SL Cert Process Document
SL Certification Process
This is intended as a "living" document,and will evolve with time.
Education vs. Certification EXAMPLE
Do you have a Driver's License? Do you remember taking Driver's Ed Classes? That's education. Do you remember having to pass the Government Driver's Test to get your license? That's certification.
In Second Life, education exists already in the form of many SL Skills Schools. But certification in the form of SL Skills Certifiers does not yet exist. This is in fact the goal of the SL Certification Project, to create these certifiers.
Overview
Certification will be task-driven. Criteria will be outlined by assigned moderators who will act as subject matter experts (SME's) to define the criteria, check that training created by in-world schools matches (and exceeds) the levels required by the certification, and continue to update the criteria as changes to the environment take place. A list of schools will be maintained to outline where approved training for certification takes place to enable residents to develop towards certification.
Process
This process outlines the method which leads to a topic becoming available for certification.
- Topic suggested and agreed
- Moderator / SME assigned to the topic
- Moderator produces outline topics to be tested at the three levels: Bsic, Intermediate and Advanced.
- Moderator defines pre-requisites for each certification level
- Schools develop content for training.
- School content checked by Moderator to ensure correct coverage
- School's capability added to the Schools List
- Subject added to 3rd party testing capability
- Periodic review by moderator which may result in criteria & education modification
Education
The education developed for certification will be guided by the criteria developed for each topic. Although the training should cover the topics required for certification, it should not be developed specifically to pass the certification test; education should provide a broader range of skills while still covering the criteria required for testing. All education developed for certification will be monitored by the moderators (SME's) to ensure it continues to reach the level required for certification.