealsoaskedthem to keep track of the real daily time spent in the learning activities, as this would also be the subject of specificfollow-upquestions. For the Learn PAd sample, we created and assigned to users individual accounts to distinguish them by profiles(novice,intermediateprofessional,expert)andtypeofSUAP(districtualormunicipal)accordingto the ex ante information provided. Those profiles were needed to customize the user experience with referencetothecontentproposedbytherecommendationsystem.Thisdistinctionhasnotbeennecessary fortheusersofthecontrolgroup,whoaccessedbyauthenticatingthemselveswiththelocal“FedCohesion /SPID”identificationsystem. AssaidbeforetheDecree“DLgsn.12730/06/2016”introducedsignificantchangesinmanycircumstances and aspects of procedural flow of the SUAP conference of services. However, for integration and rectification,inthetrialstartingemailwealsoattachedthreedocuments:(i)thenewlegislationitself,(ii)a brief guide to the changes introduced, (iii) an extensive interpretative guidance of the new regulatory framework.Thesesupplementarydocumentsweredraftedwiththreelevelsofdetail,respectively:(i)for experienced staff, (ii) for personnel with intermediate knowledge (iii) for staff with basic skills. Both the MARLENE and Learn PAd users were advised to consult the information material consistently with their knowledge; moreover, in the Learn PAd case, the documents were also referenced as learning materials that the recommender would have returned on the basis of the appropriate user profile (if expert, intermediateornovice). ParticularlyforLearnPAd,sinceitisaprototype,somesectionsoftheplatformcouldhaveresulted,toa first approach, not very easy to to use and not immediately understandable. For this reason, during the tests, two information meetings (on 16 and 21 September at the Marche Region) had been provided to illustrate, with practical demonstrations, the platform main features. They were attended by almost 10 users. Attheendofthetrialperiodwesenttheusersanexposttestingquestionnairetoassesstheeffectiveness ofthetrainingplatformandofthepeculiarteachingmodule. We informed them that the information and data retrieved would have been handledby the partners of the Project Learn PAd so as to ensure, under the Italian “Privacy code (Dlgs 196/2003)”, its security and confidentiality. So we therefore asked them to sign a waiver of consent to the processing of the informationanddataprovided,whendeliveringthecompletedquestionnaire. Finallywecollectedtheexpostquestionnaires(31fromtheLearnPAdsampleand30fromtheMARLENE sample). The tests results have been processed anonymously and on an aggregative basis, and analyzed comparingthetwosamples.Theresultsarereportedinsection3.3and3.4.Theconclusionsarereportedin Chapter4. 3.2.4Questionnaires Asalreadyexplainedwedevelopedandsubmittedtothelearnerstwokindofquestionnaires. 22 3.2.4.1Theexantequestionnaire Theexantequestionnaire(fullyreportedintheappendix)askedtheuserssomepersonaldetails,inorder (i) to be able to classify and aggregate the samples by relevant characteristics, (ii) to give each user an appropriate profile with respect to the parameters of experience (expert, intermediate, novice) and organization of their SUAP offices (districtual or municipal), and (iii) to verify a properly homogeneous distribution of the users between the Learn PAd group and the MARLENE one. We collected useful information regarding Gender, Age, Geographical distribution within Marche region, Qualification, Public role, Years of work at (or on behalf of) a PA, Years of experience in OSS/SUAP, Type of public body they serve. Moreover,theexantequestionnaire,submittedbeforethestartingoftheplatformtestingactivities,aimed also to get from each user a self-assessment of the level of expertise with respect to 5 main European QualificationsFrameworkskillsweanalyzeasrecommendedtoworkintheSUAParea. TherecommendedEQFskillswere: • Front-officeactivities,information,communicationandmanagementoftheexternalrelationswith thepublic[neededforthetasksrelatedtothepreparationofworkandtoprovideinformationto theSUAPdeskexternalusers] • Assessing the administrative and procedural regularity of a request, through checking its completenessandformalcorrectness[neededforthetasksrelatedtotheexecutionofaBPandto checktheadmissibilityofaSUAPapplication] • Managementandcoordinationofspecificadministrativeprocedures[neededforthetasksrelated to the execution of a BP and i.e. to send documentation to other PAs, to ask for integrations, to activatetheCoS,tosolicitthethirdpartiesincaseofdelayornon-compliance,etc.] • Verifying the congruency and pertinence of data and documentation submitted in an instance, consideringthemeritswithrespecttotheactivitythattheuserintendstostartortheintervention tobeundertaken[neededforthetasksrelatedtodeepcheckingandmonitoringandnotonlyto accomplish a final check of the correctness of the whole acquired documentation, but also to be abletoissueanexpertopinionontheadmissibilityofaSUAPauthorization] • Drawingupformaldocuments(Decrees,reports,letters,etc.)duringtheexecutionorattheendof an administrative procedure [needed for the tasks related to the final audit and release of SUAP formalactsandtobeabletowriteandorganizeadministrativetextsinapropermanner] Weaskedlearnerstoattributethemselvesalevel,from1(low)to8(high),asspecifiedinthetablebelow, derivedfromtheEuropeanQualificationsFramework(EQF). 23 Skills [cognitive(involvingtheuseof EQFlevel Knowledge [theoreticaland/orfactual] logical,intuitiveandcreative thinking),andpractical (involvingmanualdexterityand Competence [responsibilityandautonomy] theuseofmethods,materials, toolsandinstruments)] Level1 Basicgeneralknowledge Basicskillsrequiredtocarryout simpletasks Level2 Basicfactualknowledgeofafield ofworkorstudy Basiccognitiveandpractical Workorstudyunder skillsrequiredtouserelevant supervisionwithsome informationinordertocarryout autonomy tasksandtosolveroutine problemsusingsimplerulesand tools Level3 Knowledgeoffacts,principles, Arangeofcognitiveand processesandgeneralconcepts,in practicalskillsrequiredto afieldofworkorstudy accomplishtasksandsolve problemsbyselectingand applyingbasicmethods,tools, materialsandinformation Takeresponsibilityfor completionoftasksinworkor study;adaptownbehaviourto circumstancesinsolving problems Level4 Factualandtheoreticalknowledge inbroadcontextswithinafieldof workorstudy Arangeofcognitiveand practicalskillsrequiredto generatesolutionstospecific problemsinafieldofworkor study Exerciseself-management withintheguidelinesofworkor studycontextsthatareusually predictable,butaresubjectto change;supervisetheroutine workofothers,takingsome responsibilityfortheevaluation andimprovementofworkor studyactivities Level5 Comprehensive,specialised, factualandtheoreticalknowledge withinafieldofworkorstudyand anawarenessoftheboundariesof thatknowledge Acomprehensiverangeof cognitiveandpracticalskills requiredtodevelopcreative solutionstoabstractproblems Exercisemanagementand supervisionincontextsofwork orstudyactivitieswherethere isunpredictablechange;review anddevelopperformanceof selfandothers Workorstudyunderdirect supervisioninastructured context 24 Level6 Advancedknowledgeofafieldof workorstudy,involvingacritical understandingoftheoriesand principles Advancedskills,demonstrating masteryandinnovation, requiredtosolvecomplexand unpredictableproblemsina specialisedfieldofworkorstudy Managecomplextechnicalor professionalactivitiesor projects,takingresponsibility fordecision-makingin unpredictableworkorstudy contexts;takeresponsibilityfor managingprofessional developmentofindividualsand groups Level7 Highlyspecialisedknowledge, someofwhichisattheforefront ofknowledgeinafieldofworkor study,asthebasisfororiginal thinkingand/orresearch Specialisedproblem-solvingskills requiredinresearchand/or innovationinordertodevelop newknowledgeandprocedures andtointegrateknowledgefrom differentfields Manageandtransformworkor studycontextsthatare complex,unpredictableand requirenewstrategic approaches;takeresponsibility forcontributingtoprofessional knowledgeandpracticeand/or forreviewingthestrategic performanceofteams Criticalawarenessofknowledge issuesinafieldandatthe interfacebetweendifferentfields Level8 Knowledgeatthemostadvanced Themostadvancedand frontierofafieldofworkorstudy specialisedskillsandtechniques, andattheinterfacebetweenfields includingsynthesisand evaluation,requiredtosolve criticalproblemsinresearch and/orinnovationandtoextend andredefineexistingknowledge orprofessionalpractice Demonstratesubstantial authority,innovation, autonomy,scholarlyand professionalintegrityand sustainedcommitmenttothe developmentofnewideasor processesattheforefrontof workorstudycontexts includingresearch Table3DescriptorsdefininglevelsintheEuropeanQualificationsFramework(EQF) 3.2.4.2Theexpostquestionnaires Ontheotherside,theexpostquestionnaire(fullyreportedintheappendix)askedeachlearnertorepeat thesameEQFself-assessmentattheendofthetrainingactivities,inordertoverifywhethertheuseofthe platformhadincreased-andtowhatextent-hisknowledgeandhisskills. We also asked the user how much time he/she devoted to the use of the platform, in terms of overall period(indays)andintermsofactualtime(inhours). At the same time, we asked the users to answer 15 multiple choice questions related to specific SUAP content. Each question answered correctly was worth 1 point and only one of the possible answers was correct. Multiple choices were generally 5 for each question, except for the questions: 1 , 2, 9, 10 (the possiblechoiceswere3)andforthequestions:5,14(thepossiblechoiceswere6). The15questionscouldbegroupedinto4homogeneousclusters,bytypeofskills/knowledgeassessed: • group A (theoretical questions: n° 4, 5, 6 and 7) aimed at verifying a successful learning of content deliveredthroughdidascalicfunctions. 25 • • • group B (questions on the new CoS regulatory reform introduced by the Decree “DLgs n. 127 30/06/2016”: n° 3, 9 and 10) aimed at verifying a successful learning of content delivered by downloadingsupplementarymaterial.Inotherwords,wewantedtotestiftheusershadbeenableto read the documentation attached to an email, or downloaded as an additional learning material, to analyzeitandtolearninamoretraditionalmode(notfullybrokeredbytheplatform). group C (questions related to BPs: n° 1, 2, 8, 11 and 12) aimed at verifying a successful learning of content delivered through Business Process Modeling and the logic of the procedural flows. It was requiredthecapabilityoftracingamentalpathandmovingbetweenthedifferenttaskswhichmakeup theCoSprocess,incompliancewiththeassociatedrulesandtiming. groupD(questionsaboutpracticalcases:n°13,14and15)aimedatverifyingasuccessfullearningof content delivered through simulations or hands-on practice on real and concrete use cases. It was requiredthecapabilityofapplyingthetheorytoaparticularconcretecasetakenfromtherealworld, synthesizingandevaluatingthemainelements,andstrivingtosolveit. Finally, we asked the users to give their opinion, mostly expressing a numerical value to the elements submitted to their judgment [on a Likert rating scale from 1 = low to 5 = high], about usability, user experience,platformeffectivenessandothertopics.Indetail,theaspectsbroughttotheirattentionwere: 1. Overalldegreeofsatisfactionintheuseofthise-learningsolution 2. Degreeofeffectivenessofthevariousfunctionalitiesavailablewithintheplatform 3. Degreeofusability,easeofuseandaccessibility Weinformedtheuserthat"Accessibility",inourcontext,meansthecharacteristicofacomputer systemtobeeasilyusablebyanyuser,regardlessofhissensory,motororpsychicindividual capacities,ofanytemporaryorpermanentdisability,ofevenculturalaspectsoraspectsrelatingto familiaritywiththeuseofICTinterfaces. 