Assessing Performance

Family Physicians' Reactions to Performance Assessment Feedback

by Carmel Martin

Use and innovation of metrics in assessing the performance of knowledge management

by Larry Nash White

Presented as part of SIGs MGT & KM "Innovative uses of knowledge management to maintain competitive advantage" panel. Sponsored by SIG MGT, SIG KM. Amercian Society of Information Science and Technology COnference, 2002 in Philadelphia, PA.

Assessing competence in ECDIS navigation

by Christian Hempstead

Published in 16th International Navigation Simulator Lecturer's Conference Proceedings, Dalian Maritime University, July 2010, Dalian, China 

The STCW training requirements for ECDIS adopted in 2010 intend that watchstanders are prepared to navigate safely... more The STCW training requirements for ECDIS adopted in 2010 intend that watchstanders are prepared to navigate safely while applying ECDIS. The commonplace static review of ECDIS principles and functions must now include some measures of mastery in adapting the ECDIS to dynamic contexts. This means that the training must occur predominantly in an underway environment. Through navigation simulation, the most effective training can be accomplished on type-approved ECDIS embedded in ownship functionality. Ideally, the training environment would include several semi-isolated integrated visual ownships for solo navigation using ECDIS. Each trainee should be able to practice many aspects of navigation with ECDIS. The development of the necessary skills should then be similarly assessed.

Proof that the skillful use of ECDIS can enhance the safety of navigation requires a solo environment and simulation exercises designed to require ECDIS-based solutions. The fundamental rule must be stated in the negative: Any unsafe navigational event might have been avoided through a more effective use of ECDIS. Groundings, allisions, collisions or even near misses should by definition invalidate otherwise satisfactory skill assessments. In this paper it is suggested that evaluation of ECDIS navigation follows a competency-based matrix consisting of a quality scale of 1 to 3 for approximately 50 specific skill sets. These skill sets are organized into task groups, and are closely aligned with the new KUP and evaluation criteria listed in STCW-2010 Tables A-II/1 and A-II/2. Scoring is tallied according to the task groups with the application of weighted averages as a method for recognizing the higher degree of relevance of certain task groups in ECDIS navigation.

Model Course 1.27 (2010 Edition): Operational use of Electronic Chart Display and Information System (ECDIS)

by Christian Hempstead

Final revised draft Model Course 1.27 posted by the IMO to STW 43 for acceptance vote June 2012.

This revision of IMO Model Course 1.27 intends to provide the knowledge, skill and understanding of ECDIS and... more This revision of IMO Model Course 1.27 intends to provide the knowledge, skill and understanding of ECDIS and electronic charts to the thorough extent needed to safely navigate vessels whose primary means of navigation is ECDIS. The course emphasizes both the application and learning of ECDIS in a variety of underway contexts. This is achieved through sophisticated navigation simulation that provides each trainee with unrestrained access to ownship operations integrated with a complete type-approved ECDIS with numerous chart formats installed.

The course is designed to meet the STCW requirements in the use of ECDIS, as revised by the 2010 Manila Amendments, specifically as these apply to Tables A-II/1, A-II/2 and A-II/3, and also to revised guidelines pertaining to training and assessment in the operational use of ECDIS in Table B-I (paragraphs 36 through 66), assessment in navigational watchkeeping, and evaluation of competence, both in Table B-II.

Exploring Qatar University Campus. MAGAZ Magazine, Issue 105, Ashraf M. Salama

by Ashraf M. Salama

Issue 105, MAGAZ Magazine, February-March 2009, PP. 104-111

To explain their work to others, architects typically develop statements that clarify their design philosophy,... more To explain their work to others, architects typically develop statements that clarify their design philosophy, intentions and the imperatives by which they pursued their design tasks. In many cases however, these statements fail to reflect or address a major component - that is PEOPLE or USERS. They are basically written - and the project still on paper - to highlight the merits of the design while illustrating the skills of the designer or the design team as manifested in the final articulation of the building(s), the built form. In generic terms, architects in these statements emphasize their complete awareness of cultural, environmental, and perhaps economic constraints, but USERS are always in the shadow taking a back seat. If they are addressed, it is only in superficial terms. As this argument may be seen by some architects and designers as arbitrary or too general, I reflect here on Qatar University Campus in terms of what were the design philosophy and intentions as stated by its architect and how USERS comprehend it, see it, and actually use it.