Design of an e-Learning System for Accreditation of non-Formal Learning

This paper deals with issues related to the non-formal learning in vocational education, and the role of ICT for providing appropriate accreditation model in such education. The school is no longer the sole and the most attractive source of information and knowledge. Quick access to unlimited sources of information is widely available due to modern technologies. The traditional concept of literacy has been gradually extended to a multimedia literacy referring to students' abilities to read, write, and communicate with digitally encoded materials - text, graphics, still and moving images, animation, sounds. The way the people learn is changed as well. The existence of non-formal learning that is not provided by an education or training institution has been widely recognised. This type of learning does not typically lead to an official certification. The presented conclusions are based on the Leonardo da Vinci project LeoSPAN. The project aims to develop a multi-level model based on trans-national experience. The study has been carried out as a partner contribution on the analyses of the non-formal vocational training (VT) for low skilled people. The paper emphasises on the development of a model and a prototype of an adaptive eLearning system that ensures the pre-defined learner outcomes. One of the advantages of the eLearning system is the flexibility for people who upgrade and improve their knowledge.