4. Perceiveduserexperiencewithregardsto: a. graphicsandcolors b. theunderstandingofsymbolsandicons c. themeaningoftextualcontents d. searchandsuggestionofcontenttheywanttofind e. orientationandguidanceinbrowsingthepagesorthecontentstructure f. thestructuring,placementandpositioningofthecontent Weinformedtheuserthat“UXoruserExperience”,inourcontext,meansthesubjectivefeelings thathe/sheexperiencedusingtheplatformwithreferencetotheempiricandaffectiveaspects,to thevalueandmeaningattributionhe/sherelatedtotheavailabilityandtheinteractionwiththe solution,aswellastotheoverallperceptionsandpersonalthoughtshe/shehadaboutitslearning effectiveness,theeaseofuseoftheinterface,thesystem'sefficiency,etc.. 5. Degreeofcompletenessoftheavailablefeatures 6. Degreeofintegrationandhomogeneityofallthemodulesavailablewithinthelearning environment 7. Degreeofinnovationandnoveltyoftheproposedsolution 8. Degreeofusefulnessandappropriatenessoftheplatformwithrespecttothetrainingneedsof learners 9. Detectedneedofagreaterpresenceof: a. awizard-drivencontentfruition b. gamificationfeatures 26 c. d. e. f. Weinformedtheuserthat"Gamification",inourcontext,meanstheuseofelements borrowedfromthegamesandotherfuntechniques,adaptedtoexternalcontexts(eg. scores,levels,rewards,badges,giftsandotherloyaltymethodsorpracticestoarouse interestorcontributetotheusersatisfaction) anappropriateuseofmultimedia interactivitybetweenlearnerandcontent interactivityandknowledgeexchangebetweenplatformusers multilingualismorexplanatorytechnicalvocabularies,glossaries,dictionaryofacronyms, bibliographicalreferences,etc. tutoringandexternalteachingsupport g. Theobtainedresults,bothfromcontentandusabilityquestions,oftheLearnPAdgrouphavebeen comparedwiththecontrolgroup. Moreover we compared the Learn PAd usability results to the feedback received in the early evaluation phase(exceptfortheelements:4-fromatof-and9e,thatwerenotpreviouslycollected). Thequestionsn°1,2and5requiredalsoafree-textcomment(insynthesis,respectively:1-motivateyour opinion;2-whichfeaturesaretobeconsideredmostuseful;5-whatfeaturesaremissingorinadequate, and why, to consider the platform a valuable learning tool). Those feedback have been analyzed and summarizedinsection3.4,alsoseparatingpositiveandnegativenotes. We present all the data and figures received from the ex ante and ex post questionnaires in the next section. 3.3Resultsfromquestionnaires In this section the results obtained from the answers to the ex ante and ex post questionnaires are representedintables(andalsographically,forthekeyaspectstohighlight). 3.3.1Profilingandcontextdata We begin with representing the demographical data and the context information of the Learn PAd and MARLENEsamplegroups: Sample: LearnPAd MARLENE N°users Invitedtotesting:36 Invitedtotesting:36 Questionnairescollected:31 Questionnairescollected:30 Gender Males:17 Males:18 Females:14 Females:12 Age Mean:43,61 Mean:44,40 Compositionbyagegroups:2under30 Compositionbyagegroups:2under30 years,9from30to40,14from40to50,6 years,6from30to40,16from40to50,6 over50 over50 Geographical 18intheprovinceofAncona,4inthe 15intheprovinceofAncona,2inthe distribution provinceofAscoliPicenoandFermo,4in provinceofAscoliPicenoandFermo,7in withinMarche theprovinceofMacerata,5intheprovince theprovinceofMacerata,6intheprovince region ofPesaroeUrbino ofPesaroeUrbino Qualification Universitygraduates:23 Universitygraduates:23 Schoolgraduates:8 Schoolgraduates:7 27 Publicrole 0executivemanagers,12officers,12 1executivemanager,17officers,8 employees,7freelancersservingaPA employees,4freelancersservingaPA Yearsofwork Mean:14,81 Mean:13,27 at(oron CompositionbyPAexperiencedclusters:7 CompositionbyPAexperiencedclusters:6 behalfof)aPA upto5years,4from6to10,5from11to upto5years,4from6to10,10from11to 15,8from16to20,7morethan20 15,5from16to20,5morethan20 Yearsof Mean:2,35 Mean:3,87 experiencein CompositionbySUAPexperiencedclusters: CompositionbySUAPexperiencedclusters: OSS/SUAP 20novices(upto1years),7intermediate 15novices(upto1years),7intermediate professionals(from2to5),4experts(more professionals(from2to5),8experts(more than5) than5) Typeofpublic 1workinadistrictualSUAP,3ina 7workinadistrictualSUAP,2ina bodyserved municipalSUAP,15inathirdparty municipalSUAP,18inathirdparty administration,12inanotherPA(indirectly administration,3inanotherPA(indirectly involvedintheSUAPprocessesfor involvedintheSUAPprocessesfor coordination,training,support) coordination,training,support) Table4Aggregateddatarelatedtothetwosamplesinvolvedinthetesting Figure10a/bTheLearnPAdandMARLENEsamplesbygender 28 Figure11a/bTheLearnPAdandMARLENEsamplesbyage Figure12a/bTheLearnPAdandMARLENEsamplesbyqualificationineducation 29 Figure13a/bTheLearnPAdandMARLENEsamplesbypublicrole Figure14a/bTheLearnPAdandMARLENEsamplesbyyearsofworkat(oronbehalfof)aPA 30 Figure15a/bTheLearnPAdandMARLENEsamplesbyyearsofexperienceinOSS/SUAP As for the overall time spent on the platforms, Learn PAd usage time totalized 169 hours in 90 days (on averageperuser:5:45hoursin3days);MARLENEusagetimetotalized96hoursin64days(onaverageper user:3:20hoursin2days). Figure16Theplatformsoverallusagetime(inhours) 3.3.2Competenceself-assessmentdata Within the Learn PAd sample, 14 users out of 31 (45%) said they had improved one or more EQF skills; regardingMARLENE,13usersoutof30(43%)saidthis. 31 Figure17ThedeclaredimprovementinEQFskillswithinthetwosamples Thetotalperceivedimprovementsineachcompetence-calculatedasapercentageofthesumoftheex postincreasesonthesumoftheexantevaluesdeclared-amountedtothefollowingvalues: 32 EQFSkill LearnPAd %ofusers standard perceived deviation improvement amongthe onaverage sample 9% 0,57 Front-officeactivities,information, communicationandmanagementof theexternalrelationswiththepublic Assessingtheadministrativeand 9% proceduralregularityofarequest, throughcheckingitscompleteness andformalcorrectness Managementandcoordinationof 15% specificadministrativeprocedures Verifyingthecongruencyand 12% pertinenceofdataand documentationsubmittedinan instance,consideringthemeritswith respecttotheactivitythattheuser intendstostartortheinterventionto beundertaken Drawingupformaldocuments 6% (Decrees,reports,letters,etc.)during theexecutionorattheendofan administrativeprocedure Table5PerceivedimprovementsinEQFskills MARLENE %ofusers standard perceived deviation improvement amongthe onaverage sample 2% 0,25 0,63 5% 0,37 0,70 6% 0,50 0,79 4% 0,34 0,47 6% 0,48 Figure18ThepercentageofdeclaredimprovementineachrelevantEQFskillwithinthetwosamples 33 3.3.3Learningassessmentdata Summarizingthelearningoutcomesforthecorrectanswerstothemultiplechoicequestions: In the Learn PAd sample, 15 users out of 31 (48% within the sample / 25% of the whole users) have correctly answered more than 70% of questions (that is the minimum threshold set by the PA Training Regional School to assess the successful passing of a course). The sample obtained a 62% of the total achievablepoints. IntheMarlenesample,16usersoutof30(53%withinthesample/26%ofthewholeusers)havecorrectly answeredmorethan70%ofquestions.Thesampleobtaineda61%ofthetotalachievablepoints. Figure19Thenumberofuserswhoanswercorrectlytomorethan70%oftheproposedquestions withinthetwosamples We can also go deeply in the analysis separating the 15 questions into the 4 homogeneous clusters previouslyexplained: 34 Cluster type N°of involv ed questi ons N°Users with>70% correct answers (outof31) LearnPAd Users percentage amongthe sample %oftotal points achieved compared tothe maximum achievable 52% A 4 9 29% theoretic al questions B 3 18 58% 76% questions onanew regulator yreform C 5 12 39% 61% questions relatedto BPs D 3 9 29% 59% questions about practical cases Results 15 15 48% 62% onthe wholeset of questions Table6Profitresultsforeachclusterofquestions N°Users with>70% correct answers (outof30) Marlene Users percentage amongthe sample 12 40% %oftotal points achieved compared tothe maximum achievable 48% 20 67% 80% 11 37% 62% 10 33% 56% 16 53% 61% 35 Figure20Thenumberofuserswhoanswercorrectlytomorethan70%oftheproposedquestionswithinthe samplesandperclustersofquestions 36 3.3.4Usabilitydata AsfortheUsabilitycriterionswecalculatedtheseresults: Criteria Overalldegreeof satisfactionintheuseof thise-learningsolution Degreeofeffectiveness ofthevarious functionalitiesavailable withintheplatform Degreeofusability,ease ofuseandaccessibility perceivedpositiveuser experiencewithregards tographicsandcolors perceivedpositiveuser experiencewithregards totheunderstandingof symbolsandicons perceivedpositiveuser experiencewithregards tothemeaningoftextual contents perceivedpositiveuser experiencewithregards tosearchandsuggestion ofcontenttheywantto find perceivedpositiveuser experiencewithregards toorientationand guidanceinbrowsingthe pagesorthecontent structure perceivedpositiveuser experiencewithregards tothestructuring, placementand positioningofthe content Degreeofcompleteness oftheavailablefeatures LearnPAd earlier platformv. 6/11/2015 Average rating [from1= lowto5= high] LearnPAdfinalplatformv. 14/09/2016 MARLENEplatform Average rating [from1 =lowto 5=high] N°users who expressed anopinion above average [over3] %users who expressed anopinion above average [over3] Average rating [from1 =lowto 5=high] N°users who expressed anopinion above average [over3] %users who expressed anopinion above average [over3] 3,14 2,97 8 26% 3,07 10 33% 3,32 2,94 10 32% 3,13 11 37% 2,42 2,90 12 39% 3,33 13 43% N.A. 3,03 8 26% 3,50 18 60% N.A. 2,84 7 23% 3,43 15 50% N.A. 3,10 10 32% 3,60 17 57% N.A. 2,68 5 16% 3,07 11 37% N.A. 2,65 8 26% 3,57 18 60% N.A. 2,97 11 35% 3,40 16 53% 3,42 3,06 10 32% 3,17 9 30% 37 Degreeofintegration andhomogeneityofall themodulesavailable withinthelearning environment Degreeofinnovationof theproposedsolution Degreeofusefulnessand appropriatenessofthe platformwithrespectto thetrainingneedsof learners Detectedneedofa greaterpresenceofa wizard-drivencontent fruition Detectedneedofa greaterpresenceof gamificationfeatures Detectedneedofa greaterpresenceofan appropriateuseof multimedia Detectedneedofa greaterpresenceof interactivitybetween learnerandcontent Detectedneedofa greaterpresenceof interactivityand knowledgeexchange betweenplatformusers Detectedneedofa greaterpresenceof multilingualismor explanatorytechnical vocabularies Detectedneedofa greaterpresenceof tutoringandexternal teachingsupport 3,42 3,16 9 29% 3,07 11 37% 4,33 3,61 19 61% 3,07 12 40% 4,00 3,06 11 35% 2,80 5 17% 3,71 3,19 9 29% 3,27 9 30% 4,20 2,90 9 29% 3,33 8 27% 4,71 3,45 6 19% 3,73 2 7% 4,50 3,35 6 19% 3,67 2 7% N.A. 3,42 4 13% 3,77 5 17% 4,28 3,35 8 26% 2,73 13 43% 4,00 3,23 5 16% 3,27 8 27% Table7Dataandfiguresrelatedtotheusabilityexpostanswers 38 Figure21Acomparingoverviewonacquiredopinionsaboutusability,userexperienceandplatform effectivenessbytheusersofLearnPAdandMARLENE 3.4Synthesisofthecollectedfeedback Inthissectionasyntheticsummaryofthecollectedverbosefeedbackisdescribed.Thefulllists(inItalian andinEnglish)arereportedintheappendix. 3.4.1Positiveoverallopinionsandplatformsstrengths Figure22a/bThePOSITIVEFEEDBACKWord-CloudsforLearnPAdandMARLENE 39 RegardingtheLearnPAdplatform,wereceived20among31positivefeedbackrelatedtotheBPbrowsing functionality, said to be a simple, logical, intuitive, fast and flexible way to navigate, by content or by graphic schemes, through the workflow; the processes themselves and their related content were describedasaccurate,wellstructured,clearlyexplainedandeasytounderstand. 10usersalsoappreciatedthesimulationmodeanditsexercisesbasedonrealcases. 4usershavepraisedthesocialinteractionfeaturesbasedoncomments,thechatandtheotherformsof contribution;4more,inparticular,evidencedthefunctionalitiesfordrawingupandaddingcontributively structuredtextsthroughthewikienvironment. 2learnersnoticedtheadvantagesofthedynamicrecommendationofnewcontentbasedonsemantics. Finally2usershavespokenwellofthehomogeneousandresponsivevisualidentityand1userspokeofa newerandinterestingwaytolearn. About MARLENE 13 users among 30 liked the intermediate comprehension tests via multiple choice questions. 6userssucceededinupdatingtheirknowledgeandinquicklymemorizingSUAPnotions,thankstothewell describedandsyntheticcontentandtosomein-depthssections. 5userstalkedaboutaneasytousetool,withaclearinterfaceandasimplesequentialflowthatlinksallthe pages. 3 users judged valid the fact that the content were presented through timed animation, highlights and audio. Finally2usersrecommendede-learningandonlinewebcontentasawaytosavetimeandmoney. 3.4.2Negativeoverallopinionsandmissingfunctionalities Figure23a/bTheNEGATIVEFEEDBACKWord-CloudsforLearnPAdandMARLENE 40 Speaking about Learn PAd, 19 users among 31 have complained about an initial feeling of disconcert, uncertainty, displacement, unclarity. They reported that the platform was difficult to explore since there wasnotapredefinedorientingpathtofolloworexplainingtheprogression.Thereweretoomanyunknown availablelinksandfeatures,vehicolatedthroughnonexhaustiveintroductionsandthroughatrickyandnot so intuitive interface. One also remarked that just learning to use the platform itself is hardly time consuming. 10learnerswrotethatsimulationdidnotseemtoworkwellorwasnotwellexplainedoreventhatitwas shortlyeffectiveinstimulatingrealproblemsolvingattitudes 4usersreportedthatthegraphicalschemesrepresentingtheflowchartsweredifficulttouseandread 3usersnoticedthepresenceofdisturbingtypos(eg.e&apos)andenglishwords 3 users suggested to strengthen and make more attractive the social collaboration and interaction capabilities 2 learners believe that the Learn PAd platform is not suitable for beginners as the course and even the profitquestionnairerequiredasaprerequisiteapreviouslyacquiredknowledge. 2peopleaskedtointroducetheuseofvideo,multimediaandanimationsinordertofacilitatelearning. 2 users commented that the recommending bar showed poor content and it could have been more effective. AnisolatedopinionreportedthatcontentaboutCoSwasoutdated. Concerning Marlene, 11 users among 30 suggested to introduce, as more advanced e-learning systems provide,interactiveandsocialfunctionalities,togaintheopportunityofhavingchat,submittingquestions on regulatory concerns and complex situation to handle, receiving in-depth opinions and legislation interpretationfromexpertsorothercolleaguesattendingthecourseorexperts. 