Introduction to Evidence Centered Design and Lessons Learned From Its Application in a Global E-Learning Program

This articles introduces the assessment and deployment contexts of the Networking Performance Skill System (NetPASS) project and the articles in this section that report on findings from this endeavor. First, the educational context of the Cisco Networking Academy Program is described. Second, the basic outline of Evidence Centered Design is described. In the third section, the intersection of these two activities in the NetPASS project is described and the subsequent articles introduced.