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Digital evidence

SQA’s vision is to “digitally transform” over the coming years, and we are currently looking for examples of good practice within centres. We’re specifically looking for examples of where you have used digital approaches to the generation of evidence. For example, you may have used a blog to record learner activity and used that as evidence for a unit. We’d like to know the name of the qualification, the nature of the assessment, and how you (digitally) went about it.…

Sector Panel

The Sector Panel for Computing met today. The Panel meets once per year and its purpose is to provide guidance about external developments. The members include representatives of schools, colleges, universities, training providers, employers, national organisations and professional bodies. There was a good attendance today and a busy agenda, which included a discussion about the recently published report entited “Education Working for All” and soon to be published Aspect report on Computing. We were particularly fortunate to have HMIE Sheila…

Review of HNC/D Interactive Media

As you may know, we are currently revising HNC/D Interactive Media. The Qualification Design Team (QDT) met for the first time on Friday. The QDT is responsible for all aspects of the development. I chair the group. The QDT has representatives of various Scottish colleges (including City of Glasgow, Fife, Ayrshire and New College). It was a positive and productive meeting. There was a lot of agreement about the changes that need to be made. And one in particular –…

NC Computing with Digital Media

I received notification yesterday that the Group Award Specifications for the National Certificate in Computing with Digital Media are now available on the SQA website. The Specifications can be found on the non-advanced Computing page or you can access them individually at these links: NC Computing (Level 4) NC Computing (Level 5) NC Computing (Level 6). The support materials for these awards are available on SQA Secure. Please note the change in title. The previous award was called Digital Media Computing.…

Operational plan

The team’s operational plan is our work plan for the year. It defines what we aim to do during the current financial year (April to March). There are two ways for a development to get onto the plan: one way is for the qualification to be due a review (normally every five years); the other way is when a business case has been made and approved. The starting point for many new developments is the ideas capture form. My current…