7 learners described the course as very basic and theoretical, suitable for beginners, lacking insights on everydaypracticalwork,realapplicationsandcomplexsituationtohandle. 4userscomplainedaboutaninsufficientaccessibilitybecauseofthepop-upblockerandthebrowserorI/O devicesconfigurationchangestobeputinplace. Other4usersreportedthelackofacontentsearchsystemtogodirectlytothecontentofinterest. ResidualsingleopinionsnoticedoutdatedcontentforCoS,thehighamountoftimeneededtocompleteall thetrainingmodule,theabsenceofgamificationaspectsandofvideosasresourcesforlearning. 41 4Resultsanalysisandconclusions Insummary,thevalidationdatacollectedareofdifferenttype.Precisely,foreachrespondent,theyinclude: X. Aself-assessmentevaluationonowncompetenceconcerningthe5expectedEQFcapabilities, collectedexanteandexpost; Y. 15answerstomultiple-choiceprofitquestionsrelatedtolearningcontents(withintheSUAP contextasavalidationscenario); Z. Qualitativeanswers,onaLikertscale,on9questions(andfor3ofthembyanaccompanying commentary),assessingusabilityandlikingoftheplatform. Assaid,alltheabovedatahavebeenidenticallycollectedfrombothusersofLearnPAdandofMarlene,as abaseline. Thequestionsweaddressedintheexperimentforvalidationcanbestatedasfollows: VQ1: HowdoeslearningthroughtheuseofLearnPAdapproachcomparesagainstlearningthrough theuseofamoretraditionale-Learningplatform(suchasMarlene),intermsoflearning effectiveness? VQ2:HowdousersassesstheusabilityandthefunctionalityoftheLearnPAdplatform? Theconsiderationsrelatedtodatacollectedbynon-statisticallysignificantsamplesshouldbetakenwith thenecessaryprecautions.Howeverwetriedtosummarizesomegeneralconclusions. ToaddressVQ1weexamineboththequalitativeself-assessmentbyusers(answerstogroupXquestions) andtheanswerstoquestionstestingusersacquiredknowledgeonthesubjectoflearningexperiment (groupYquestions).Thefirstgroupofanswerssupportsasubjectivemeasureoflearningeffectiveness whereasthesecondgroupsupportsamoreobjective-eventhoughlimited-measure. Themeasurementoflearningeffectivenesshasbeenassessedalsoinrelationtothelearnersprofile(such astheyearsofworkingexperienceinaPA). ToaddressVQ2weexaminetheanswerstothegroupZquestions(boththeresultingratingsandthefreetextcomments,aggregatedforrelevancyandsimilarity). RESULTSOFGROUPY(profitanswers) We start the analysis considering answers to group Y. Overall we can see (Table 8) that the provided answersarebetterfortheMarlenegroupthathaveahighermedianvalueandlowerstandarddeviation, althoughthedifferencesaresmall.Wethenperformedastatisticaltesttoassessthenullhypothesisthat thedifferencebetweenthenumberofcorrectanswersforthetwogroupsfollowsasymmetricdistribution aroundzero,i.e.,thenullhypothesisisthatthemedianvaluesarestatisticallyequivalent.Becauseourdata couldnotbeassumedtobenormallydistributed,weadoptedanon-parametricstatisticalhypothesistest, theWilcoxonsigned-ranktest.Witharesultingp-valueof0.5604,thenullhypothesiscouldnotberejected, i.e.,themedianvaluesobservedarestatisticallyequivalent. 42 Mean Median St.Dev. Marlene 9,93 10 3,38 LearnPAd 9,23 9 3,5 Table8Overallstatisticsforprofitanswersresults(themeanofthetotalscoreacquiredandthemedian score) Werepeatedthetestforthe4clustersofquestionsdescribedinSection3.2.4.2(Atheoreticalquestions,B questionsonanewregulatoryreform,CquestionsrelatedtoBPs,Dquestionsaboutpracticalcases)and theresultsarethesame:themediansarestatisticallyequivalent. Itmeansthatthelearningassessmentareequivalentbetweenthetwosamples,andwecansaythatitisa good result for the Learn PAd platform, as it is a prototype with respect to the more tested and utilized Marleneplatform. We further examined these results looking for possible correlation with some of the factors that we collected. We hypothesized that demographic characteristics of the learners, such as age or matured experienceinthetopicofthelearningsession(SUAP),mightimpactthelearningresults.Wealsotestedthe hypothesis that the time spent on the learning platform (either Marlene or Learn PAd) is not correlated withsuchresults. Weperformed,forasetofcomparisonvariablesconsideredsignificant,boththePearsoncorrelationtest andtheKendalltaucorrelationtest.KendalltauissimilartothemorecommonlyusedPearsoncoefficient butitdoesnotrequirethevariablestobenormallydistributed.TheresultsarereportedinTable9and10. Marlene LearnPAd YearsofPA experience 0,360 0,577 Yearsof SUAP experience 0,467 0,563 Hours 0,189 dedicatedto testing 0,096 Table9Pearsoncorrelationbetweenthenumberofcorrectanswersandpossiblyinfluencingfactors(PA experience,SUAPexperience,anddedicatedtime) With the Pearson index we noticed a no significant correlation of the individual learning results with respect to the platform time usage and a moderate correlation, more evident for the Learn PAd sample, with respect to the years of working experience within a PA and regarding SUAP. This is plausible and it couldindicatethat,astheLearnPAdapproachiscenteredonworkprocesses,learningiseasierandmore immediateforthosewhoarethelongestmorefamiliarwiththeseprocesses. 43 Marlene LearnPAd Ageof learners 0.2827474 0.403308 Yearsof SUAP experience 0.5207782 0.469423 Hours 0.1636847 dedicatedto testing 0.15134 Table10Kendalltaucorrelationbetweenthenumberofcorrectanswersandpossiblyinfluencingfactors (age,SUAPexperience,anddedicatedtime) ForinterpretingthedatadisplayedinTable10(whereallentriesarestatisticallysignificantata95%level), we use the Guildford scale1 [1], in which correlations with absolute value less than 0.4 are described as “low”,0.4to0.7as“moderate”,0.7to0.9as“high”,andover0.9as“veryhigh”. Weobservedsomeinterestingandconvincingresults,asfollows. The age of respondents has a low correlation with the number of correct answers both for Marlene and LearnPAd. Thetimespentontheplatformdoesnothaveastatisticalcorrelationwiththeamountofcorrectanswers. Thisisinlinewiththecurrentstate-of-the-art. Even if time had no relevance on the progression of learning, we found that Learn PAd, to be tested, requiredagreatereffortinhoursthanMarlene(abouttwiceofwhatusersspentonMarlene).LearnPAd sample users provided a higher level of commitment during the tests, maybe also because of the huge amount of content that the platform contains (about three times the amount that is contained in the Marlenecourse).Weacknowledgethattwoweeksoftrialhadbeentoofew,especiallyfortheLearnPAd platform,whoseusageneedstobeextendedovertimebeforeitcanfulfillallitspotentialstrengths–such asgeneratingarealcommunityofpractice-andbeforeitisgrantedthepossibilitytowalkthrough,study andunderstandallthetasksofBP.However,fororganizationalreasons,thefinalvalidationcouldnothave beenstructuredotherwise. TheexperienceonSUAPhasamoderatecorrelationwiththenumberofcorrectanswersbothforMarlene andLearnPAd,andrepresentsthefactorthatisbettercorrelatedwiththenumberofcorrectanswers. Basedonsuchoutcome,andnoticingthatwithintheLearnPAdsamplealargerpartofsubjectsdeclaredto be novices in terms of expertise about SUAP, we made a further analysis by computing the correlation between SUAP and the number of correct answers after removing those users who declared less than 1 years of SUAP experience. The correlation coefficient improved for both Marlene (from 0.5207782 to 0.6958166)andLearnPAd(from0.469423to0.5957597).Suchresultsseemtosuggestthat,independently 1 J.P.Guilford.FundamentalStatisticsinPsychologyandEducation.McGraw-Hill,1942 44 fromtheplatformused,learningeffectivenessisbetterwhensomepreviousknowledgeexists,whichmight beexplainedbytheextremecomplexityofSUAPregulations. Asforthefinalprofitresultsoflearning,only48%ofLearnPAdusershasexceededthethresholdof70%of correct answers (which defines the minimum acceptable level). Similarly, the percentage of MARLENE sufficient results stood at 53% of users. Given that the Learn PAd group included a higher proportion of learnerswithupto1yearsofSUAPexperience(20outof31)thanMarlene(15outof30),inpracticewe canalsoaffirmthatourassessmentisslightlybiasedinfavorofMarlene. Althoughthefinallearningoutcome,initself,isnotsatisfactory,wenoticedthatitisacross-platformeffect (independentoftheplatformused).WhatitcanbesaidinfavorofLearnPAd-unlikeMARLENE-itisthat Learn PAd is a more complex and multi-faceted platform, which surely needs more assimilation time to deploybenefits(especiallythoseofthecollaborativelearning). According to the Marche Region PA Training School, the learning results of online methods are generally lowerthanthoseofthetrainingbasedoncoursesinpresence(andalsothedrop-outrateismuchhigher). ThiscanbeduetoagenerallackofhumanizationandpersonalrelationshipsineLearningpractices,butas forthefinalvalidationalsoalackofmotivation-fromthelearnersside-andtheabsenceofamandantor anagreedtrainingplan-fromtheorganizationsinvolved-couldhaveinfluenced. Finally, we also performed a Kendall tau correlation analysis between the experience with SUAP and the individual’s self-assessment (ex post EQF skills values declared). We observed a negative correlation for both platforms with correlation coefficients of -0.336554 and -0.05058633 for Marlene and Learn PAd, respectively.Thisresultisconsistentwiththeexpectation:individualswhoarelessexperiencedwithSUAP will probably notice a greater improvement after using the platform, than those who are already experienced. RESULTSOFGROUPX(EQFself-assessment) WenowdiscusstheresultsfromgroupXanswers.Asimilarnumberofsubjects(45%ofLearnPAdusers and43%ofMarleneusers)assessedthattheyhaveacquiredsomecompetence,althoughthisnumberis nothigh. Table5(andFigure18)inSection3.3.2showthat,attheendofthetest,theLearnPAdusers,morethan the MARLENE ones, said they had achieved improvements in their competences. However the figures of the standard deviation shows that, within the MARLENE sample, there has been a more equitable distributionoftheimprovementsbetweenusers(andso,thatthehighestimprovementattributedtothe useofLearnPAdmaybeduetothepresenceofsomeoutliers).Checkingdata,wefoundasingleLearnPAd userself-assessingimprovementinhislevelsof2,3,3,4and2pointsforthefiveEQFSkills(thatcouldbe exaggerated,orperhapsitcouldmeanthantheuserunderestimatedhisskillsintheexantequestionnaire). ThepercentageofimprovementsvariesacrossthefivedifferentEQFcompetences,andwethinkitmaybe usefultolookattheresultssingularlyastheyaddresseddifferenttypeofcompetences. An interesting thing to notice is that the higher incremental percentage for the Learn PAd sample is the 15% on the EQF Skill “Management and coordination of specific administrative procedures”, which, notably, is the most used skill when working, for instance, with the coordination of the tasks within the “TitoloUnico”BP.And,bytheway,theBPbrowsingmodehasbeenconsideredthebestfunctionalityof 45 theLearnPAdPlatform,asassessedbythepositiveverbalfeedbackprovidedbythevastmajorityofthe users(64%). Also the better improvements in “Assessing the administrative and procedural regularity of a request, throughcheckingitscompletenessandformalcorrectness”(9%amongtheLearnPAdsampleinsteadofthe 5%withinMarlene)andin“Verifyingthecongruencyandpertinenceofdataanddocumentationsubmitted in an instance, considering the merits with respect to the activity that the user intends to start or the intervention to be undertaken” (12% among the Learn PAd sample instead of the 4% within Marlene), could be related to the Learn PAd case based activity, performed in simulation mode, where users were askedtoreadasubmittedapplicationformtocheckitanddeterminehowtoproceed. Marlene LearnPAd exantedeclared levelinEQF competences 0,463 0,454 expostdeclared levelinEQF competences 0,565 0,413 Table11Pearsoncorrelationbetweenthenumberofindividualcorrectanswersandthesumofdeclared levelsinthefiveEQFcompetences With the Pearson index we also noticed a weak correlation, but present in both cases, of the individual learningresultswithrespecttotheself-assessedexanteEQFlevels.Forwhatconcernsthedeclaredexpost EQF competence, it seems that MARLENE self-assessments has a slightly higher level of coherence with respecttothelearningresults. RESULTSOFGROUPZ(usabilityrelatedanswers) As a general comment, we observed that the average of ratings stands to mid-range for almost all the criteria,andforboththeplatforms. There is a poor correlation between the profit total scores obtained by users and their ratings of overall satisfactionontheuseoftheplatform.Andatthesametimethesejudgmentsareplacedonintermediate valuesthatmakesuchanindicatorapoorproxy. ForLearnPAdwerecordedvaluesbelowaverage,thoughslightly,on: overallsatisfaction;effectivenessofthevariousfunctionalities;usabilityandaccessibility;userexperience (UX) for symbols and icons; UX for search and suggestion of content; UX related to orientation and