January 18, 2006 - Bobby -
Oracle held an information seminar today at The Lighthouse in Glasgow to promote the Oracle Academy programme to Scottish schools and colleges. I attended to show SQA’s support for the programme and update people on the links between the two organisations. Over 60 teachers and lecturers attended. Jane Richardson of Oracle gave a presentation [PPT] which described the Oracle Academy programme and my presentation [PPT] explained how SQA has supported the programme and described the links between SQA qualifications and…
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January 17, 2006 - Bobby -
Angela recently asked for volunteers to take forward some changes to the HN Multimedia awards. Mark McPhee of Adam Smith College was selected. Angela and I met with Mark today to discuss what we would like him to do. Mark will focus on checking for core skills and finding out what support materials are available. Longer term, we will be looking at the structure and contents of the awards but we’re hoping to complete these “quick fixes” before the summer.…
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January 16, 2006 - Bobby -
A letter was sent to centres today to formally announce the review of the National Certificate provision. As well as updating you about the review, the letter also seeks nominations for the Qualification Design Team. Contact Angela if you have any queries about the review or if you want to know more about serving on the QDT.
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January 13, 2006 - Bobby -
You might have noticed that today’s Herald included an advert for my present post (Qualifications Manager – Computing & IT). I have been given an opportunity to undertake a six month secondment to focus on the development of online qualifications. The aim is to produce a qualification (and support materials – including assessments) that are only available online. This would be SQA’s first e-only award. Very exciting. So we’re looking for someone to stand-in for me during this period. The…
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January 12, 2006 - Bobby -
We have published a full suite of Assessment Exemplars for the following Professional Development Awards (PDAs) which are available for download via the SQA Secure Website through your SQA Co-ordinator: Diploma in E-Learning: ProductionDiploma in E-Learning: DeliveryDiploma in E-AssessmentAdvanced Diploma in E-Learning Please contact myself if you would like any further information regarding the packs. We also have a dedicated E-Learning Online Community so please subscribe to the e-group if you would like to be kept up-to-date with developments.
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January 4, 2006 - Bobby -
The team returned to work this morning. The Christmas party seems a distant memory. There are a great deal of interesting projects coming up this year including: National Certificate review HNC/D Information Technology validation and launch introduction of library PDAs establishment of new Qualification Support Teams. We’re also developing a wide range of support materials for such courses as HNC/D Computing and HNC/D Multimedia. Stow College is working on the second part of their Computer Games development – having recently…
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December 21, 2005 - Bobby -
LearnDirect published their top 10 courses of 2005 in terms of public interest – and PC Passport was number 2 (behind ECDL) beating well established courses such as Higher English. Contact Joan Morris for more information about PC Passport or join the online community.
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December 19, 2005 - Bobby -
Today I posted a message on the Multimedia Online Forum requesting a volunteer to assist in the next stage in the Multimedia review. The remit consists of carrying out a core skills audit, an audit on teaching and learning materials and assisting in the production of assessment exemplars. The secondment is based on one day a week starting 9th January until 31st March, a total of 12 weeks. If you are interested in this project please contact me on my…
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December 16, 2005 - Bobby -
Angela and I met with Walter Patterson this morning to discuss the review of National Certificate provision. Many of you will know Walter from his HMI days. Walter is leading the recently announced review of the National Certificate awards in Computing/IT. The purpose of the meeting was to agree what needs to be done during the current financial year. We agreed a lot of tasks – but the key one is the creation of a development plan. I intend to…
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December 13, 2005 - Bobby -
Today five lucky winners were independently chosen to receive a free license for the software tool course genie. The prizes were very kindly donated by Horizon Wimba at the recent Library launch. The lucky winners are: Stephen GrantSandra MacdougallJanice WeirRobert RuthvenMargaret Cairns Well done! For more information on support materials available for the new library awards please visit www.ictl.org.uk
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