CNMCyber for Competence

CNM Cyber for Competence (hereinafter, the Session) is a learning session introducing its participants to CNM Competency Suite. The Session consists of four lessons, each of which is made of three to five lesson parts, called lectios. Every lectio includes a presentation and a quiz. The official version of the Session is published at CNM Cert. Its materials are also published at CNM Page, CNM Talk, CNM Wiki, and various channels for marketing and convenience purposes.

WorldOpp Pipeline

The Session is the second of four sessions of the CNM Cyber Welcome Course.

Outline

The predecessor activity is the Introduction to CNM Cyber.

Competency Suite Essentials

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Competency Suite Essentials

Lectios	#	Referred topics
What Competency Suite Is	1	CNM Competency Suite, managed learning environment (MLE); KSA (knowledge, skills, and abilities), training
Focus on Knowledge	2	Knowledge-focused training, learning content; learning content delivery, lecturing, narrated instruction
Focus on Abilities	3	Abilities-focused training, learning by making, on-the-job training
Focus on Skills	4	Skills-focused training, hands-on training
Inter-Relatedness of Training	5	Educational credential, academic credential, work experience

CNM Competency Suite

CNM Competency Suite. The web-based managed learning environment (MLE) that the CNM Cyber Team designs and the Friends Of CNM delivers to the general public as a collection of services in education.

• Managed learning environment (MLE). A computer-based ecosystem that supports core learning activities such as assessment, authoring, communication, learner progress tracking and, possibly, more advanced options.

KSA (knowledge, skills, and abilities). The combination of the competencies that are required for a particular position or, on another end, one's proficiency applied to this position. The United States Federal Government uses KSAs as a series of narrative statements to describe its job openings. KSAs are used to determine, along with résumés, who the best applicants are when several candidates qualify for a job.

• Training. The organizing of one's learning.

Knowledge-focused training. The training that focuses on building learner's knowledge, especially work-related knowledge.

• Learning content. The object of one's learning that is contained in something like a lecture that is written, spoken, visualized, or created in any other way. This object may be the knowledge and/or ideas that may help and/or provoke possessing one's skills and/or abilities. Learning content delivery aims to make the content available to the learner.

Learning content delivery. The act of taking learning content such as a lecture to the learner.

• Lecturing. Any narrated instruction that is based on one or more lectures.
• Narrated instruction. Any educational method that is based on some narration such as lecturing, storytelling, or demonstrating.

Skills-focused training. The training that focuses on building learner's skills, especially work-related skills.

• Hands-on training. Any practical instruction that is based on completion hands-on assignments according to step-by-step instructions.

Abilities-focused training. The training that focuses on building learner's abilities, especially work-related abilities.

• Learning by making. Any educational method that is based on experiential working on real-world projects related to the subject of learning.
• On-the-job training. Any educational format that is based on training provided at the workplace. This training can be anything from time to think on work problems and/or use related learning tools and up to one-on-one mentoring.

Educational credential. A credential that confirms one's education. Some educational institutions offer educational programs especially in creative arts and the medical field that combine credentialing of academic achievements and professional experience.

• Academic credential. An educational credential that is issued by an educational institution or credentialing organization to certify specific academic achievements traditionally related to someone's knowledge.
• Work experience. Any experience that a person gains while working in a specific field or occupation, but the expression is widely used to mean a type of volunteer work that is commonly intended for young people, often students, to get a feel for professional working environments.

CNM Tube Essentials

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CNM Tube Essentials

Lectios	#	Referred topics
What CNM Tube Is	1	CNM Tube, video-sharing system
Functions of CNM Tube	2	User feature, comments section, file upload, metadata, metadata tag.
Tube vs Wiki	3	CNM Tube vs CNM Wiki, multimedia file
Tube vs Lab	4	CNM Tube vs CNM Lab, digital container format, file download
Tube vs Cert vs Page	5	CNM Tube vs CNM Cert vs CNM Page, file search

CNM Tube. The video-sharing system of CNM Cyber that is delivered to its end-users as a service.

• Video-sharing system. Any software system that enables its users to upload, convert, store and play back audiovisual content on the World Wide Web.

User feature. A function or an important part of product that is available to end-users of that product.

• Comments section. The feature of websites that represents website's section in which the publishers invite the audience to comment on the published content.
• File upload. The feature that allows for transfer of a computer file from the computing device of current file's user to the random-access memory or long-term storage of another device.

Metadata. Data about other data. Since data is usually presented by a document, metadata can be defined as a document that presents data about another document. For instance, when one uploads a multimedia file up to a file-sharing system, this system issues a system document that presents data from what user account the file is uploaded, when it is uploaded, what is its size, what is its title and other tags that the uploading user assigned to this file, etc.