guidanceinbrowsingthepagesorthecontentstructure;UXforstructuring,placementandpositioningof thecontent.Webelievethatthenon-positivescore,mostlyabouteffectivenessoffunctionalities,usability and accessibility, search and suggestion of content, guidance for browsing the content structure (also 46 corroborated by the verbal comments of users) will have undoubtedly to inspire the next actions for the evolutionoftheplatform. Marlene LearnPAd Overalldegreeof satisfactionintheuseof thise-learningsolution 0,357 0,242 Table12Pearsoncorrelationbetweenthenumberofindividualcorrectanswersandtheusersoverallrating oftheplatforms About the perceived degree of usability, ease of use and accessibility, the judgment of the users is improvedcomparedtothepreviousassessmentintheearlyevaluation. With the exception of the need for greater presence of multilingualism or explanatory technical vocabularies, Learn PAd presented better results than the previous assessment and than MARLENE concerningalltheother10indicatorsmonitoringdeficientorabsentfeatures,meaningthat: • the consortium addressed many of the comments that emerged in the early evaluation, solving requestsandissues • on average Learn PAd is considered, with a very slight margin of advantage, a complete environment,concerningtheneededfunctionalitiestobeeffectiveintermsoflearning.Clearlythis does not imply that the quality of the implemented features is good enough for users or may requirefurtherimprovements. LearnPAdpresentedbetterresultsthanMARLENEonlyon:degreeofintegrationandhomogeneityofall the modules available within the learning environment; degree of innovation of the proposed solution; degree of usefulness and appropriateness of the platform with respect to the training needs of learners (and this last is a good result because it considers the content of the platform and how they are transmitted). Unless for completeness, innovation and usefulness for training needs, MARLENE scored for the other criterionsthehighestnumberofusersthatexpresspositivejudgments. Thisresultisnotsurprising,becauseMarleneisaplatformusedinproductionforseveralyears,whileLearn PAd,atthemoment,isjustaresearchprototypethat(althoughproducingevidencesoflearning)isheavily basedonabusinessprocessmodel,inwhichthelocalcivilservantshavelittleornoexperienceatall. Analyzingthefree-textfeedbackprovidedbytheusers,wenoticedthatmanyofthemconsideredMarlene amoresuitabletoolforbeginnersthanLearnPAd,mainlybecauseitusesamoresimplifiedandsequential process of acquiring information and knowledge. Instead Learn PAd would be more suitable for experienced people, also because it makes a wide use of features for socialization, sharing, contribution andcollaboration. 47 It is not easy to deduce clear recommendations from the verbal feedback related to the Learn PAd platform. For example, simplifying the analysis, 10 users among 31 argued that simulation is a very good idea,but,ontheotherend,thesameamountofuserssaiditdidnotworkwellandshouldberevised;20 outof31usersbelievedvaluablethebrowsingmode,but,atthesametime,other20userstoldtheydid notfeelwell-orientedduringthenavigation. Trying to draw some conclusions we believe that, unsurprinsingly, there is still work to do around the platform.Theactualrelease(andthelearningapproachitrepresents)isonaverageperceivedaseffective, evenif,probably,itneedsahigherusagetimeinordertorecordmoresignificantlearningoutcomesand evenifsomefurtherdevelopment(oradjustment)offeaturesandcontentcustomizationareneeded.We expect to fulfill those evolutionary maintenance requests, able to transform a prototype into something moresimilartoamarketstablerelease,duringthenextcomingexploitationphase. We provide a quite high effort to update content in the platform: from process modeling within a single referencemeta-model,tillthecollectionofeducationalmaterials,theeditingofexplanatorytextsandthe verification of the state of a constantly changing legislation, passing through the personalization of the simulation exercises, of the recommender suggestions and of the KPI Dashboard goals to be fed. At the same time it was also challenging to maintain aligned the technologies and the functionalities of the platform around a single and integrated application infrastructure. It is therefore logical to assume that those who intend to pursue the result of making useof Learn PAd as a teaching tool, are equipped with resourcestomaintainup-to-datetheplatform,eventechnologically,andtocustomizeitscontent(andthe managedbusinessprocesses)accordingtosimilarneedsandrequestscomingfrommorethanonePAasa profitable market segment, and consequently they should be subjects able to reap economic or organizationalgainsfromtheseactivities. 48 Appendix ExanteQuestionnaire(inItalian) Datianagraficiediprofiloutente NomeeCognome…………………………………………..…………………………………………..……………………………………….. Sesso(M,F)……... Età…………………….. Sedelavorativa(Comune)………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………. Titolodistudio……………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………….. Ruolopubblico(Dirigente,Funzionario,Impiegato,Liberoprofessionistaoaltrafiguraalserviziodiuna PA)…………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………….. • Annidilavoropresso(opercontodi)PA………………............... • AnnidilavorosvoltiinambitiattinentialSUAP…………………… • Entediappartenenza/svolgimentoservizioetipologia(Enteterzo,SUAPcomprensoriale,SUAP municipale,Altro)…………………………………………………………………………………….………………………………………...... Lechiediamodicompilare,primadell’avviodelleattivitàformative,un’autovalutazionerispettoallivello europeo(EQF)dicompetenzeposseduteinambitoSUAP(SportelloUnicoAttivitàProduttive)ocomunque neiprocessidilavorodiunaPubblicaAmministrazione. PerognispecificacompetenzadescrittanellaTab.1(colonnacompetenza),dovràindicareillivellodi competenzacheritienedipossedere(1=bassa/nulla–8=alta).Idiversilivellisonomegliodescrittinella Tab.2 Tab.1 Competenza Livelloda1a8(rispetto allatabellaEQFsottostante) a. Attivitàdisportello,diinformazione,dicomunicazioneedigestionedelle relazioniconilpubblico b. Verificadellaregolaritàamministrativaeprocedimentalediun’istanza, attraversocontrollidicompletezzaecorrettezzaformale c. Gestioneecoordinamentodispecificheprocedureamministrative d. Verificadimeritodiun’istanzainordineallacongruenzaeallapertinenza deidatiedelladocumentazionepresentatarispettoall’attivitàchel’utente intendeavviareoall’interventochesiintenderealizzare e. Stesuradidocumentiformali(atti,verbali,lettere,etc.)nell’esecuzioneo allaconclusionedeivaripassaggiprocedurali Tab.2 • • • • • • Livello EQF Conoscenza Abilità Competenza 49 1 Generaledibase. Basilarinecessariepersvolgere Lavorareostudiaresottola compitisemplici,anchein direttasupervisione,inun assenzadiesperienzapregressa. contestostrutturato. Cognitiveepratichedibase necessarieperutilizzarele 2 Praticadibaseinunambito informazionirilevantialfinedi lavorativoodistudio. svolgerecompitierisolvere problemidiroutineutilizzando Lavorareostudiaresottola supervisioneconunacerta autonomia. regoleestrumentisemplici. Cognitiveepratichenecessariea Conoscenzadifatti,principi, 3 processieconcettigenerali,inun ambitolavorativoodistudio. svolgerecompitierisolvere problemiscegliendoe Assumersilaresponsabilitàper ilcompletamentodelleattività nellavoroenellostudio. applicandometodidibase, Adeguareilproprio strumenti,materialied comportamentoalle informazioni. circostanzenelrisolvere problemi. Autogestionenell'ambitodelle lineeguidaincontestidilavoro odistudiochesono solitamenteprevedibili,ma 4 Cognitiveepratichenecessariea soggettiacambiamenti. risolvereproblemispecificiinun inunambitolavorativoodistudio. Supervisionareillavorodi campodilavoroodistudio. routinedialtri,assumendosi Praticaeteoricainampicontesti, unacertaresponsabilitàperla valutazioneeilmiglioramento diattivitàlavorativeodistudio. Gestireesorvegliareattivitàin Praticaeteorica,completae specializzatainunambito 5 lavorativoodistudioe consapevolezzadeiconfiniditale conoscenza. 6 Unagammacompletadiabilità cognitiveepratichenecessarie persvilupparesoluzionicreative aproblemiastratti. contestidilavoroodistudio espostiacambiamenti imprevedibili. Controllareesvilupparele prestazioniproprieedialtri. Avanzatainunambitolavorativoo Avanzate,chedimostrino Gestireattivitàtecnicheo distudio,chepresupponeuna professionalicomplesseo padronanzaeinnovazione 50 comprensionecriticaditeoriee necessariearisolvereproblemi progetti,assumendosila principi. complessiedimprevedibiliinun responsabilitàperilprocesso ambitospecializzatodilavoroo decisionaleincontestidilavoro distudio. odistudioimprevedibili. Assumersilaresponsabilitàdi gestirelosviluppo professionaledipersonee gruppi. Gestireetrasformarecontesti Altamentespecializzata,chepuò 7 Problemsolvingspecializzato conoscenzainunambito necessarionellaricercae/o lavorativoodistudio,comebase nell'innovazione,alfinedi delpensieroe/odiricerca svilupparenuoveconoscenzee Assumersilaresponsabilitàdi originale.Consapevolezzacritica procedureeperintegrare contribuireallaconoscenzae delleproblematichelegatealla conoscenzeprovenientida allapraticaprofessionalee/odi conoscenzainuncampoe ambitidiversi. verificareleprestazioni all'interfacciatracampidiversi. specializzate,tracuilasintesie Livelloconoscitivopiùavanzatoin unambitolavorativoodistudioe all'interfacciatracampi. imprevedibilicherichiedono nuoviapproccistrategici. strategichedeigruppi. Tecnichepiùavanzatee 8 complessidilavoroodistudio costituirel'avanguardiadella lavalutazione,necessarieper risolvereproblemicomplessi dellaricercae/odell'innovazione eperestendereeridefinirele conoscenzeesistentiolapratica professionale. Dimostrareeffettivaautorità, innovazione,autonomiae integritàtipicadellostudiosoe delprofessionistaeunimpegno continuonellosviluppodi nuoveideeoprocessi all'avanguardiaincontestidi lavoroodistudio,tracuila ricerca. Ai sensi del Dlgs196/2003 - "Codice Privacy”, desideriamo informarla che le informazioni ed i dati personali forniti in tale contesto (sperimentazioneevalidazionedellapiattaformaLearnPAd)sarannoutilizzatiesclusivamenteperfinalitàstatisticheescientificheetrattatiin conformità al documento programmatico per la sicurezza informatica in vigore, nonché nel rispetto della normativa vigente, in modo da garantirnelasicurezzaelariservatezza.IrisultatideitestediquestionaricompilatisarannoanalizzatiedutilizzatidaipartnersdelProgetto LearnPAd(RegioneMarche:PFSistemiInformativieScuoladiformazioneregionale,CNRConsiglioNazionaledelleRicerche:ISTI,Universitàdi Camerino,Universitàdell’Aquila,UniversitàFHNWSwitzerland,BOCAssetManagementGmbHAustria,NoMagicEuropeLituania,Linagora GSOFrancia,XWIKISasFrancia),confrontaticonquelliraccoltidaglialtripartecipantialtestecomunquerielaboratiinformaaggregataed anonimaaifinidiunapresentazioneversoisoggettiterziabilitati(ades.funzionarievalutatoriUE).Essisarannoutilizzatipercomprenderei livellidiefficaciaraggiunticonilnuovomodelloformativosperimentatonelprogettoeuropeoLearnPAd. Tali dati sono conservati da Regione Marche ed accessibili solo da parte di personale autorizzato fino alla conclusione del progetto; la cancellazionedeidatiavvienesurichiestaviamail,faxoletteradegliinteressati,senzaindugio.Inognicasoidatisarannocancellatialtermine dell'iniziativaeaseguitodelloroutilizzoneiterminiindicati. I soggetti cui si riferiscono i dati personali hanno il diritto, ai sensi dell'art. 7 del D.Lgs. n.196/2003, in qualunque momento, di ottenere la confermadell'esistenzaomenodeimedesimidatiediconoscerneilcontenutoel'origine,verificarnel'esattezza,chiedernel'integrazioneo l'aggiornamento, oppure la rettifica, la cancellazione, la trasformazione in forma anonima o il blocco dei dati trattati in violazione di legge, nonchédiopporsiinognicaso,permotivilegittimi,allorotrattamento. 51 InbasealdocumentoprogrammaticosullasicurezzadeidatipersonalidellaRegione,iltitolaredeltrattamentodeidatipersonalièlaGiunta regionale, il responsabile è il dirigente titolare della PF SISTEMI INFORMATIVI E TELEMATICI e gli incaricati sono i responsabili regionali dei procedimentiedeiprocessicorrelatialprogettoLearnPAd. Percomunicazioni: RegioneMarche P.FSISTEMIINFORMATIVIETELEMATICI DirigenteDott.ssaSERENELLACAROTA ViaTiziano4460125Ancona(AN) Fax0718063071 [email protected] Ilsottoscrittoacconsentepertanto,almomentodiriconsegnareilquestionariocompilato,aconcedere unaliberatoriaperiltrattamentodelleinformazioniedeidatiraccolti,neiterminisopraindividuati. Infede____________________________________________________ 52 ExpostQuestionnaire(inItalian) SPERIMENTAZIONEPIATTAFORMA…………………………..–QuestionariodivalidazioneexPOST NomeeCognome…………………………………………..…………………………………………..……………………………………….. NomeutenteLearnPAdassegnato…..………………………………………………………………………………………………….. Quantotempohadedicatoallafruizionedellapiattaforma,interminidiarcotemporalecomplessivoin giorni………………………………………edinterminiditempoeffettivodiutilizzoinore……………….