The Latest TESDA Training Regulation on Web Development NCIII
After several years with no nationwide standard on how Web Development should be taught in technical and vocational training centers in the Philippines, the Technical Education and Skills Development Authority (TESDA) has finally released this year the Training Regulation that will serve “as basis for which the competency-based curriculum and instructional materials and competency assessment tools are developed”. The Training Regulation created “defines the competency standards for a national qualification and how such qualification can be gained, assessed and be given recognition. “In short, the TESDA Training Regulation will dictate how tech-voc training centers will be teaching web development in the Philippines and how the web development graduates of training centers will be assessed as “Certified Web Developers”. The Web Development Training Regulation provides four types of certification: Certificate of Competency in Developing Responsive Web Design (Web Development COC-1) – This is given to students who wish to focus only on designing websites for desktops and mobiles mainly through HTML and CSS. COC-1 certified students and look for a career in web design. Certificate of Competency in Creating Interactive Websites (Web Development COC-2) – This certification is for students who are looking for a career in Front-End Web Development. Students will be taught the de facto standard for client-side scripting: JavaScript, to create interactive and animated front-end user interfaces and applications. Certificate of Competency in Developing Website Backend (Web Development COC-3) – The third type of certification is for students looking to focus on programming a website’s “back-end“. This includes learning server-side languages such as PHP, Python, Java, .NET, etc; Learning to design and develop databases; and setting up the actual web servers. National Certificate Level III on Web Development (Web Development NC III) – The final certification is a comprehensive certification that shows that the student is adept in all three web development core competencies mentioned above. Holders of this National Certificate are meant to be Full Stack Developers capable to handle the full workflow of web development. Working with TESDA’s Qualification Standards Office (QSO) for over a year, EACOMM Corporation consultants (through the invitation of the Animation Council of the Philippines) were heavily involved in the creation and validation of the Training Regulation and its corresponding Competency Assessment Tools (CATs). Download the Training Regulation for Web Development NC III from the TESDA Website
New Look for EACOMM.com
As a continuation of our corporate tradition to change our website every few years, we are proud to announce the launch of the newest version of www.eacomm.com! For over a dozen years now, EACOMM Corporation’s Corporate Website has evolved with the trends and technologies of the time. EACOMM.COM has always been considered a showcase site of what we have to offer our clients and as such a lot of time and effort is given in ensuring the site is up to date with the latest technologies. VERSION 7 “Responsive Isometric Pixel Art” (2014-present): While we have been deploying responsive websites for our clients for the past 2 years, it is only in 2014 that we’ve finally had the time to convert our own site to a fully responsive design. This is in reaction to the ever increasing number of website visitors that are smartphone and tablet users. As with our past websites, the site has a central “theme” that plays tribute to 1980’s PC pixel isometric art. The site also shows a transition to a more mature “corporate look”, embracing the fact that EACOMM is no longer a new start-up set-up by fresh grads in their twenties, but an established corporation led by a highly experienced group of entrepreneurs and professional managers. Click on the links and screenshots below to see the older versions of our website: Version 1 (2001) was pure HTML and had less than 10 web pages. Version 2 “Classic Black†(2002-2003) featured a number of online forms developed in PHP and writing to MySQL database. However, the main site content remained mostly HTML-based with a some small flash animation elements. Version two also included our first efforts in Search Engine Optimization of the website. Version 3 “United Colors of EACOMM†(2003-2005) featured a lively intro page and heavily SEO’d content. Some content were already content managed during the latter part of this version’s existence. Version 3 was also the first site hosted outside of EACOMM’s in-house web server for increased accessibility from the US/Europe. Version 4 “The Tree House†(2005-2008) This website was the first EACOMM website to fully utilize DO-CMS for content management. It feature original artwork from Visual Artist Robert Deniega. Further additions to the site includes this Blog website, a Japanese Version of the Website and other division sub-sites. Version 5 “Film Noir” (2008-2012) This website features detailed interactive scenery with a retro, film-noir look developed in Flash. The website is managed through the latest version of EACOMM’s Dynamic Online Content Management System which features new features such as allowing for editing of Flash content as well as integration with Google’s Application suite. The site’s use of CSS 2.0 would also allow us to change the layout much more often and offer different layouts simultaneously in the future. The site is also designed to showcase the entire skill-set of EACOMM Corporation from Interactive Multimedia and Animation as seen with the various Flash scenes, to High-end Web Programming as showcased in the various dynamic content and interactive forms. Version 6 “Pop-Art” (2012-2014): This version of the website pays homage to 50’s-60’s pop-art. The current site is running the beta version of DO-CMS version 4, the first complete rewrite of the DO-CMS engine. In this website we have decided to forgo flash animation in favor of javascript/jquery/html5 to coincide with the trend in mobile and tablet web browsing. The site is also tightly integrated with facebook (particularly the photo albums) and other social networking websites.