Senin, 31 Agustus 2015
Guide to Rugged Computers
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Proposed HNC/D Computing Frameworks
Interested in writing SQA Unit Specifications?
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We plan to hold two workshops per year so if you are unable to make it along on the 8th October, we plan to hold another event Spring 2010 so please keep checking the blog for future updates.
Out of the Office
In my absence, Angela will deal with any urgent enquiries and I shall pick up all other enquiries on my return to the office.
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Internetworking/Multimedia event
People wanted!
We're looking for unit writers/vetters, assessment writers/vetters, teaching material writers and other roles. I asked anyone who may be interested in helping to contact Angela. The work is interesting -- and paid.
Minggu, 30 Agustus 2015
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Sabtu, 29 Agustus 2015
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Software Development in Scotland
Scotland has avoided that. Software development has always been a key part of the Scottish curriculum. At a time when computer science and programming was being reduced in the UK, the Higher Still programme protected "pure" computing, while reacting to pressure (which existed at the time) to introduce a "softer" course by creating a new suite of courses in Information Systems. The Curriculum for Excellence continues that tradition through the proposed Computing & Information Science courses, which also feature software development as a key part of the curriculum.
Software development has been a key part of vocational qualifications in Scotland. We recently developed a suite of NPAs in Computer Games Development, perhaps the first national qualification of their kind in the world. And there is a dedicated HND qualification (HND Software Development [PDF]) that focuses on programming. The current HN Review consolidates the place of programming by making it a mandatory part of the new HNC award, and every one of the new HNDs.
All of that might explain why Scotland punches above its weight when it comes to software production, with 25% of the UK's jobs in the video games sector being located here. The country has established an international reputation in computer games production and SQA has supported this through an extensive range of qualifications in this area.
Contact Hilary for more information about NC/NPA Computer Games Development or contact Caroline for more information about HND Software Development or HNC/D Computer Games Development. Contact Derek if you want to know more about the role of programming in the Curriculum for Excellence.
Sector Panel meeting
We have recently expanded the membership of the Panel to try to get more diverse views, and today's meeting certainly achieved that goal. There was lively debate around a number of issues such as employment trends, CPD needs of Computing teachers, e-learning, digital literacy, and Modern Apprenticeships, among many other topics.
We had a particularly interesting discussion about CPD for teachers in colleges. The new HN awards are state-of-the-art in terms of their contents and several college representatives reported problems ensuring that teachers were able to deliver the new units. One of the actions I will take forward is to report this concern to those agencies with special responsibility for CPD in the college sector.
We also had a good conversation about Virtual Learning Environments (VLEs) compared with "open solutions" to e-learning that utilise social meda.
It was good to hear the employer representatives so up-beat about the demand for Computing staff now and in the future. A number of recent reports have commented on the shortage of skilled IT staff. It was also heartening to hear college representatives report huge demand for places on their Computing courses.
Chris Morrow of E-Skills UK is a member of the Panel and told the meeting that he is leaving E-Skills in September. Chris has been a good friend of SQA over the years and will be missed.
The Sector Panel is not a talk shop. After every meeting we create an "action list" that we work through to ensure that the Panel makes a real contribution to the sector.
I plan to change the name of the Panel from "Computing and Information Technology" to just "Computing" to reflect the change in terminology that I have previously described.
We're always looking for new members of the Panel so please contact Caroline if you would like to know more about its work and consider joining it. Although the Panel only physically meets once per year, we use social media to keep in touch throughout the year so it's a great way of finding out what's going on in the sector and contributing to the work of SQA.
Qualification Support Team for NC/NPA awards meets
Since it was the committee's inaugural meeting, we spent most of the time explaining the changes that have taken place to these awards but future meetings will be more interactive.
The purpose of the QST is to represent centres and let me know what changes you'd like to see or what support materials you need. It also considers feedback from centres, so if you ever write to me with suggestions, it's the QST that will consider them.
Although we're not looking for more members right now, contact Angela if you're interested in serving on the committee at some future date.
Welcome to Tony
Jumat, 28 Agustus 2015
NC Computer Games
We are hoping to validate this award next month but we need to get more feedback from stakeholders prior to the validation event. So, I would appreciate if you would complete an online survey: there is one for college lecturers and school teachers and another for employers.
Please contact Hilary if you want to know more about this project.
NC Digital Media Computing Level 6
Computing: Digital Media Elements for Applications
Computing: Office and Personal Productivity Applications
Computing: Computer Hardware and Systems
Computing: Authoring a Website
Computing: Plan and Build a Computer Network
Digital Acquisition and Editing: Audio
Digital Acquisition and Editing: Video
These packs will be available and on the Secure Site in October.
Welcome to National Qualifications colleagues
One immediate change is that the NQ Computing team (the team responsible for Computing qualifications in the school sector) is going to join this blog and post information about that sector. So, welcome to Derek and Dave!
In fact, it makes good sense since Computing qualifications are not neatly split between colleges, schools and workplaces, with qualifications such as PC Passport spanning all three.