………………… Lechiediamodicompilare,alterminedelleattivitàformative,un’autovalutazionerispettoallivelloeuropeo (EQF)dicompetenzecheritienediaveracquisitoneiprocessidilavorodiunaPubblicaAmministrazione e/oinrelazioneaitemidelSUAP(SportelloUnicoAttivitàProduttive);ciòascopodiverifica,relativamente alfattosel’utilizzodellapiattaforma,asuoavviso,abbiaincrementato–einchemisura–lesueabilitàela suaconoscenza. PerognispecificacompetenzadescrittanellaTab.1(colonnacompetenza),dovràindicareillivellodi competenzacheoraritienedipossedere(1=bassa/nulla–8=alta).Idiversilivellisonomegliodescrittinella Tab.2riportatanelquestionarioexante Tab.1 Competenza Livelloda1a8(rispetto • • • allatabellaEQFgiàproposta nelquestionarioexante) f. Attivitàdisportello,diinformazione,dicomunicazioneedigestionedelle relazioniconilpubblico g. Verificadellaregolaritàamministrativaeprocedimentalediun’istanza, attraversocontrollidicompletezzaecorrettezzaformale h. Gestioneecoordinamentodispecificheprocedureamministrative i. Verificadimeritodiun’istanzainordineallacongruenzaeallapertinenza deidatiedelladocumentazionepresentatarispettoall’attivitàchel’utente intendeavviareoall’interventochesiintenderealizzare j. Stesuradidocumentiformali(atti,verbali,lettere,etc.)nell’esecuzioneo allaconclusionedeivaripassaggiprocedurali DomandearispostamultiplasuicontenutirelativiaSUAP,TitoloUnico,ConferenzadiServizi (soltantounadellepossibilirisposteècorretta–EVIDENZIARELARISPOSTASELEZIONATAOSCRIVERELA LETTERAALLAFINEDELLADOMANDA) 1. nelcasoincuialSUAPpervengaunaistanzaperlarealizzazionediunanuovastrutturasanitaria,di cuiallaL.R.20/00,inqualicasipuòindirelaconferenzadiservizi? a. Potràindirelaconferenzadiservizisolosesonodecorsi30giornidallarichiestadeipareri alleamministrazioniinteressate(AziendaSanitariaUnicaRegionaleASUR;ServizioSanità dellaRegioneMarche,ecc.)senzachequestesisianoinalcunmodopronunciate b. Dovràinognicasoindirelaconferenzadiservizi,inquantoènecessario c. Nonpotràmaiindirelaconferenzadiservizi,madovràrichiedereipareriallesingole amministrazioniinteressate(ASUR;ServizioSanitàdellaRegioneMarche,ecc.) 53 2. incasodiassenzadell’ASUR,regolarmenteconvocata,allaconferenzadiservizi,comedeveessere intesoilrelativoparere? a. Espressofavorevolmente b. Nondeveessereintesoinalcunmodo,mailprocedimentoamministrativovieneinterrotto finoall’acquisizionedelpareredapartedell’ASUR,chepotràessereacquisitoanchealdi fuoridellaconferenzadiservizi c. Espressonegativamente 3. Checosaèlaconferenzadeiservizisincrona? a. MeetingtrairesponsabiliSUAPcoinvoltinelmedesimoprocedimentoamministrativo b. IncontrotrailegalirappresentantidiciascunComune c. Tuttelerisposte(trannelae) d. StrumentocheriuniscenellostessoluogolePP.AA.coinvoltenelprocedimentoamm. e. Nessunadellerisposte 4. Qualèloscopodellaconferenzadeiservizi? a. Riunireiresponsabilidelleamministrazionicoinvoltenelmedesimoprocedimento b. FarincontrareilegalirappresentantidiciascunComune c. Tuttelerisposte(trannelad) d. Nessunadellerisposte e. Ridurreitempieilcontemperamentodegliinteressipubblicicoinvolti 5. Qualisonolenormechesonointervenuteprevedendol’utilizzodistrumentiinformaticiperilavori dellaconferenzadiservizi? a. Tuttelerisposte b. laLegge18giugno2009n.69 c. ilD.L.5/12,convertitonellaL.35/12 d. laLegge11febbraio2005n.15 e. laLegge7agosto2015n.124 f. ilDLgsn.127del30/06/2016 6. Qualisonoivantaggidellaconferenzadeiservizitelematica? a. Prevalentementelasemplificazionedeirapportitraisoggettipartecipantialleconferenze servizi b. Prevalentementel’azzeramentodelledifficoltàcheconsentonodipartecipareintempi diversi c. Prevalentementelatrasparenzaelatracciabilitàdellaproceduranonchélariduzionedei tempidirisposta d. Prevalentementeladematerializzazionedelladocumentazioneeladigitalizzazionedel procedimento e. Tuttelerisposte 7. InqualeprocedimentodicuialD.P.R.160/2010trovaapplicazionelostrumentodellaconferenzadi servizi? a. Tuttelerisposte(trannelad) b. Nelprocedimentoordinario c. Nelprocedimentodivalutazionedellaconformitàdeiprogettipreliminari d. Nessunadellerisposte e. Nelprocedimentoinvarianteallostrumentourbanistico 8. Aisensieperglieffettidell’art.7delD.P.R.160/2010,entroquantigiornidalricevimento dell’istanzailresponsabiledelSUAPdeveverificarelacompletezzaformaledell’istanza? 54 9. 10. 11. 12. 13. a. 30giorni b. 20giorni c. 25giorni d. 35giorni e. 15giorni IlDLgs30giugno2016n.127introduceunanuovadisciplinae5tipologiediConferenzediServizi attivabili;essesono: a. Decisoria,Automatica,Consensuale,inVariante,Istruttoria b. Decisoria,Semplificata,Simultanea,Preliminare,Istruttoria c. Decisoria,Automatica,Parziale,Preliminare,Procedimentale ChiconvocalaConferenzadiServiziDecisoria a. L’enteterzoincasodiemissionediparerenonfavorevolealrilasciodelTitolounico b. Iltitolarerichiedente(osuointermediariodelegato)quandol’attivitàdelprivatoè subordinataadununicoattodiassensodaadottareaconclusionediunprocedimentodi competenzadiunaamministrazionepubblica c. L’amministrazioneprocedente,nellapersonadelresponsabiledelprocedimento,quando perlaconclusionedelprocedimentodevonoessereacquisitialmenoduepareri,intese, concerti,nullaostaoaltriattidiassenso,dapartedidiverseamministrazioni,inclusii gestoridibenioservizipubblici. Inunaistanzadititolounico,qualora,aseguitodell’esameformaledapartedelSUAP,la documentazioneallegatarisultiesserenonconformeallanormativa: a. IlSUAPrichiedeulteriorichiarimentieintegrazionialtitolaredellapratica b. Glientiterzicoinvoltiemettonoparerenegativo,ciascunoperl’endo-procedimentodi competenza(ovveroperognisub-attività-BusinessProcesstask-incuivengonocoinvolti echiamatiademetterepareredimerito) c. IlSUAPdeveconvocareunaconferenzadiservizi d. IlSUAPrigettal’istanzainquantoinammissibileoirricevibile e. IlTribunaleAmministrativoRegionale(TAR)deveprendereinesamed’ufficiol’istanzaela documentazioneallegata Se,aseguitodiunaconferenzadiserviziodelcontrollodimeritodiun’istanza,unenteterzo esprime,perquantodicompetenza,unparerefavorevolecondizionatoall’avviodiun’attività produttiva,ciòsignificache: a. L’enteterzohanecessitàdiulteriorichiarimentiprimadipotersiesprimere definitivamente,pertantoemetteunpareresospensivodeiterminidelprocedimento b. L’attivitàproduttivadaavviaresiintendeesercitabile,previaverificadellecondizionidi idoneitàprofessionaledapartedelrichiedente c. L’enteterzohaespressounpareresostanzialmentefavorevole,previoadempimentoda partedelrichiedentediunaopiùprescrizionivincolantiindividuate d. L’utenterichiedenteègiudicatoincondizionediesercitarel’attivitàproduttiva,masoloin riferimentoallespecifichecompetenzeapronunciarsichel’enteterzohaincapoper norma e. L’enteterzohaespressounparerepositivo,segnalandoall’utenteunaseriediinterventi aggiuntiviopzionalinonobbligatoridaporreinessere UnutentehacorrettamentepresentatoistanzadiTitoloUnicoalSUAPdelComunediSenigallia,in ordineallaristrutturazionediunostabilimentobalnearesuunaspiaggiaricadenteinarea 55 paesaggisticatutelataanormadellaparteIIIdelD.Lgs.42/2004;IlSUAPconvocaunaconferenzadi servizi:qualidiquestientiterziverrannosicuramenteinvitati? a. MultiserviziSpAinquantoentegestoredellaretefognaria(perl’esamedelrefertoanalitico sulloscaricodiacquereflue)eARPAM(perlavalutazionediimpattoacusticoaisensidella L.447/95edellaL.R.14novembre2001,n.28) b. IlDipartimentodiigienealimentareenutrizionedell’AziendaSanitariaUnicaRegionale- ASUR(perilparereigienicosanitariopreventivoinordineall’esecuzionedeilavoriedili)ela PFVALUTAZIONIEDAUTORIZZAZIONIAMBIENTALIdellaRegioneMarche(perlarichiestadi autorizzazioneintegrataambientaledicuialDLgs59/05,inordineaimpianticoncapacità produttivapariosuperioreaivaloridisogliaindicatinell’AllegatoI) c. L’areaEcologiadellaProvincia(perilparereinordineall’adozionedell’AUA-autorizzazione unicaambientale–perleemissioniinatmosfera)edilDIPARTIMENTODIPREVENZIONE INCENDIdeiVigilidelFuoco(perlavalutazionedelprogettoaisensidell’art.3delDPR 151/2011) d. LaReteFerroviaItalianaSpA-exFF.SS.(perilparereinmeritoaiconfiniedistanzedalla lineaferroviariaaisensiDPR753/1980)edilDIPARTIMENTODIPREVENZIONEESICUREZZA NEILUOGHIDILAVOROdell’ASUR(perl’acquisizionedell’autorizzazionedicuiall’art.5del R.D.147/27inmateriadiutilizzodigastossici) e. Gliufficicomunaliambiente(perilpareredicompatibilitàpaesaggistica)ededilizia(per l’ottenimentodelpermessodicostruire) 14. ConclusasiunaconferenzadiserviziincuisiastataconvocatalaSoprintendenzaperibeniartistici, architettonici,ambientaliestorici,affinchésiesprimaaisensidell'art.146DLgs42/2004esmie art.14-tercomma3bisL.241/1990,qualoralaSoprintendenzanonabbiaemessoparereformale néabbiapartecipatoailavori: a. IlSUAP,aisensidellanormativasulsilenzioassenso,intendeacquisitounparerefavorevole b. LaSoprintendenzaha30giorniditempodall’emissionedelverbaleperintegralocon eventualiesuccessiveosservazioni,richiestedichiarimento,prescrizioni c. IlSUAPsollecitalaSoprintendenzaadesprimeredefinitivamenteilparereentroulteriori15 giornidall’emissionedelverbale d. LaSoprintendenzaha15giorniditempodall’emissionedelverbaleperconvocareuna nuovaconferenzadiservizi e. L’utenterichiedenteacquisiscedidirittol’autorizzazionearealizzarel’interventooavviare l’attivitàd’impresa f. IlSUAPècostrettoacomunicareall’utenteildiniegoall’autorizzazione 15. Conclusasiunaconferenzadiservizirelativaadun’istanzadiTitolounicoincuihannopresoparte, oltrealSUAP,tuttiglientiterzinecessari,qualoralasoprintendenzaperibeniartistici, architettonici,ambientaliestoriciabbiaemessoparerefavorevoleaisensidell'art.146DLgs 42/2004esmieart.14-tercomma3bisL.241/1990,l’ufficiopatrimoniodelcomuneabbia accordatoilNULLAOSTAall’interventoinqualitàdiEnteproprietariodell'area,l’ufficioambiente delcomuneabbiaevidenziatolacompatibilitàdell’interventoalivellopaesaggisticoaisensidell'art. 146DLgs42/2004el’ufficiocomunaleediliziaabbiaevidenziatolanonammissibilitàdell'intervento aseguitodellacontestualerichiestadelpermessodicostruire: a. AlterminediprocedimentoilSUAPemetteràtitolounicoaprocedereall’intervento b. Ilconsigliocomunalesaràchiamatoapronunciarsisulprocedimentodivarianteurbanistica c. AlterminediprocedimentoilSUAPcomunicheràalrichiedenteildiniego(oilpreavvisoal diniego)perl'effettuazionedell'intervento 56 d. L’ufficiocomunaleediliziasaràinvitatoariesaminareilpropriopronunciamentolegatoal permessodicostruireentroilterminedi15giorni e. Alterminediprocedimentol’utentepotràpresentarealSUAPlaSegnalazioneCertificatadi InizioAttività Domandesull’usabilitàdellapiattaforma (EVIDENZIARELARISPOSTASELEZIONATAOAGGIUNGEREUNAXNELLARELATIVACASELLA) 1. Ingenerale,quantoèsoddisfattodellafruizioneinmodalitàe-learningacuihaavutoaccesso? (Scaladiriferimento1=insoddisfatto;5=totalmentesoddisfatto) 1 2 3 4 5 Puòspiegarciinsintesiperché………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………. ………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………. 2. Comegiudicanelcomplessol’efficaciadellediversefunzionalitàresedisponibilidallapiattaforma? (Scaladiriferimento:1=pernienteefficaci;5=moltoefficaci) 1 2 3 4 5 Inparticolarequalifunzionalitàgiudicapiùutili:ades.esercizidisimulazionebasatisucasireali, raccomandazionedinamicadicontenuti,navigazionesequenzialedelflussodilavoro,interazionesocialcon commentiealtreformedicontribuzione,elementidiapprofondimentoevidenziatiattraversograficao multimedia,momentidiverificaintermedicondomandearispostamultipla,attribuzionedipunteggifinali, etc....................................................................................................................................................................... ………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………. ………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………. 3. Comegiudica“facilitàd’uso”ed“accessibilità”deiserviziresidisponibili?Per“accessibilità”siintendela caratteristicadiunsistemainformaticodiesserefacilmentefruibiledaqualsiasitipologiadiutente, indipendentementedallecapacitàsensoriali,motorieopsichichedell’individuo,daeventualidisabilità temporaneeostabili,oanchedaaspetticulturaliorelativialladimestichezzaconl’usodelleinterfaccee delletecnologieICT. (Scaladiriferimento1=difficile;5=facile) 1 2 3 4 5 4. Interminidi“usabilità”ed“esperienzautente”comevalutaiseguentiaspetti?Per“esperienzautente” (UserExperience-UX)siintendelasensazionesoggettivacheaveteprovatoutilizzandolapiattaforma conriferimentoagliaspettiesperienziali,affettivi,diattribuzionedisensoevalorecollegatialla 57 disponibilitàdelprodottoeall’interazioneconessononchéallepercezionicomplessiveeaipensieri personalicircal’efficacianell’apprendimento,lasemplicitàdiutilizzodell’interfaccia,l’efficienzadel sistema. (Scaladiriferimento:1=esperienzadeltuttonegativa;5=esperienzadeltuttopositiva) Graficaecolori 1 2 3 4 5 Comprensionedeisimboli 1 2 3 4 5 Significatodeitesti 1 2 3 4 5 Ricercaesuggerimentodeicontenutidesiderati 1 2 3 4 5 Orientamentonellanavigazione 1 2 3 4 5 Strutturaeposizionamentodeicontenuti 1 2 3 4 5 Altro(specificareeaggiungererighesenecessario) 1 2 3 4 5 1 2 3 4 5 ………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………….. ………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………….. 