We have two Consultation Events coming up for the development of the new HND Computer Games award. The aim of the day is for the Qualification Design Team (QDT) to give an update on where we are at with the development, possible structure themes, survey findings and the opportunity for feedback from those in attendance. The first event will take place on Thursday 4th June at 1330 hours in the Crowne Plaza, Congress Road, Glasgow – If you would like…
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Over the last few weeks I have been involved in discussions and interviews relating to the make-up of the vocational Computing team within SQA. The outcome is that the team is going to change. Jacquie has already moved to a new post and Shirley is about to join another vocational area (relating to textiles). In return, the Computing team will be gaining Hilary Weir, who is joining us from the Support Materials team. Both Jacquie and Shirley are part-time (with…
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Following my earlier blog posting detailing the HN Unit changes that were in the process of being made, I’ve listed below the HN Group Awards these changes will affect – please note that all revised Units below have a lapse date of 31/07/2009 and a finish date of 31/07/2011: Professional and Legal Issues for Interactive Media Developers (DF6A 35 revised by F6BY 35 in these frameworks)Multimedia Computing: Web Development G7DE 16 Multimedia Computing G7DF 16 Human Computer Interface (DF60 35…
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We are looking for a batch of writers interested in writing HNC Graded Unit Exam Exemplars for the following HN Units: DH36 34 HNC Computing: Graded Unit 1DV6D 34 HNC Information Technology: Graded Unit 1F21G 34 HNC Interactive Media: Graded Unit 1 We will be producing approximately three packs for each Graded Unit for availability Spring 2010. If interested, Please get in touch with me direct (caroline.douglas@sqa.org.uk) and I shall provide further information.
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I’ve posted several times about the problems with student achievement in HNC/D Computing. On Saturday, 30 May, a sub-group of the Qualification Support Team for these awards is going to meet to discuss how best to (quickly) reduce the assessment load in some of the component units. So I would appreciate if you could identify particular units, or particular assessment exemplars, with demanding assessment loads. For example, there may be a particular unit that you teach where you feel the…
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Some of you have been in touch regarding to the new HND Interactive Media award – I though I’d give a brief update on where we are at with having the award coded and available to centres. The award conditions were lifted approximately 2 weeks ago and we’ve been busy having new units finalised, new codes allocated to many of the units, arrangements document house-styled and all unit and group award codes added to the documentation. This is currently with…
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There were two important meetings this afternoon. One related to the HND Computer Games qualification that is currently under development, and the other related to the new SVQs that we are producing. The QDT for the HND Computer Games Development award met to discuss progress. The project is being led by Tony Gurney. We are at the consultation/market research stage so things tend to move a little slowly but we are making progress. There is currently an online survey and…
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I visited Forrester High School this morning to discuss qualifications in computer games. A group of teachers, representing the school, college and university sectors, had been thinking about developing awards relating to computer games, and wanted to discuss their ideas with me. It was a good meeting and their ideas were very interesting with lots of potential. The group proposed three new awards (National Progression Awards) at SCQF Levels 4, 5 and 6. I explained the process that has to…
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Following the last HN QST meeting, the following HN Unit Specifications have been updated and version 02 is now available on the SQA Website – please refer to the Administrative Information section within the Unit to see a description of the changes made: F0N0 35 Professional Issues in ComputingDX43 35 Information Technology: Legislation and Codes of PracticeDF6C 34 Software Development: IntroductionF1VS 34 Interactive Media: PlanningF1YY 34 Web Development: Essential Content Any associated exemplar materials will also be amended to reflect…
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We’re in the process of finalising three NPAs and developing six new ones. The three being finalised are: Digital Media Basics (Level 4) Digital Media Editing (Level 5) Digital Animation (Level 5) We’re hoping to have the validation conditions lifted within the next month. This morning I met with the development team for the new NPAs. These are: Digital Media Production (Level 6) Website Enterprise (Level 6) Computer Hardware & Software (Level 5) Software Development (Level 5) Social Software (Level…
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