I attended one of SQA’s occasional research seminars yesterday afternoon. This one was about learners’ use of IT. The research was carried out (by SQA) between April and May 2011, and focussed on school pupils and college students in Scotland. The main points I noted were: 9 in 10 used their own technology for learning just over half felt “very comfortable” using technology for learning 2 in 3 used technology for assessment purposes 3 in 4 used some sort of…
Please find below link to a survey on proposals to replace the current SVQ IT Practitioner and Professional qualifications which form part of Modern Apprenticeships in Scotland. http://www.surveymonkey.com/s/PJTR5KY Your feedback is much appreciated.
Our meeting with Colin and Gerry from Scotland’s Colleges last Thursday was part of the team’s “AGM”. Once per year we try to find a day to get away from our e-mails and telephones to discuss more strategic issues. Our relationship with Scotland’s Colleges is clearly one such issue, but we also discussed other things. We reviewed the membership of committees. We run three committees: the Sector Panel for Computing & IT; and the Qualifications Support Teams for NC/NPA and…
Me, Caroline and Hilary met with the corresponding team from Scotland’s Colleges this morning. Colin and Gerry came through to the SQA offices in Glasgow. The purpose of the meeting was to update each other on our respective plans, and explore ways of working together. It was a productive meeting, with lots of good ideas coming out of it. One of the things we discussed was teaching and learning materials for the new HNs that will be produced as part of…
Things are a little quieter in SQA over the summer months, at least for those people not directly involved in the examination diet. But there is plenty going on in the vocational area. We are currently working on a number of tasks including the HN Review, which is developing five new HN qualifications, a review of Internet Safety, which is a popular National Unit, updating Modern Apprenticeships in the IT Practitioner/Professional area, customising awards for markets outside of Scotland, writing…
Modern Apprenticeships (MAs) are becoming an important part of the UK training landscape. There are currently three IT-related MAs offered in Scotland. There is one MA in the IT User area, at Level 3 (SCQF 6), and two in the IT Professional area, at Levels 2 and 3 (SCQF Levels 5 and 6). An important part of any MA is the “educational” component, which is normally an appropriate SVQ. For example, the IT User programme includes SQA’s SVQ IT User…
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