5. Comegiudicala“completezza”dellefunzionalitàresedisponibili? (Scaladiriferimento1=incomplete;5=complete) 1 2 3 4 5 Inparticolarequalifunzionalitàmancherebberooasuogiudizioreputacarenti(eperché)perpoter considerarelapiattaformaunvalidostrumentodiapprendimento……………………………………………………………… ………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………. ………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………. 6. Quantovalutaefficacel’integrazionedegliambientididatticipresenti?Inaltreparoleleèsembratodi operareinuncontestodiapprendimentosufficientementeomogeneo,rispettoatuttiimoduli,i contenutielefunzionalitàesplorati? (Scaladiriferimento1=pernienteintegrati;5=moltointegrati) 1 2 3 4 5 7. Comevalutailgradodiinnovativitàdellasoluzioneproposta?Leèsembratodiapprendereinuna modalitànuovarispettoadesperienzedidattichegiàavute? (Scaladiriferimento1=pernienteinnovativo;5=moltoinnovativo) 58 1 2 3 4 5 8. Comevalutal’utilitàdellasoluzioneproposta?Lareputaadeguatarispettoallesueesigenzeformative? (Scaladiriferimento1=pernienteutile;5=moltoutile) 1 2 3 4 5 9. Aifinidiunamiglioreefficaciadellapiattaformainterminidiapprendimentoritieninecessariauna maggiorepresenzadeiseguentiaspetti? (Scaladiriferimento:1=pernientenecessario;5=deltuttonecessario) Fruizioneguidatadeicontenuti 1 2 3 4 5 “Gamification”ovverol'utilizzodielementimutuatidaigiochiedelletecnicheludiche riadattateacontestiesterni(ades.punteggi,livelli,ricompense,distintivi,doniealtri metodidifidelizzazioneoperdestareinteresseocontribuireallasoddisfazionedegli utenti) 1 2 3 4 5 Multimedialità(usoappropriatodiaudio,video,immagini,…) 1 2 3 4 5 Interattivitàtradiscenteecontenuti 1 2 3 4 5 Interattivitàescambiodiconoscenzatrautentidellapiattaforma 1 2 3 4 5 Multilinguismoocomunqueancheusodididascalieingradodispiegareilsignificatodi acronimi,vocabolitecnicidaaddettiailavori,etc. 1 2 3 4 5 Tutoring(animazioneperidiscenti,supportoalladidattica) 1 2 3 4 5 Altriaspettinecessari(specificareeaggiungererighesedelcaso) 1 2 3 4 5 1 2 3 4 5 ………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………….. ………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………….. Ai sensi del Dlgs196/2003 - "Codice Privacy”, desideriamo informarla che le informazioni ed i dati personali forniti in tale contesto (sperimentazioneevalidazionedellapiattaformaLearnPAd)sarannoutilizzatiesclusivamenteperfinalitàstatisticheescientificheetrattatiin conformità al documento programmatico per la sicurezza informatica in vigore, nonché nel rispetto della normativa vigente, in modo da garantirnelasicurezzaelariservatezza.IrisultatideitestediquestionaricompilatisarannoanalizzatiedutilizzatidaipartnersdelProgetto LearnPAd(RegioneMarche:PFSistemiInformativieScuoladiformazioneregionale,CNRConsiglioNazionaledelleRicerche:ISTI,Universitàdi Camerino,Universitàdell’Aquila,UniversitàFHNWSwitzerland,BOCAssetManagementGmbHAustria,NoMagicEuropeLituania,Linagora GSOFrancia,XWIKISasFrancia),confrontaticonquelliraccoltidaglialtripartecipantialtestecomunquerielaboratiinformaaggregataed anonimaaifinidiunapresentazioneversoisoggettiterziabilitati(ades.funzionarievalutatoriUE).Essisarannoutilizzatipercomprenderei livellidiefficaciaraggiunticonilnuovomodelloformativosperimentatonelprogettoeuropeoLearnPAd. Tali dati sono conservati da Regione Marche ed accessibili solo da parte di personale autorizzato fino alla conclusione del progetto; la cancellazionedeidatiavvienesurichiestaviamail,faxoletteradegliinteressati,senzaindugio.Inognicasoidatisarannocancellatialtermine dell'iniziativaeaseguitodelloroutilizzoneiterminiindicati. I soggetti cui si riferiscono i dati personali hanno il diritto, ai sensi dell'art. 7 del D.Lgs. n.196/2003, in qualunque momento, di ottenere la confermadell'esistenzaomenodeimedesimidatiediconoscerneilcontenutoel'origine,verificarnel'esattezza,chiedernel'integrazioneo 59 l'aggiornamento, oppure la rettifica, la cancellazione, la trasformazione in forma anonima o il blocco dei dati trattati in violazione di legge, nonchédiopporsiinognicaso,permotivilegittimi,allorotrattamento. 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Infede____________________________________________________ 60 Collectedfeedback(inItalian) LearnPAd Negativeoverallopinionsandmissingfunctionalities • L’impattoinizialeconlapiattaformasconcertaegeneraincertezze–nonessendociunpercorso predefinitodaseguire,maunaseriedifunzionalitàattivabiliapiaceredicuiinizialmentenonsene conosconoutilitàocomportamento,l’utentesitrovaspiazzato->siconsigliadipotenziaregliaspetti introduttivi(es.testoesplicativoiniziale,videotutorial,etc.). • Perquantohoavutomododivedere,alcunefunzionalitàsembranononfunzionarebene(es.barra raccomandazioni:nonvedoalcunicontenuticheimieicolleghiinvecehannosperimentato)–altrenon sonobenspiegate(es.simulationnonèchiara,néneicontenuti,nénellapresentazionedelleazionida fare) • Difficoltàanavigareall’internodellapiattaforma.Honotatochevisonoalcuneimprecisionisui contenutirelativiallaconferenzadiservizi(nonsonocontemplatigliaggiornamentidicuialrecente Dlgsdiriformadellamateria) • Pocoefficacelasimulazionecherisultaesseresemplicementeunacompilazionedicampi(quasiun test)senzaprevederefunzionichestimolanoilproblemsolving.Inoltreipunteggifinalinonsono rapportatiadunascaladiriferimentopercuiperdonoognisignificatovalutativo • Interfacciapocointuitiva.Difficilecapiredovecisitrova • Conlavastitàdelleinformazioniedeilinkchecisitrovadavantirisultanonfacilecapiresesisiano esploratetuttelefunzionalità • Lapiattaformaèancorainunostatoembrionaleincuiicontenutiguidasonopocochiarielafruizione delleinformazionirisultaosticatramitel’interfacciaproposta • Ilcorsorichiedeungradopregressodiconoscenzaecompetenzaspecificasullamateriatrattata(non adattoaneofiti) • LAPARTEDESCRITTIVAE’COMPLETAEDIFACILECOMPRENSIONE(ADECCEZIONEDIALCUNIERRORIDI ORTOGRAFIAES.e&apos);ICONTENUTISONOBENDESCRITTI,MAHOTROVATODIDIFFICILE FRUIBILITA’ELETTURAGLISCHEMIGRAFICI • Lafruizionedellapiattaformanonèmoltointuitiva,bisognaprendercidimestichezzaeconciliare concettualmenteleduemodalitàdiorganizzazionedeicontenuti(quelladiflusso,cheèmoltochiarae avvienetramitelaschematizzazione,equelladispiegazionedeiprocessi) • Lapiattaformanonmièsembrataparticolarmenteintuitiva,la“mappa”navigabileèinteressante,ma nonèimmediatoilcollegamentoconilinkeitestisottostanti • Ibusinessprocessdovrebberoregolareilfunzionamento,manondiventareprotagonistidelcorso, l’utentenondovrebbevederli,lafruizionedelcorsodeveessereaccompagnatadacalltoactionso descrizionisemplicicheloguidinoattraversoicontenutieleesercitazioni/simulazioni.Finchénonme l’hannospiegatononsonoriuscitoacapirciniente,mancanoledescrizionidellesezioni,mainognicaso unsoftwareèusabilequandosispiegadasoloenonhabisognodiguide • Pocointuitiva • L’attivitàformativasullaconferenzadeiservizi,comeprimapagina,illustrailflussodocumentalechesi attivainrelazioneadunaConferenzadeiServizi,tuttavianonappareconevidenzanellapagina introduttival’illustrazionedellefinalitàedellastrutturadellapiattaforma(oalmenoiononsono riuscitaatrovarlaconimmediatezza–poihovistodopolasezioneHOWTO).LasezioneHOWTO dovrebbeessereresapiùevidentenellaprimapaginaocostituireproprioicontenutidellaprimapagina peresplicitarelefinalitàdell’attivitàchesiandràasvolgere.E’essenzialechelefinalitàegliobiettivi, nonchélastrutturaelefunzionalitàdellapiattaformasianoresechiaresindasubito.Noncredoqueste 61 • • • • • • • • • • • informazionipossanoesserelasciateallaliberasceltadichiaccedeallapiattaforma.E’essenzialeche sianoenunciateesplicitamenteprimadiavviarelanavigazioneperunaesigenzadichiarezzae trasparenzaeperconsentireaifruitoridiorientarsimaggiormentenelpercorso,avendoanchechiarala direzioneacuitendere. Visualizzareilcontenutodei“tasti”checostituisconoildiagrammadiflussononèsemplice.Sonodi dimensionitroppopiccolee,dunque,scarsamentefruibili(daunpuntodivistagrafico).D’altrocanto,è ottimochesianocliccabili,permettendoachientrainpiattaformadiorientarsiinognifasedel percorso,dopounprimomomentodiconfusione(dovutaalfattochenonsonochiarigliobiettiviele finalitàdell’attività,amioparere).Lapiattaformanonrispondeacriteridiaccessibilitàpertutti(glistep neldiagrammadiflussosonodescritticoncaratteritroppopiccoliehoavutodifficoltàacapirecosaci siascrittoinognitasto). Ingenerale,l’interfacciaapparepocointuitivaedinonimmediatacomprensioneperipotenzialifruitori chesiavvicininodaprofaniall’utilizzodellapiattaforma.Adesempio,nellaschermatainiziale dell’attivitàsipotrebbeindicaregliobiettiviformativiechiarirelefunzionalitàfondamentali,ovvero: navigare,affrontaresimulazionidilavorodigruppoopersingoliutenti,contribuireattraversoproprie considerazioniedannotazioni. E’ottimal’ideachesiapossibilefaredellesimulazioni,anchesepoinonsonoriuscita(ononsiriesce) adavviarle.E’comeselasimulazionefosseraccontata,manoncifosselapossibilitàdiattivarla.Nonho bencapitocometalefunzionalitàsiaattivabile.Hoprovatoacliccaresuimenùatendinaperavviare unasimulazione,maalsubmitnonèsuccessonulla.Nonsocosailsistemaabbiagenerato,seabbia generatoqualcosaecomequestopossaattivareilcontrollo(casierisposteinserite–cheperònon sonoriuscitaadinterpretare).Inaltreparolelasimulazione,amioparere,nonfunzionainmodo adeguato(pocochiareleistruzioniperfarlapartire-mancanodocumentinecessarixcomprendereil casoreale). Imodellidilavoro(formatconvocazioni,formatpercomunicareorichiedereintegrazioni,formatper redigereverbali,etc.)nonsonoutilizzabilienonsembrasianodisponibilinelcorso. L’interfacciagraficaèassolutamentedamigliorareperchérappresentailgrandelimitedella piattaforma,rendendolapocointuitiva,pocoaccessibileenonchiaramenteorganizzataperun’ideale fruizionedellefunzionalitàcheprevede. Perpoterrisponderealledomandedicontenutoneltestènecessariofareriferimentoadocumentiche nonsonodisponibiliinpiattaforma Hotrovatoilsistemaabbastanzaapprossimativoepocointuitivo Ladimensionedeifontètroppopiccola Lefunzionalitàdicollaborazionesocialandrebberoirrobustiteeresepiùaccattivanti Lefunzionalitànecessariesonotuttepresenti,dovrebberoperòessereimplementateinmanierapiù efficaceinterminidi:organizzazionelogica,interattività(illivellodiinterattivitàtrauserecontenutiè troppobasso),progressionenelcompletamentodelpercorsodiapprendimento(nonsiintuiscequalèil complessivoammontaredeicontenutidafruirepercuinonsipercepisceilquantoèstatofattoe quantodeveessereancorafatto);esplicitazionedegliobiettividelpercorsoformativo Lanavigabilitàpotrebbeesseremigliorata,cosìcomeleinformazionirelativeadovecisitrovainogni pagina(breadcrumbsinsufficienti) Nonèchiaralamodalitàdifunzionamentodellasimulation Lefunzionalitàdisimulationerecommendationsonoancoraincompleteoinunostatoembrionaleche nerendedifficilelafruizione.Avolteitestidell’interfacciasonoininglese 62 • • • • • • • Itutorialsonobensviluppatiearticolati.Occorrededicarecomunquemoltopiùtempo.Lascrivente, perilpocochehautilizzato,hatrovatovantaggio.Almenoduegiornatelavorativedovrebberoessere dedicate(apprendereautilizzarelapiattaformaèdipersétimeconsuming) LAPARTEDEICASIPRATICINONRISULTAFUNZIONANTE Risultacarentelafunzionalitàdellesimulazioni,cheandrebberoresepiùinterattiveemenocomplesse Mancano:lapossibilitàdifareannulla/escidallasimulazione;unostrumentodidesigndeiprocessidi businessaccessibile;unpercorsoformativoatappe,nelsensochetuttiicontenutisembrano rappresentatiinmodonondifferenziatoallostessolivello(mentrealcunirisultanoosticiedaltripiù accessibili)epersonalmentenonhocoltoqualiargomentisono“propedeuticiper…” Sarebbeopportunoinserire,sullasinistra,una“barra”deicontenuticheevidenzilastrutturadelcorso elagerarchiadeicontenutistessi.L’utilizzodivideoedianimazioniagevolerebbel’apprendimento Cisonodellepartiinlinguainglesecheandrebberotradotte;igrafici,moltoutili,dovrebberoesserepiù leggibili Aggiungerevideo:nellahomeperintrodurreilsistemaeilsuofunzionamento,nellevarielezioniper spiegareicontenutichevisitroveranno.Aggiungerespiegazionitestualidicosafaognisingola pagina/sezionechesivisita(adesempiolasimulazione) Positiveoverallopinionsandstrenghts • Nelcomplessoèunmodototalmentenuovoedinteressantediimparare • Moltovalidoilmodellorelativoalprocessodilavoroeilfattochesianavigabile • Superatoilmomentodismarrimentoinizialeecompresalalogicadicomeinteragireconlapiattaforma lafruizioneèrisultatasempliceeintuitiva • Modalitàdie-learningveloceinquantopermettedisaltareicontenutichenoninteressanoper dedicarsiaquellidaapprofondire • L’usodeibusinessprocessmodelinquestoambitodaungrandevaloreaggiunto,poichécredosiano utiliperavereunavisionegraficadiunprocessocomplesso.Tuttavial’aggiuntadellainterattività nell’immaginechedescriveilBP,perrenderlanavigabile,garantirebbeunamaggioreusabilitàdella piattaforma • Benstrutturatoedifacilefruizione • L’illustrazionedelflussodocumentaleècompletaechiaraalivelloconcettuale.Itastidiognistepsono cliccabilierimandanoadognifasedilavoro.Cliccandoognistep,compareunasinteticaechiara descrizionedellafasedilavoroincuicisitrova. E’ottimocheinognistepcisiaanchelapossibilitàdiredigeredocumentiattraversoilwiki,lavorando