Capacitaci

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E-LEARNING A TRAINING OPTION IN THE
LATIN-AMERICAN AND CARIBBEAN ORGANIZATION OF
SUPREME AUDIT INSTITUTIONS (OLACEFS)
YADIRA ESPINOZA Venezuela
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Background Classroom training Period 2000-2006
Systematic Approach to Training (SAT) Regional
Implementation
Andragogy
Principles
Types of learning
Learning based on experience
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Background Classroom training Period 2000-2006

• Resources
• Financial support from BID, IDI and OLACEFS
• Technical assistance from IDI and GAO
• Permanent planning
• Regional infrastructure Regional Training
  Committee (RTC), training specialists in
  training, experts and training liaisons, physical
  infrastructure.
• Results
• 17 Courses designed under the Systematic Approach
  to Training
• 11 Regional courses given
• 230 auditors trained
• 44 of the trained auditors disseminate the
  knowledge acquired in their Supreme Audit
  Institutions (SAIs)
• Cost average for 80 hours courses US 2.650 /
  participant

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Lessons learned Classroom Training Período
2000-2006

• Limited coverage of the classroom training
  programs offered by OLACEFS
• Causes
• High costs of flying tickets and per diem in the
  classroom training type
• Usually an average of 2 participants from each
  SAI assist to each course
• The trained auditors are not always able to
  disseminate the knowledge thus acquired in their
  SAIs

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Origin of E-learningin OLACEFS

• In the year 2004, IDI executed an Agreement with
  the Institute for Advanced Studies for the
  Americas (INEAM-OEA) with the purpose of
  assisting the e-learning in the Latin-American
  and Caribbean Organization of Supreme Audit
  Institutions (OLACEFS)

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E-learning Year 2005

• Resources
• Financial support from IDI
• Professional assistance and technological
  platform of INEAM
• Classroom Training Course on Performance
  Auditing
• Experts from the Supreme Audit Institutions
  (SAIs) of the region
• Results
• 31 on line tutors from 18 SAIS of the region
  trained under the Agreement IDI-INEAM
• E-learning Course on Performance Auditing
  (IDI-INEAM-OLACEFS)
• 59 auditors from 16 SAIs, trained on performance
  auditing. 59 out of 62 participants completed the
  course. The drop-out rate was 5. The course took
  place with the support of 8 on line tutors of the
  region.

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E-learning Year 2006

• Resources
• Financial support from OLACEFS
• 31 on line tutors and experts from the SAIs of
  the region
• Professional assistance and technological
  platform of INEAM-OEA
• E-learning Course on Performance Auditing
• Results
• 29 on line tutors trained by OLACEFS-INEAM, from
  10 SAIs. The number of tutors in the region is
  increased to 60
• Cost US130/ participant
• 182 auditors from 14 SAIs trained on performance
  auditing. 183 out of 194 participants completed
  the course. The drop-out rate was 6. The course
  took place with 17 on line tutors of the region
• Cost US 40 / participant

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E-learning training Year 2006

• Resources
• Technological platform from the SAI of Perú
• 2 on line tutors from the SAI of Perú and 1
  expert from the SAI of Costa Rica
• E-learning Course on Internal Control from the
  SAI of Perú
• Results
• 35 auditors from 14 SAIs, trained on internal
  control. 35 participants out of
• 35 completed the course.
• No costs for SAIs participants

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E-learning Training Year 2007

• Resources
• Each SAI participant paid for the course
• Professional assistance and technological
  platform from INEAM-OEA
• In process
• 75 on line tutors from 4 SAIs are being trained
  at this moment
• Cost US130 / participant

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E-learning Year 2007

• Resources
• Experience from the SAI of Costa Rica in
  developing e-learning courses on the platform
  Moodle
• Classroom training on Quality in Auditing of
  OLACEFS
• Financial assistance from the SAI of Venezuela
• Results
• A multidisciplinary working team to set up
  E-learning in Venezuela SAI
• The course Quality in Auditing was adapted to
  E-learning.
• To develop
• Deliver the first E-learning course on Quality
  in Auditing to officials of the SAI of Venezuela
  and Costa Rica
• Deliver the second course on Quality in
  Auditing to officials from all the SAIs of the
  region

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E-learning in OLACEFS

• Orientation RTC (Regional Training Committee),
  PCRLP (Long Term Regional Training Program) ,
  POCR (Regional Training Operational Program), PAC
  (Training Plan)
• Classroom courses 17 courses designed under SAT
  (Systematic Approach to Training)
• Experience in design and development of
  E-learning courses
• Experts on the matters
• 60 on line Tutors
• 46 training experts
• E-learning courses in 5 SAIs
• IT Systems and Technology in 5 SAIs
• High research, innovation and continuous
  improvement

Design, development, administration and
delivering of E-learning courses in the region of
OLACEFS
E-learning training E-Learning Model
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E-learning Training in OLACEFS

• Advantages
• On line education in 100 diminishes costs (US
  2650 vs. US 40), and increases the coverage and
  quantity of persons trained
• Technological support and development of an open
  platform diminish technological costs
• Teacher on line tutor arrangement diminishes
  drop-out rate
• Reduced classrooms focused on the student
  increases learning
• Development of on line learning communities
  promotes knowledge administration

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E-learning Training A TRAINING OPTION IN OLACEFS

• Vision
• To promote the development of E-learning training
  in every SAI of the region
• To have
• E-learning courses adapted to the training needs
  of the region
• An E-learning Program of basic courses to public
  auditors
• Design and implementation of a Post-grade
  E-learning Program on Governmental Auditing