• Metadata tag. A keyword, term, or phrase that a data owner assigns to the data. In information technology, the data is presented by a computer file or another document, so the tag enables keyword-based classification and used to categorize the content of that file or another document.

Multimedia file. Any computer file that holds two or more multimedia elements such as animations, audio, images, video, etc.

• File search. The feature that is designed to search for a particular computer file that is specified in a textual search query.
• Digital container format (container format, wrapper format). A format of the metafile which specification describes how different elements of data and metadata coexist in this file. The container formats are frequently used in multimedia files.
• Metafile. A computer file that stores multiple types of data.
• File download. The feature that allows for transfer of a computer file from the one computing device to the random-access memory or long-term storage of another device of a new user of this file.

CNM Wiki Essentials

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CNM Wiki Essentials

Lectios	#	Referred topics
What CNM Wiki Is	1	CNM Wiki, wikipage; web-based, HTML, markup editor
Collaboration on Documents	2	Document collaboration system, collaborative realtime editor
Wiki Version Control	3	wiki engine, version control
Wiki Knowledge Base	4	Knowledge base, image file, discussion page
Wiki at Competency Suite	5	Web navigation, categorization tool, text search

CNM Wiki. The document collaboration system of CNM Cyber that is delivered to its end-users as a service. The Wiki also serves as a knowledge base and features its software repository for image files.

• Wikipage.

Web-based. A concept of locating some resource such as a document, service, or system on the Internet.

• HTML.
• Markup editor.

Document collaboration system. Any system that allows for editing in which many contributors may work on the same document. In other words, the Systems are generally designed to help multiple people work together on single documents to achieve their distinguished latest versions. Two main types of the Editors are collaborative realtime editors and, if the documents are textual or use textual markups, wiki engines.

• Collaborative realtime editor. The document collaboration system that enables realtime merging of edits of the same digital document, computer file or cloud-stored data that different users do. The editors tend to be web-based. To enter their edits, the end-users utilize their computers or mobile devices.

Wiki engine. Software that is designed to support creation, collaborative editing, storage, and usage of hyper-linked documents. The editing usually occurs through a web browser. The Engine that is ready to be installed is called wiki software. The Engine that is installed, usually on one or more application servers, is called a wiki application. Sometimes, the Engine can be referred as knowledge management software. One or more wiki applications are usually used in order to build a document collaboration system.

• Version control.

Knowledge base. A self-serve library of search-optimized documents and other resources. Web-based knowledge bases often include some software repository to upload, store and share image and multimedia files.

• Image file. Any computer file that holds image elements.
• Discussion page. The feature

Web navigation.

• Text search. The feature that is designed to search for a particular text that is specified in a search query.
• Categorization tool. The feature

CNM Cert Essentials

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CNM Cert Essentials

Lectios	#	Referred topics
What CNM Cert Is	1	CNM Cert, learning management system; learning activity, lesson, quiz, forum
CNM Cert Enrollments	2	Learning sequence, predecessor activity, successor activity; course, enrollment tool, prerequisite
Standard vs Individual Courses	3	Curriculum, prescripted curriculum, individualized curriculum
Cert at Competency Suite	4	Credential, competence

CNM Cert. The learning management system (LMS) of CNM Cyber that is delivered to its end-users as a service.

• Learning management system (LMS). A system for administration, documentation, tracking, reporting, and delivery of educational courses, training programs, or learning and development programs. Usually, LMS is built using e-learning software.
• Credential. An achievement, aspect of a person's background, authority, competence, personal quality, and/or qualification, typically when used to indicate that the named person is suitable for something. A credential could also be a document that a third party issues to a person in order to certify this person's achievement, competence, qualification, etc.

Learning activity. Something that a learner does or is offered to do for his or her learning. The Activity may also refer to functionality of learning management systems.

• Lesson.
• Quiz.
• Forum.

Learning sequence. Any sequence of learning activities or educational objectives that any human-learning theory or one's intuition suggests.

• Predecessor activity.
• Successor activity.

Course.

• Enrollment tool.
• Prerequisite.

Curriculum.

• Prescripted curriculum.
• Individualized curriculum. Any educational program tailored to meet the needs of a particular learner.

Credential. An achievement, aspect of a person's background, authority, competence, personal quality, and/or qualification, typically when used to indicate that this person is suitable for something. A credential could also be a document that a third party issues to a person in order to certify this person's achievement, competence, qualification, etc.

• Competence. The ability to do something at some degree of success, productivity, effectiveness, and efficiency.

CNM Cyber for Action is the successor session.