informacollaborativa Ingenerale,lefunzionalitàessenzialicisono.Inparticolareildiagrammadiflusso,cliccabileadogni stepconlerispettiveopzioni,èunottimostrumento,chiaroecomprensibiledalpuntodivista concettuale • Lagraficasempliceelineareaiutaefavoriscel'apprendimentoattraversolanavigazionedelprocesso • Utilel’eserciziodisimulazionebasatosucasireali(mavacuratomeglio);efficace(madaimplementare meglio)ilmeccanismodelloSCORE • Interessantelaraccomandazionedinamicadicontenuti(potenzialitàsemanticachetuttavianonho avutomododivedereinesecuzione–mièstataraccontata) • Utilissimalanavigazionesequenzialedelflussodilavoroancheattraversol’immaginedelprocesso,ma daottimizzare(purtroppol’immaginenellafasedinavigazioneètroppopiccolasulloschermo,maho apprezzatocheisingolielementisonocliccabili/ancorapiùutilesel’esplorazionepotesseavvenire 63 • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • comenellasimulazione,doveadognistepsievidenziagraficamentel’attivitàdelprocessoincuisono. Nellasimulazioneilriquadrocheevidenziaquestoscorrerenelflussoètropporistretto) L’interazionesocialconcommentiealtreformedicontribuzioneèabbastanzautile Buonaidealafunzionalitàcontribuisci,conlapossibilitàdiaggiungeretestoesplicativo Lanavigazionesequenzialedelflussodilavoroèl’aspettopiùinnovativoedefficacedellapiattaforma Giudiziopositivoperlaraccomandazionedinamicacontenuti Lasimulationèunafunzionalitàutile,mavaresapiùintellegibile Presenzadeglistessielementidiapprofondimentoinognipagina,evidenziatiattraversografica omogenea Lasimulazionesucasirealiaiutamoltissimonelprocessoditraining.Unicoaspettonegativoèchelo spazioristrettodellafinestracontenenteilflussodeitaskviaviaattivinonpermettevadicapire immediatamente(senzascrollorizzontaleeverticale)inqualefasedelprocessomitrovavo Leimmaginidelprocessorendonochiaralavisioned'insieme.Chiaroiltestodescrittivodeisingoli passaggi Validigliesercizidisimulazionebasatisucasirealinonchélefunzionidiinterazionesocialcon commentiedaltreformedicontribuzione.Ledescrizionideicontenutisonocompleteedifacile comprensione Traimodulipiùinteressantisegnalo:lanavigazionesequenzialedelflussodilavoro;l’interazione collaborativadegliutenti;lesimulazioni,madarenderepiùstrutturateepiùaderentiacasireali complessieverosimili Hoapprezzatogliesercizidisimulazionebasatisucasireali,lanavigazionesequenzialedelflussodi lavoroelavisionegraficadelprocesso Ritengoutililemappenavigabili,l’interazioneneicommentielesimulazionidicasireali Lasimulazioneèunabuonaeutileidea,mal’usoditerminicomeroboteumanoandrebberocambiati ospiegatiinqualchemodo OKperinterazionesocial,simulazione,navigazionesequenziale Lanavigazionesequenzialedelflussodilavorobasatasuclicèfacilmentecomprensibilealivello concettuale.Ledescrizionisonochiareesintetiche.Ottimalapossibilitàdico-produrredocumentiedi contribuireinmodalitàcollaborativa(wiki) Puntidiforza:l’eserciziodisimulazioneconcasireali;lanavigazionesequenzialedelflussodilavoro; linearitàesemplicitàdellagrafica LANAVIGAZIONESEQUENZIALEDELFLUSSODILAVOROMISEMBRALAMIGLIOREFUNZIONALITA’DEL SISTEMA Tralefunzionalitàpiùutili:navigazionesequenzialedeiflussidilavoro • MARLENE Negativeoverallopinionsandmissingfunctionalities • Difficoltànell’integrareledispenseconleinformazionifornitenelcorso • Duranteilcorsoinmodalitàe-learningsonotroppelesezioniincuivienerichiestaunasemplicelettura deltesto(senzal’ausiliodellavocenarrante) • Mancanoapprofondimentisucasirealiedesercizipratici • Fruibilitàdellapiattaformascarsa,perviadelbloccopopupedinumerosiblocchidurante l’avanzamentodelleslide • Corsomoltoteoricoconpocheevidenzepraticherispettoallavoroquotidiano 64 • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • IcontenutinonsonoaggiornatirispettoalnuovoDLGScheriformalanormativasulleConferenzedi Servizi Icontenutipropostisonobasicisarebbemeglioaverecontenutipiùapprofonditi Utileperdipendentipubblicialleprimearmi,maicontenutivannoaggiornatirispettoallanormativa vigenteperleconferenzediservizi Icontenutidialcuniargomentinonsonoaggiornati,(ALMENOPERITESTACUIHOAVUTOACCESSO), sarebbeutileaverelapossibilitàdiinteragirepersottoporredomandesudubbinormativi Probleminelladisattivazionedellepolicydisicurezzadelbrowserperlariproduzionepluginjava;Non sufficientequalitàdell’insegnamentorispettoalmio(basso)livellodiconoscenza Occorrededicaremoltotempoalcompletamentodelmoduloformativo.Servirebbeunamodalitàpiù snella Occorremaggiorespaziocollaborativoefunzionidedicateperdiscutereeapprofondirenormativa, interpretazioni,prassitracolleghidelSUAP Esistonosistemidie-learningpiùall’avanguardiacuiispirarsi Mancanospecifichepaginededicateallarisoluzionedicasirealioconinterpretazionedellenormeper situazioniparticolarmentedifficilidagestire Strumentodiapprendimentononevolutointerminidiweb2.0(interazionetradiscenti,possibilitàdi postaresuisocialnetworkiprogressi,interoperabilitàconyoutubeoaltricontenutiwebesterni,…)e websemantico(ricercacontenuti,propostaautomaticadicontenutiinbaseainteressiecaratteristiche dell’utente,…) Nonpresenti:spazidiapprofondimentocheintegranolevariazioninormativeintercorserispettoalla pregressadisciplina Perpoterconsiderarelapiattaformaunvalidostrumentodiapprendimentomancaunsistemadi ricercadeicontenutiall’internodellapiattaforma.Lostrumentohaunapprocciosolosequenziale Mancanochatostrumentidiscambioinformazionitrapartecipantialcorso Carenze:possibilitàdiscambiarsiopinioniconespertioaltriutentisucasistichereali;gamification, comepiùavantidescritta NONMISEMBRAADATTALAPOSSIBILITA’DIINTERAGIREPERPOTERPORREDOMANDEOPOTER ESPRIMERELANECESSITA’DIUNAPPROFONDIMENTO Mancanoaltricanaliutiliall’apprendimentoqualiilconfrontoconglialtridiscentioconundocente espertoperapprofondiretemispecifici.Inoltreicontenutipresentati,sebbeneutili,nonentranonel meritodelleconoscenzecheservononell’esperienzaquotidianadellavoro–ècomesesirimanessein unpianoancorateorico(percuirestacomunqueunostrumentoutileperriceverenozioniadesempio normative) Nonc’èlapossibilitàdisaltarealcuneslideperdedicarsidirettamenteaicontenutidiinteresse Nonhotrovatospazicollaborativi,didiscussioneediinterscambiotrautentieversountutoresperto Assentelafruizionedivideo • • • Positiveoverallopinionsandstrenghts • VALIDOPERLAPRESENZADIFUNZIONALITA’DIFFERENTICOMECONTENUTIDINAMICI,TEST INTERMEDI,APPROFONDIMENTI • Icontenutisonoesaustiviedisemplicefruizione • Buonstrumentodiaggiornamento • Conl’E-learningsievitadidoverpartecipareacorsiinpresenza(edunquedispostarsifisicamente)e ciòpermetteunafruizionepiùamisuradegliimpegniprofessionaliinessere 65 • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • Abbastanzasemplicedausareeschematicopermemorizzareglielementiprincipali Pratico,sinteticoeveloce Interfacciachiara–flussosequenzialesempliceescorrevole Utileperriceverenozioninormative,credosiaunvalidostrumento UTILISSIMELEVERIFICHEINTERMEDIE Apprezzabiliimomentidiverificaintermedi Interessantelapresenzadilinkagliargomentitrattatinellevarieslideedeimomentidiverifica intermedicondomandearispostamultipla Puntidiforza:Verificaintermediaalterminedellesingoleunità;Guidaaudiosulleslide Validoapproccioquellodelledomandediverificaintermedia Ottimoilflussodiscorrimentosequenzialedelcorso Benegliintervallidiverificaarispostamultipla OKVERIFICHEINTERMEDIEEFINALI Positivalafruibilitàonlinedeicontenuti Maggiormenteutili:momentidiverificaintermedieriferimentinormativi Piuttostoutiliimomentidiverificaintermedi Validal’enfasisuicontenutiprincipalidatacongrassettoeriquadriinevidenza Imomentidiverificaaiutanoaricapitolareeragionareeintervallandoilcorso,spezzanolamonotonia dellalettura Ledomandediverificaintermediapermettonodifarsiunrapidoriassuntomentaleeverificarei principaliconcettiappresi Imomentidiverificaintermedicondomandearispostamultiplamisonopiaciuti 66 Collectedfeedback(inenglish) LearnPAd Negativeoverallopinionsandmissingfunctionalities • Theinitialimpactwiththeplatformdisconcertsandgeneratesuncertainty-sincethereisnota predefinedpathtofollow,butavariousnumberoffeaturesthatcanbeactivatedatwill,whichutility orbehaviorwedonotknowinitially.Sotheuserisdisplaced->werecommendtopotentiatethe introductoryaspects(eg.theinitialexplanatorytext,videotutorials,etc.). • AsfarasIgottosee,somefeaturesdonotseemtoworkwell(eg.recommendationsbar:icouldnot seeallthecontentthatmycolleaguesontheotherhandhaveexperienced);otherfeaturesarenotso wellexplained(eg.Simulationisnotclear,neitherincontentnorconcerningthepresentationofthe actionstobedone) • Itisdifficultnavigatingwithintheplatform • Ihavenoticedthattherearesomeinaccuraciesincontentrelatedtoconferenceservices(thechanges referredtotherecentreformDecreeonthematter,arenotcovered) • Thesimulationisshortlyeffective:inthelongrunitissimplyacompilationoffields(almostatest) withoutprovidingfunctionsthatstimulatearealproblemsolving.Inaddition,thefinalscoresarenot computedonascaleofreferenceandsotheyloseanyevaluativemeaning • unintuitiveinterface.Hardtoknowwhereyouare • Withthevastnessoftheinformationandlinksthatyoufaceisnoteasytounderstandifyouhave exploredallthefunctionality • Theplatformisstillinanembryonicstateinwhichtheguidecontentsareunclearandtheuseof informationbytheproposedinterfaceistricky • Thecourserequiresapreviouslevelofknowledgeandspecificexpertiseonthesubjectmatter(not suitableforbeginners) • THEDESCRIPTIVEPARTISCOMPLETEANDEASYTOUNDERSTAND,EXCEPTFORSOMETYPOS(ES. e&apos);THECONTENTSHEREINAREWELLDESCRIBED,BUTIFOUNDDIFFICULTTOUSEANDREAD THEGRAPHICSCHEMES • Theuseoftheplatformisnotveryintuitive,wemustgetfamiliarandconceptuallyreconcilethetwo modesofcontentorganization(theflow,whichisveryclearandtakesplacethroughthe schematization,andthedescriptive/explanatorysectionoftheprocesses) • Theplatformdonotseemparticularlyintuitive;thenavigablemapisinteresting,butitisnot immediatetocatchtheconnectionwiththelinksandtheunderlyingtexts • Thebusinessprocessesshouldregulatetheoperation,butnotbecometheprotagonistsofthecourse: theusershouldnotseethem;thefruitionofthecoursemustbeaccompaniedbycalltoactionsor simpledescriptionsguidinghimthroughthecontentsandexercises/simulations.Aslongastheyhave haveexplainedittome,iwasnotabletounderstandanything:therearemissingdescriptionsofthe sections,butinanycaseasoftwareisusablewhenitisself-explanatoryanddoesnotneedguides • Unintuitive • Thefirstpageofthetrainingshowsthedocumentflowthatisactivatedinconnectionwitha ConferenceofServices;however,itdoesnotappearclearly,intheintroductorypage,anillustrationof theaimsandtheorganizationoftheplatform(oratleastIcouldnotfinditwithdirectness-onlylaterI sawtheHOWTOsection).TheHOWTOsectionshouldbemademoreevidentwithinthehomepage, orevenitshouldbecomeitselftheuniquecontentofthefirstpage,inordertoclarify,sincethe beginning,thepurposeofthetasksyouwillperform.Itisessentialthatthelearningobjectives,aswell 67 • • • • • • • • • • • • asthecontentstructureandthefunctionsoftheplatform,aremadeclearfromtheoutset.Idonot believethatthisinformationcanbelefttothefreechoiceofeachuseraccessingtheplatform.They needtobeexplicitlysetoutbeforeyoustartnavigating,forclarityandtransparency,andalsotoallow theuserstofocusmoreinwhattheywillfindduringthepath,havingasaprerequisiteanevident directiontogo. Viewingthedescriptionoftasksthatconstitutetheflowchartitisnotsimple.Theyaretoosmalland, therefore,poorlyusable(fromagraphicalpointofview).Ontheotherhand,itisgreatthattheyare clickable,allowingthosewhoentertheplatformtoorientthemselvesineverystepoftheway, bypassingtheveryfirstmomentofconfusion(duetothefactthat,inmyopinion,theaimsand purposesoftheactivitiestotryarenotsoclear).Theplatformdoesnotmeetthecriteriaof accessibilityforeveryuser(thestepsintheflowchartaredescribedwithtoosmallfontsandIhad troubleunderstandingwhatiswrittenoneachsquare). Ingeneral,theinterfaceappearslessintuitiveandnotreadilyunderstandablebythepotentialusers, approachingasprofanetheuseoftheplatform.Forexample,onthehomescreen,itshouldbe indicatedwhatthetraininggoalsareandalsobesummarizedthefundamentalcapabilitiesofthe platform,namely:browsing,tacklingteamworksimulationsor,forindividualusers,contributingby postingtheirownconsiderationsandannotations. It'sagoodideathatyoucandothesimulations,eventhoughIcannot(oramnotableto)startthem. Thesimulationwasintroduced,buttherewasnochancetoactivateit.Idonotunderstandhowthis featurecouldbeactivated.Itriedtoclickonthedropdownmenutostartasimulation,butafter submittingnothinghappened.Ididnotknowwhatthesystemhavegenerated,ifihadreallycreated somethingchosingarealcase,howthiscouldbecontrolledandwhatanswersineededtoinserted- maybealsobecauseIfailedtounderstandsomeofthequestions.Inotherwords,andinmyown opinion,thesimulationdoesnotworkproperly(mainlyduetounclearinstructionstogetitstarted- andlackofthenecessarybackgrounddocumentstounderstandtherealcase).Theadministrative modules(convocationsformat,communicationnotes,letterstorequireintegrations,draftsforreports, etc.)doesnotseemtobeavailableandusableamongthesimulationstages. TheGUIneedtobeimproved,becauseitrepresentsthemajorlimitationoftheplatform,makingit