The National eLearning Center announced the start date for applying for the professional certificates in eLearning. These certificates aim to qualify practitioners by offering professional certificates that enhance their knowledge and develop their skills and capabilities. This contributes to achieve excellence in performance, raise quality, and enhance trust in eLearning practices.
These professional certificates are designated for practitioners in eLearning, including teachers, faculty members, instructors, eLearning program leaders and supervisors, quality specialists, instructional designers, content developers, or technical support specialists in higher education, K-12, training or learning and training platforms of public and private sectors, along with the third-party sector in the Kingdom. To enhance the readiness of eLearning institutions, strengthen their competitiveness, and meet the needs of building capability for their employees which will enable them to innovate and acquire digital skills that contribute to achieving the desired learning objectives.
NeLC offers 6 professional certificates: Online Teaching/Training (OTT), eLearning Experience Design (eLXD), eLearning
Quality Assurance (eLQA), eLearning Content Development (eLCD), eLearning (eLL), and eLearning Technical Support (eLTS). Each of these certificates has two levels: Foundation Level and Advanced Level, according to predefined eligibility criteria, the qualified group will apply for the professional certificates. In addition, an evaluation form was developed based on the main domains of the certificates which include competencies and indicators.
NeLC confirmed that all eLearning practitioners can now apply for the OTT Professional Certificate which is supported by the Human Resources Development Fund (HRDF). The training on the foundation level will be provided by accredited institutions. Moreover, NeLC works in with the Education & Training Evaluation Commission (ETEC) to conduct national centralized exams by the ETEC for those who desire to obtain a certificate (Advanced level).
NeLC urges all practitioners and individuals interested in enhancing their knowledge and developing their skills to apply through: nelc.gov.sa. for further inquiries, call (15991 9200) or send an email to: [email protected].
