The team use social media for a range of things. Regular readers will know that we’ve been blogging for a long time, we have a Twitter feed, and we use e-groups to support centres. More recently, we have started to use Yammer. We have a network on Yammer for people involved in developing Computing qualifications. This morning I created a new group about assessment where we will have conversations, and ask questions, about educational assessment. Unlike most of the social…
I noticed, this morning, that we’ve reached 700 followers on Twitter. I’m delighted about reaching that milestone. We started using Twitter six years ago so it has taken a few years to build that following. Thank you, if you’re one of our followers. If you’re not, please consider following the team. We promise not to drown you in updates (we only post a few each week), we only post relevant information (such as new qualifications, opportunities to work for SQA, support materials etc.)…
I’ve mentioned previously that other subjects are about to launch their own blogs. These will be rolled out over the coming weeks. It’s all part of SQA’s engagement strategy with stakeholders. The landing page for all of the blogs is here. As you can see, the initial subject areas include: Health & Social Care, Life Sciences, and Social Sciences. There was a training event this morning to show people how to use blogs. The training involved the use of WordPress (our…
The web log of the qualification team for Computing within SQA. Look out for news about Computing qualifications and related information.