non-intuitive,difficulttobeaccessedandnotclearlysetupforanidealuseoftheprovided functionalities. Inordertoanswertosomeofthequestionscontainedinthetest,ithasbeennecessarytoreferto documentsthatwerenotavailablewithintheplatform Ifoundtheprototypequiteroughandunintuitive Thefontsizeistoosmall Socialcollaborationcapabilitiesshouldbestrengthenedandmademoreattractive Thefundamentalbasicfeaturesareallpresent,butshouldbeimplementedmoreeffectivelyinterms of:overalllogicalorganization;interactivity(thelevelofinteractivitybetweenuserandcontentistoo low);progressioninthecompletionofthelearningpath(icouldnotguesswhatthetotalamountof contenttobeenjoyedwas,sowithoutthatperceptionicouldnotfindwhathasbeendoneandwhat wasstillneededtobedone);explicationofthetrainingobjectives Navigabilityshouldbeimproved,aswellasinformationaboutwhereyouareineachpage (breadcrumbsseeminsufficienttome) Itisnotcleartheoperationalmodeofthesimulation Thesimulationandrecommendationfeaturesarestillincompleteorinanembryonicstate,which makesitdifficulttouse.SometimestheinterfacetextsareinEnglish 68 • • • • • • • Thetutorialsarewelldevelopedandarticulated.However,theplatformrequiresalotoftimetobe devotedto.Forthelessiusedit,ihavefoundsomeadvantages.Atleasttwomoreworkingdaysshould havebeenspenton(thatistosaythatjustlearningtousetheplatformitselfishardlytimeconsuming) THEPRACTICALCASESARENOTWORKING Thesimulationfunctionalityaredeficientandshouldbemademoreinteractiveandlesscomplex Itlacks:thecapabilitytomakeundo/quitthesimulation;adesigntoolavailabletocorrectthe businessprocessesonthego;atrainingcoursebystages,meaningthatallcontentappearslikeifitis representedinanundifferentiatedmanner,allatthesamelevel(whileinrealitysomepartsaremore difficultandsomeothermoreaccessible),andpersonallyIhavenotgraspedwhattopicsare prerequisites"inpreparationfor..." Itwouldbeappropriatetoinclude,ontheleft,a"bar"ofcontentsthatshowsthecoursestructureand contenthierarchy.Theuseofvideoandanimationsfalsowouldfacilitatelearning TherearesomepartsinEnglishthatshouldbetranslated;graphics,veryuseful,shouldbemore readable Videosneedtobeadded,i.e.inthehometointroducethesystemanditsoperation,inthevarious lessonstoexplainthecontentthatyouwillbeabletofind.Alsoitwouldbeadvisabletoaddtextual explanationsofwhateachsinglepage/sectionyouvisitstandsfor(duringsimulationitisreallyamust) Positiveoverallopinionsandstrenghts • Overall,itisatotallynewandaninterestingwaytolearn • Themodeloftheworkprocessisveryaccuratedandthefactthatitisnavigableisavalidfeature • Goingthroughaninitialmomentofconfusionandonceunderstoodthelogicofhowtointeractwith theplatform,thefruitionwassimpleandintuitive • Thise-learningmodeprovestobefaster,becauseitallowstheusertoskipnotofinterestcontent,to embracedirectlythosejudgedtobeexplored • Theuseofbusinessprocessmodelinthisareaisabigplus,becauseIthinktheyareusefultogetaeasy understandablegraphicalviewofacomplexprocess.Howevertheadditionofmoreinteractivity featureswithintheimagedescribingtheBP,egtomakeitfullynavigable,wouldguaranteeagreater usabilityoftheplatform • Wellstructuredandeasytousewebpages • Theillustrationoftheflowofstepsoftheprocessiscompleteandclearataconceptuallevel.Theareas ofeachstepareclickableandrefertoeachstageofwork.Clickingoneachsteparea,youwillseea concisebutcleardescriptionoftheworkphaseinwhichyouarelocated • Itisgreatthat,ineverytaskoftheBP,thereisalsothepossibilityofdrawingupdocumentsthrough wikiandalsotovalidatethem,workingwithtextsinacollaborativeandassistedway • Ingeneral,theessentialfeaturesareincluded.Inparticular,theflowchart,clickableateach progressionandevidencingtherespectiveoptions,isagreattool,clearandunderstandablefroma logicpointofview • Thesimpleandstraightforwardgraphichelpsandencourageslearningthroughthenavigationofthe process • Userscangetprofitfromthesimulationbasedonrealcases(butitshouldbebetterconfiguredand curated);themechanismoftheSCOREiseffective(butitneedstobetoimplementedmoreaccurately, alsolettingtheuserstounderstandthelogicofthepointsawarding) 69 • Aninterestingfeatureisthedynamicrecommendationofcontent(asemanticpotentialitythat neverthelessihavenotnoticedwhilerunningthesystem,becauseitworksinbackground-Iwastold aboutandthenirealizeditwatchingacollegueofminetestingtheplatform) Theforwardandbackwardnavigationoftheworkflowthroughtheimageoftheprocessisveryuseful, butstillneedtobeoptimized(indeed,unfortunately,thepictureshowedinthenavigationphaseistoo smallonthescreen,evenifIappreciatedthattheindividualelementswereclickable;atthatpointigot agreaterbenefitdownloadingthepicturetomydesktop).Forinstanceitwouldbemoreusefulifthe explorationofthesingleactivitiesinthebrowsingmodecouldtakeplaceasinthesimulation,where eachstepisgraphicallyhighlightedshowingthecurrentactivityoftheprocessinwhichwestand. However,duringsimulation,thepanethatcontainsthedynamicflowpictureistoosmallandweneed toscrollhorizontallyandvertically(anditbothers). Thesocialinteractionwithcommentsandotherformsofcontributionisquiteuseful,alsotoaskhelpto otherusers Goodistheideaofthewindowtocontribute,withtheabilitytoaddbrandnewexplanatorytexts Thesequentialbrowsableprocessworkflowisthemostinnovativeandeffectiveaspectoftheplatform Apositiveratinggoestothedynamiccontentrecommendation Thesimulationisausefulfeature,butitshouldbefixedandmademoreintelligible Ilikedthepresenceofthesameelementsoneachpage,identifiedthroughstandardgraphicsandicons Thesimulationofrealcaseshelpsalotduringthetrainingprocess.Theonlydownsideisthatthe confinedspaceofthewindow,containingthetasksflowandtheactivetask,doesnotallowto understandimmediatelyandwithoutscrollingatwhatstageoftheprocessIam Theprocessimagesgiveaclearoverview.Alsocleararethetextualdescriptionsofeachindividualstep Thesimulationexercisesbasedonrealcasesarevalid,aswellasthecollaboirativeandsocial interactionfunctionsforpostingcomments(andcommentstocomments),givefeedbackandadda contribution.Asforthecontributions,theheaderofeachsectionofthedocumentshouldbetranslated inItalian.Thecontentdescriptionsarecompleteandeasytounderstand Amongthemostinterestingmodulesipointout:1)thenavigableworkflow;2)thecollaborative interactionoftheusers;3)thesimulationofarealcaseandthepossibilitiestochatwithotherlearners whiledoingit,buttherealcaseitselfhastobemademorestructuredand-forlearningpurpose-more adherenttolikelytohappencomplexcases Ienjoyedthesimulationexercisesbasedonrealusecases,andthenavigationoftheConferenceof Servicesworkflowplusthegraphicaloverviewoftheprocess Iconsiderusefulthenavigablemaps,theoptiontoaddcommentsandthesimulationsoftheSUAP applications Thesimulationisagoodandusefulidea,buttheuseoftermssuchasrobotsandhumanhastobe avoided...otherwisetheseoptions(andhowtousethem)havetobeexplainedinsomeway OK:socialinteraction,simulation,sequentialnavigation Thebrowsingmode,basedonclickstomovethroughtheTitoloUnicoprocess,iseasytouse,to understandandeffectivefortrainingonthejob.Thedescriptionsofeveryactivityinvolvedareclear andconcise.Excellenttooistheopportunitytoco-producedocumentsandtocontributeinthe collaborativemode(wiki) Strengths:theexercisessimulatingtherealcases;thesequentialnavigationoftheworkflow;the linearityandthesimplicityofthegraphic,whichworksevenwithmobiledevice THESEQUENTIALITYOFPROCESSBROWSINGSEEMSTOMETHEBESTFUNCTIONALITYOFTHESYSTEM 70 • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • Themostusefulfunctionalityisthenavigablebusinessprocess,bothbypageclickandbyinteracting withtheimage MARLENE Negativeoverallopinionsandmissingfunctionalities • Iexperienceddifficultiesinintegratingtheattacheddocuments(aboutthereformationofthe conferenceofservices)withtheinformationprovidedwithintheMarlene'scourse • Duringthecourseine-learning,toomanysectionsrequiredasimplereadingofthetext(withoutthe helpofthenarratorvoice-functionthat,whenpresent,makesmelearnfaster).Atthebeginningihad someproblemswiththeconfigurationofmyPCaudiodevices • Itlacksinsightsonrealapplicationsandpracticalexercises.TheSUAPorganizationisdefinitivelymore complexthanwhatthelawssay • Poorusabilityoftheplatform,becauseofthepop-upblockerandvariousotherblocksduringthe forwardmovementoftheslides • Averytheoreticalcourse,withfewpracticalevidenceswithrespecttomydailywork • ThecontentsareoutdatedcomparedtothenewLegislativeDecreereformingtheregulationof ConferencesOfServices • Theproposedcontentsarebasic.Itwouldbebettertohavemorein-depthcontent • Usefulforcivilservantsbeginners,butthecontentsneedtobeupdatedwithrespecttothecurrent regulationsforSUAPandforconferencesofservices • TheSUAPcontents,atleastforsomeargumentstowhichihadaccessforthetest,areoutofdate.It wouldbeusefultohavetheopportunitytointeracttosubmitquestionsonregulatoryconcernsandto receiveopinionsfromothercolleaguesattendingthecourse • Ihadtechnicalproblemsinthedeactivationofbrowsersecuritypolicyforthejavapluginplayback • Idonotfindasufficientqualityoftheteachingaccordingtomy(low)levelofknowledge.Ifindithard learning • Ittakestoomuchtimetocompleteallthetrainingmodule.Itwouldservealeanermodetogothrough thecontentandtogiveasfinishedeachslide/chapter • Amorecollaborativespaceisneeded,andalsosomededicatedfunctionstodiscussandexploredeeply thelegislation,togiveinterpretationsandtoexchangebestpracticesamongSUAPofficersand managers • Therearemanymoreadvancede-learningsystemstogetinspiredby • nospecificpagesaddressedtothesolutionofrealcasesorinterpretationoftherulesforparticularly difficultsituationstohandle • Marleneisalearningtoolnotevolvedintermsofweb2.0(interactionbetweenlearners,abilitytopost individualprogressonsocialnetworks,interoperabilitywithyoutubeorotherexternalwebcontent,...) andthesemanticweb(contentsearching,automaticallyofferedcontentonthebasisoftheuser's interestsandcharacteristics,...) • Thereweren'tenoughstudiesthatintegratethechangesoccurredwithrespecttotheprevious regulationsgoverningtheconferenceofservices • Inordertoconsidertheplatformavaluablelearningtool,itlacksacontentsearchsystemwithinthe platform.Theinstrumenthasonlyasequentialforwardandbackwardapproachtoreachcontent • Achat-orevenasimplercommunicationtooltoexchangeinformationbetweentheparticipantsatthe course-ismissing 71 • • • • • • Weaknesses:idonotfindanypossibilitytoexchangemypointsofviewwithexpertsorotheruserson realcasestudies;alsogamificationaspects-asdescribedinthequestionnaire-arenotpresent ITDOESNOTSEEMSUITABLETOME,ASALEARNINGINSTRUMENT,BECAUSEICAN'TFINDTHE OPPORTUNITYTOINTERACTWITHSUAPEXPERTSINORDERTOASKQUESTIONSORTOBEABLETO EXPRESSMYPECULIARNEEDSFORIN-DEPTH Otherusefullearningchannels,suchascomparisonwithotherlearnersorwithanexperiencedteacher tofocusonspecifictopics,needtobeaddedMoreover,thepresentedcontent,althoughuseful,donot enterintothemeritsoftheknowledgeandskillsneededineverydaywork-itisasifthecourse remainsinamoretheoreticallevel(soitisstillausefultooltoreceivesuchregulationsnotions,butnot tolearnhowtoconductaconferenceofservices) Istherethepossibilityofskippingsomeslidestogodirectlytothecontentofinterest?Icannotfindit ... Ididnotfindcollaborativespacesfordiscussionandinformationexchangebetweenusersorfroman experttutor Absenceofanyconnectionorusageoflearningbyvideo Positiveoverallopinionsandstrenghts • THESYSTEMISVALIDFORTHEPRESENCEOFDIFFERENTFUNCTIONALITIESASDYNAMICCONTENTS, INTERMEDIATECOMPREHENSIONTESTS,IN-DEPTHSSECTIONS • Thecontentiscomprehensiveandthetooliseasytouse • Agoodtooltoupdateone'sknowledge • WiththeE-learningyouavoidhavingtotakecoursesinthepresence(andthereforeyouquitphysically transferts).Thisenablesamoretailoredusageoftime,inrelationwiththeoutstandingprofessional commitments • Prettysimpletouse.ItProvidesaschematicapproachtostoreinmindquicklythemainelementstobe learned • Practical,synthetic,quicktounderstandandfasttouse • Aclearinterface-Asimpleandsmoothsequentialflow • Usefultoreceiveregulatorynotions,Ithinkitisagoodtool • INTERMEDIATECHECKSAREUSEFUL • Theintermediateverificationmomentsareappreciable • Theplatformisinterestingforthepresenceoflinkstothetopicscoveredinthevariousslidesandfor themultiple-choicequestions,bothforintermediateandfinalassessmentoflearning • Amongthestrengths:intermediatechecking-bytheroreticalquestions-attheendofeachunit;audio guideoneachslide • Aviableapproach,thatofthemid-termexaminationquestions • Excellentforthesequentialslipstreamofthecourse • Wellfortheintervalswiththemultiplechoicequestions • OKFORTHEINTERMEDIATEANDFINALCHECKS • Positiveistheonlineavailabilityofthecontent • Themostusefulfeaturesare:theintermediatemomentsofverificationandthepresenceofnormative andstandardreferences • Ratherusefultheintermediatemomentsofverification • Howeffectiveistheemphasisonthekeycontent,conveyedthroughbold,colorsandhighlightboxes 72 • • • Themomentsofverificationhelpthelearnerstosummarizeandreasonand,spacingoutthecourse, theybreakupthemonotonyofreading Theinterimreviewquestionshelpyoumakingaquickmentalrecapandcheckingmentallytheeffective assimilationofthemainconceptstolearn Ilikedthemomentsofintermediatecheckbasedonmultiplechoicequestions 73