{"id":2844,"date":"2018-11-06T21:48:30","date_gmt":"2018-11-06T21:48:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.qualifications.gov.scot\/computing\/?p=2844"},"modified":"2018-11-06T21:48:30","modified_gmt":"2018-11-06T21:48:30","slug":"digital-skills-partnership-curriculum-working-group","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.qualifications.gov.scot\/computing\/digital-skills-partnership-curriculum-working-group\/","title":{"rendered":"Digital Skills Partnership Curriculum Working Group"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>We&#8217;ve written about the Digital Skills Partnership (DSP) <a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.qualifications.gov.scot\/computing\/digital-skills-partnership-training-for-hnc-cyber-security\/\">many<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.qualifications.gov.scot\/computing\/digital-skills-partnership-event\/\">times<\/a>, usually in the context of CPD for college lecturers. We also have representation on the DSP&#8217;s <em>Curriculum Working Group (CWG)<\/em>, which aims to ensure that the curriculum delivers relevant and contemporary experiences that prepare learners for employment.<\/p>\n<p>The group is currently working on a project that will permit college and university students to collaborate on a large (and realistic) software development assignment to give them experience of &#8220;real world&#8221; programming. Colleges and universities, across Scotland, will &#8220;pair up&#8221; and students will work in teams to carry out a large project that will mirror the demands of working in industry. A key part of the project will be to use contemporary methodologies (such as Agile) and tools (such as Github).<\/p>\n<p>We&#8217;re still at the planning stage right now but things are beginning to take shape. The project will be &#8220;beta tested&#8221; this year with full roll-out next session. However, a number of Scottish colleges and universities will be involved this year including <em>University of the West of Scotland<\/em>, <em>Robert Gordon University<\/em>, <em>City of Glasgow College<\/em> and <em>Edinburgh College<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>We hope to provide certification for learners who undertake (and complete) the project. Regular readers will know that we&#8217;re in the process of <a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.qualifications.gov.scot\/computing\/hn-review-update-2\/\">reviewing HND Software Development,<\/a> and the timing is ideal to ensure that the revised qualification captures the collaborative, real-world, programming skills that this project will deliver.<\/p>\n<p>Please <a href=\"mailto:Katie.Ballantyne@cityofglasgowcollege.ac.uk\">contact Katie Ballantyne<\/a> for more information about this project or <a href=\"mailto:caitlin.boyle@sqa.org.uk\">contact Caitlin<\/a> for more information about the review of HND Software Development.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>We&#8217;ve written about the Digital Skills Partnership (DSP) many times, usually in the context of CPD for college lecturers. We also have representation on the DSP&#8217;s Curriculum Working Group (CWG), which aims to ensure that the curriculum delivers relevant and contemporary experiences that prepare learners for employment. The group is currently working on a project that will permit college and university students to collaborate on a large (and realistic) software development assignment to give them experience of &#8220;real world&#8221; programming.&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.qualifications.gov.scot\/computing\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2844"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.qualifications.gov.scot\/computing\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.qualifications.gov.scot\/computing\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.qualifications.gov.scot\/computing\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/6"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.qualifications.gov.scot\/computing\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2844"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.qualifications.gov.scot\/computing\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2844\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2845,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.qualifications.gov.scot\/computing\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2844\/revisions\/2845"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.qualifications.gov.scot\/computing\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2844"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.qualifications.gov.scot\/computing\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2844"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.qualifications.gov.scot\/computing\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2844"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}