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April 26, 2016

Welcome to Aneta

I’m delighted to let you know that Emma is having a baby. She stops on Friday (29th) for maternity leave. Her baby is due in early May. Humanity’s gain is my loss. Emma has been a great help to me (and Helen) since she joined the team. The good news is that Aneta Morrison is joining the team. In fact, she has already joined the team. This week I’ve had the luxury of having both Emma and Aneta working with me.…

Categories: SQA

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April 22, 2016

Useful links

I updated the “Useful Links” section on the right-hand panel today to include links to information such as the latest portfolio diagram, Unit search pages and the Computing subject page on the SQA website. Please check it out. The right-hand panel also has other useful links including a way of receiving blog posts straight into your inbox. I’ll keep these links up-to-date so that, for example, the link to the portfolio diagram is always pointing to the latest version. Please…

Categories: Computing

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April 21, 2016

PC Passport is now validated

I got good news this morning. PC Passport has been validated. A number of conditions were placed on the award at the recent validation event, and it has taken time to address these conditions but I’m delighted to let you know that the revised award is now validated. Emma is now busy “operationalising” the new award. That means adding codes, publishing the Group Award Specification, and creating a subject page. This will all be done in the next week or two. In the…

Categories: Development, PCP, Qualifications

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April 12, 2016

Digital guides now available for use!

Thanks to everyone who came along to the launch event for our digital learning guides at Wheatley Academy’s excellent conference facilities in Glasgow last week. It was a really enjoyable day and hopefully worthwhile for everyone to finally get to see what the guides look like. The event was introduced by Alastair MacGregor, Head of STEM at SQA and began with keynotes from Colin Cook, Head of Digital at Scottish Government and David McNeill, the new Director of SCVO. Contributors…

Categories: Digital Skills

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April 11, 2016

Yammer

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…

Categories: Assessment, Social media

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