The Notebook 2.0

Description

The Notebook 2.0 is an online (multi-platform) tool for monitoring and evaluating professional skills developed by the CIRB (Centre d’Informatique pour la Région Bruxelloise) and the French Community Commission (COCOF).

The Notebook 2.0 targets apprentices, tutors/patrons, guardians and trainers. It aims to :

• Improve communication/articulation between those involved in an apprenticeship contract;
• Evaluate the progress of the acquisition of technical, professional and behavioural skills related to the trade (currently formative evaluation).

Regarding implementation, the online tool was tested in 2021-2022 in apprenticeship trades (18) for younger learners (15-23 years; +/- 600). Initially, the focus was on :

• the articulation between the employers/tutors and the guardianship representatives ;
• a first formative evaluation of the skills acquired in the company for each learner under an apprenticeship contract (December 2021).Au niveau des résultats, une évaluation a eu lieu en avril 2022. Les résultats sont en cours d’analyse.

In terms of results, an evaluation took place in April 2022. The results are currently being analysed.

Points of interest

• The digital tool is interactive and accessible on all media: smartphone, PC, tablet;
• The tool allows access to a status of the learners’ training plan (targeted skills);
• The tool improves communication between the participants and the monitoring of progress in mastering skills;
• Learners, tutors, trainers and supervisors can communicate more effectively and evaluate/monitor the progress of the training.

Points of vigilance

• The articulation with the trainers seems difficult to implement (several trainers intervene at different times). No solution to date (awaiting the results of the first large-scale test);
• The use of the tool requires monitoring by the guardianship delegates;
• The development of the tool requires a long process of encoding the skills associated with each profession, which will need to be updated regularly;
• The financing of the tool

Comments/recommendations

• Articulate the different partners (collaboration) and formalize moments of consultation (funded) between trainers, learners and companies;

• Make employers/tutors responsible;

• Take into account the reality of the field in companies (the work-study system is based on companies and their capacity to provide training based on practice);

• Create self-assessment tools.