Welcome back, we hope that you have all had a good relaxing break and looking forward to the new academic year. Here’s some advanced information on what’s happening with the development of the examination assessment exemplars for the 2006/7 academic year – We will be removing all previous exemplars from the secure website and these should not be used in a centre after August 2006. We have the following examination exemplars in production – 3 assessment exemplars covering HNC Computing…
We have recently created a number of on-line learning materials as part of an ESF project covering a number of the mandatory units in the HNC Computing. We are interested in persuing this further and are looking to create additional on-line learning materials for the HNC Information Technology. This will be presented at the evnt on the 18th of August and your contact for this initiative and development is Caroline Douglas (e-mail) and her telephone number is 0845 213 5476.…
We have asked Syd Woods (syd.woods@north-gla.ac.uk) to carry out a new look at and research into possible new PDAs within the Computing and I.T. curriculum. We have a number of vendor PDAs available for delivery but we are interested in what other kinds of PDAs (ie bite-size learning courses) that could be created to assist part-time/evening provision in centres. We would be grateful if you could find the time to read over Syd’s proposals which he has uploaded to the…
We have updated a number of HN Unit Specifications within HN Multimedia Awards. At the Focus Group meetings held in June, we discussed the current Graded Units and the difficulties in defining the standard of the student deliverable(s) through these awards. I stated that we could modify these specifications and take them to the QST (Qualifications Support Team) for authorisation to replace the current versions. I immediately instigated this work and I have just uploaded these new versions in PDF…
The 18th of August Computing & IT Showcase Event is now full and we cannot accept any additional booking as we have reached our quota (re Health & Safety requirements) for the venue. If this causes a problem for a centre, who haven’t registered anyone, then please e-mail me (mike.jannetta@sqa.org.uk) and if there are any cancellations then we will try and get one representative from your centre in attendance. We have 120+ booked to attend! Mike Jannetta0845 213 5473
Bringing ITIL (IT Infrastructure Library) to the field has caused many to say ‘What is ITIL?’ and is a new item/area for many individuals. ITIL belongs to OGC (Office of Government Commerce) and details can be found at the following websites (www.ogc.gov.uk/ or www.itil.co.uk/). It is the SQA’s intention to present ITIL to the field with two presentation slots allocated at the event on the 18th of August (ie The Computing and IT Showcase Event). Yes, we are still working…
