A Word from a Trainer

The Certified Training Professional (CTP) ensures that instructors who teach the International Computer Driver License (ICDL) syllabi are well trained in the philosophy of course design and the art and styles of teaching and learning in accordance with the rules of the ICDL in general and ICDL-Saudi Arabia (ICDL-SA) in particular. Both ICDL-SA and Prince Sultan University, hence forth will be referred to as The CTP Partners, work together in this CTP project which is also known as the “train the trainers” program. The role of the former is to provide the syllabi, organize workshop, and process applications of trainers interested in the CTP certificate. The role of the latter is to provide the training, its needs, and the environment.

The links below show several groups of trainer who attended the CTP workshops. They are skilled professional. At this point the trainers have complete All But the Documents for Evidences (ABDE) necessary for fulfilling the requirements of the CTP certificate.

- General information about the ICDL.
- First workshop group April 2009
- Second workshop group June 2009
- CTP Course Website

An incredible derivative of the CTP workshop is sharing of experiences. We witnessed during the extra curricula activities sessions problems discussed and brilliant solutions proposed. This led us to conclude that The CTP Partners and stakeholders should seriously think about forming a CTP Society. Such society should include as members those who successfully completed and earned their CTP certifications. Among the main activities of the CTP Society we propose an annual conference. The conference should be at least two days long and should bring experts in education from ICDL Saudi and ICDL Home office for the main talks (banquet talks!). Regular sessions should be scheduled for talks to be delivered by authors of refereed papers in the ICDL and CTP realms.

For the time being, attendees of every completed workshop have agreed to share a website which will act as a Timeless and Placeless CTP Conference (TP-CTP-C) home. Such home will keep members of each group in touch with one another for life. The annual conference will provide the forum that will bring together members of all groups along with representatives of the CTP Partners and stakeholders.

We are very happy to be involved in the CTP Partners project. In our opinion, the CTP project is the factory that will produce the necessary skills and provide the required knowledge for computer users. This is especially true with those who will fulfill the aim of the Kingdom in becoming a leader in the information technology area in general, and in the e-Government project in particular. We promise to continue to produce the building bricks for the said project and will therefore be in touch through our website, so you be.

On behalf of The CTP-Partners we welcome your comments and feedback. We are also glad to share with you our experience of observing excellent remarks being made during the discussions.

     Eltayeb Abuelyaman

Eltayeb Salih Abuelyaman
Professor and Dean
College of Computer and Information Sciences
Prince Sultan University
P. O. Box 66833, Riyadh, 11586
Kingdom of Saudi Arabia