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Expression of Interest for JSTEs to Evaluate and Review Quality of E-Learning Lessons of TS Management Information Technology PN: 18.2208.9-002.00 QuAVET Closing Date: Wednesday, 04. Jun 2025 Intervention Sector(s): Development, Education Remuneration range: 2000 to 3000 (USD) Duration of Contract: From 16.06.2025 to 30.06.2026 I.General Information 1. Brief information on the project The Multi-Donor Action Improving the Quality and Attractiveness of Technical and Vocational Education and Training (TVET) in Lebanon for poor and vulnerable social groups is jointly co-financed by the European Union and the German Federal Ministry of Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ). The joint action is implemented by GIZ as a specific Action within the wider BMZ project Improving the Quality and Attractiveness of TVET in Lebanon (QuA-VET). The aim of the action is to orient the vocational training towards the qualification needs of the labour market in sectors with sustainable employment potentials, therefore improving the employment capacities for poor and vulnerable social groups living in Lebanon. The implementing partner, the Directorate General for Vocational and Technical Education (DGVTE), requires further support in involving the private sector in vocational education and training. Thus, the projects emphasis is placed on improving the partnership between vocational training institutions and the private sector. This includes developing modularized and practice-oriented training programmes in selected sectors, digitalizing e-learning lessons for the technical theoretical subjects of the promoted TVET programs and general subjects and enhancing the quality of in-company training for employees and work-based learning for vulnerable individuals. The target groups of the project are vulnerable youth and young adults (aged 15-35), including Syrian and Palestinian refugees, individuals from hosting communities, TVET Lebanese students, unemployed or underemployed individuals (aged 17 to 35), and employees in Micro, Small, and Medium-sized Enterprises (MSMEs) seeking to improve their employment prospects through relevant qualifications. 2. Context Background e-Learning Lebanons deepening economic crisis has severely impacted the public TVET sector, with inflation and rising costs making it difficult for students to afford transportation and basic educational materials in the normal context. Adding to these challenges, the recent surge in conflict and security issues has left many regions in the country inaccessible, forcing the closure of many TVET schools or the adoption of the distant learning modality. Based on the experience in e-Learning which the GIZ projects ProVTE, VTE4all, and the currently running, QuA-VET have collected and considering that the teaching and learning at distance will be a constant in the future in the form of blended learning, the project has developed and published the technical theoretical courses of Baccalauréat Technique (BT) Industrial Mechanics and Technicien Superieur (TS) Health Inspection and Food Safety (HIFS) in e-Learning modality, and is extending the development of e-Learning Lessons (ELLs) to include the BT2 General Subjects, in addition to the technical theoretical courses for the BT Hospitality Food Production and TS Informatique de Gestion. This will ensure that students have access to a larger number of courses and their learning is not interrupted. Moreover, the lessons in EL modality will be a support for teachers during the in-presence lessons. Up to now teachers of the TS Informatique de Gestion are used to deliver the content of the courses in classroom settings. To address the need for competent teachers who can develop technical theoretical subjects in e-Learning modality, a competent and motivated group of public TVET teachers will be selected and trained to develop the same technical and theoretical subjects in EL modality, in English Language and possibly a second language. Outline of the mission In our initiative to integrate e-Lessons in the public TVET system, Articulate Rise 360 has been selected as an Authoring Software, a dynamic tool that enables content developers to create engaging and interactive e-Learning Lessons, in addition to Moodle, as a Learning Management System (LMS) for the integration of these lessons into the educational framework, to which students and teachers from the public TVET schools will have access. The platform has been used to deliver e-Lessons of BT Bâtiment et Travaux Publics and BT1 General Subjects under ProVTE and VTE4all projects, in addition to the digital lessons of the BT Industrial Mechanics, TS Health Inspection and Food Safety and BT2 General Subjects under the QuA-VET project. There will be up to 20 content developers trained on Articulate 360 by QuA-VET for inserting up to 540 e-Learning Lessons (ELLs) of the TS Informatique de Gestion in English and possibly a second language, for the school years 2025/26 and 2026/27. The e-Lessons will be uploaded to the Learning Management System and teachers will be administering and monitoring the use of the courses through their students. In order to ensure the quality of the ELLs, competent experts are required to review, evaluate, provide comments and recommendations on each ELL developed by content developers, according to the criteria set by the project. Experts are expected to be trained on the review guidelines set by the project. 3. GIZ shall hire the contractors for the anticipated contract term, from 16.06.2025 to 30.06.2026 4. The contractors shall provide the following work/service: Meet with the project team members, staff of the DGVTE and of other organisations involved in the project as considered necessary. Inform and regularly consult the project team members. Attend a training session on the process of reviewing and evaluating e-Learning Lessons with the QuA-VET project team. Each expert to review up to 180 ELLs in 2 languages, primarily in English and in a second language, Arabic or French, developed by the content developers before their upload to the Learning Management System: review, comment on, and provide weekly feedback and suggestions for content developers on their first draft of the lessons. Conduct a second review and evaluation for at least 2 ELLs based on established quality criteria on a weekly basis. Provide suggestions for the content developers to improve quality of ELLs: with regards to layout, interactivity, comprehension, texts formulation, etc. Collect deliverables of each approved e-lesson and share them with the project team. Fill-in and share the evaluation sheet for each completed ELL with the project team on weekly basis. Fill-in monitoring sheets to track ELLs reviews, deliverables submissions, and e-Lessons upload to the site. Ensure the upload of each e-Lesson to the Learning Management System on weekly basis: enter the e-Lesson, navigate through all the blocks, and report any technical issue faced, to the content developers in coordination with the project team. Facilitate ongoing communication and discussion with content developers when needed to address feedback and enhance the quality of ELLs. Undertake all necessary activities to achieve the required outputs/results. Remain accessible online for follow-up discussions after the short-term mission. Outputs/Results expected from each contractor Participation in training session delivered by project team on the ELL review and evaluation. Up to 180 ELLs of TS Informatique de Gestion in English and a second language reviewed, commented on, checked for their quality and evaluated in Articulate Review 360 before their upload to the Learning Management System abiding by the timeline set by project team for review. List of ELLs reviewed and evaluated, including lesson title and link to Articulate 360. Evaluation sheet for each of the ELLs reviewed and approved. Deliverables monitoring sheets filled in. Tender Requirements 1. Qualifications of proposed staff 1.1. Expert 1 1.1.1 General qualifications Qualification & General professional experience: Education: University degree at least at bachelor level, or LT, in Education, Management Information System (MIS), Computer Science, Database Developer, Computer Science, Computer Engineering, or any other related field. Professional experience: At least 5 years of experience in teaching at secondary and/or in public TVET institutes, in addition to experience in developing e-learning lessons, and/or reviewing e-Learning Lessons using Articulate 360. 1.1.2 Experience in the region/knowledge of the country 5 years of working experience in Lebanon 1.1.3 Language skills Business fluency in Arabic, English, and French. Others: Knowledge of Articulate 360 Proficient in use of MS Office (Power Point, Word, Excel, Outlook) Proficiency in internet (re-)search Proficiency in use of Microsoft Teams, Zoom, WebEx or similar programs 2. Quantitative requirements Check the EOI attachment for detailed Quantitative requirement for this EOI. How to apply Required documents: An updated CV in English language. Signed General Terms and conditions Signed Code of Conduct Signed Self Declaration EU-RU sanctions Kndly label your submitted documnets as CONFIDENTIAL. The CV submitted for each expert can have a maximum of four pages. If one of the maximum page lengths is exceeded, the content appearing after the cut-off point will not be included in the assessment. External content (e.g. links to websites) will also not be considered). Please note that this EOI does not constitute a contract or an offer of employment. Shortlisted candidates will be contacted for the next steps in the selection proce Tender Link : https://daleel-madani.org/civil-society-directory/deutsche-gesellschaft-fur-internationale-zusammenarbeit-giz/calls/expression-interest-jstes-evaluate-and-review-quality-e-learning-lessons-ts-informatique-de-gestion
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