Anyway, it nice to see the whole SQA Computing team collaborate in this way.
Kamis, 27 Agustus 2015
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Qualification Review Teams
We will look at various ways of doing this including, but not limited to, changing the structure of the awards, offering alternative assessment approaches, and providing guidance about teaching and learning. The structural changes would be limited to something like the addition of one, or more, units designed to improve progression (such as a a unit on study skills).
It's an important and exciting project. And we're looking for college representatives to join the QDT. Ideally, you would be a promoted member of staff, with current or previous experience of teaching HNC/D Computing, and an interest in, and knowledge of, articulation between college and university. If you fit some or all of those criteria and you are interested in joining the QDT, please contact Caroline. Your college will be paid for release, and your travel expenses will be paid (including overnight when necessary).
The first meeting takes place on Tuesday, 25 September.
National Certificate in Computing Developments
If you require any additional information you can contact Angela Lees (angela.lees@sqa.org.uk) 0845 213 5475.
Mike Jannetta
(mike.jannetta@sqa.org.uk)
HN/SVQ Computing & IT Showcase Event
The next event is in the initial planning stage and will be based around PDAs (Professional Development Awards) in the coming months (probably December or January). At this event, we will be updating centres on the PDAs available in our area and looking at where we can develop specific PDA awards to fill any gaps. Syd Woods (North Glasgow College) (syd.woods@north-gla.ac.uk) has been carrying out research in this area and he will gladly listen to your suggestions or provide you with information from his current research.
If you require any additional information on the PDAs that are available then please contact Caroline Douglas (caroline.douglas@sqa.org.uk) (0845 213 5473).
Mike Jannetta
(mike.jannetta@sqa.org.uk)
College consortium to develop NC materials
Please note that this is not an SQA project. The initiative is being led by Mike Jannetta of Glasgow Met. So contact Mike if you want more information.
Defining the subject
SQA was happy to follow that advice. The first tangible change is this re-organisation of VGs, which I have been working on over the summer and is almost now complete. The new groups have been created and we are in the process of assigning EVs to each group. I used the following definitions to help me create the groups and assign qualifications (download here).
This is about more than just a change of name. The Report made it clear that seeing the subject area in this way (as having three branches) is fundamental and will have important implications for every aspect of the subject. From SQA's perspective, it's a useful way of considering curriculum development and categorising the portfolio of awards. I'm sure colleges and schools and other providers of computer education and training will find it equally helpful.
HNC/D Computing and Networking review
There was an excellent turnout, with representatives of 11 colleges attending, including Adam Smith College, Central College, Dundee College and James Watt College.
The main aim of today's meeting was to set the scene, so I explained the background to the development and outlined some of the tasks that lie ahead of us. The immediate tasks for the team are to choose a lead developer and for this person to carry out consultation with interested parties. So I asked for volunteers and nominations for lead developer, who I am hoping to select in the next week or two.
There is a separate blog for this development, which will record all of the activities and keep you fully up-to-date with what's going on. I don't plan to post much about the review on this blog so please bookmark and visit the project blog.
Rabu, 26 Agustus 2015
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Update on NPAs
NPA Software Development (SCQF 4)
NPA Social Software (SCQF 4)
NPA Website Development (SCQF 5)
NPA Computer Hardware & Software now Computer Systems and Networks (SCQF 5)
NPA Digital Photography (SCQF 5)
NPA Digital Media Production (SCQF Level 6)
There have been some unforeseen delays but as all the documentation is now in place they should be on the system by mid-September.
Arrangements for Digital Media Animation G9FC (SCQF 5), Digital Media Basics G9FD (SCQF 4) and Digital Media Editing G9FF (SCQF 5) will be published shortly.
Team diagram
This is another cut-out-and-keep document since it provides important information about who you should contact along with their contact information. You can download it here. You will get a much faster reply if you use this diagram to contact the right person.
Updated portfolio
The diagram also illustrates the recently created/revised awards (such as the new HND Computer Science) and the awards currently being reviewed (such as PC Passport).
You may want to download and print this diagram to aid your future planning. The "Useful links" box on the right provides links to web pages where you can find out more about any of these awards.
Edinburgh Interactive 2010
The presentations were particularly good this year, especially the ones on digital distribution and business models. 62% of computer games are now downloaded (rather than purchased in a shop) and the presenter claimed that in future games would be installation-free -- played entirely online without the need to download anything. He pointed out that at present we have a mixed economy (physical products and digital downloads) but that the future would be entirely digital.
The talk about business models was fascinating. The speaker argued that we need to focus on high value customers and stop treating everyone the same. He spoke about the "LTV" ("life time value") of customers and advocated that games should be free to play but then make money through online/virtual purchases. He pointed out that some players of World of Warcraft spent thousands of dollars in the game. Computer games only need to convert a small proportion of the free gamers to high value lifetime customers to make a lot of money.
Both these presentations (digital distribution and online business models) are relevant to more than the games industry. I can see how it could be applied to SQA products and services.
E-Assessment Scotland Conference 2011
Selasa, 25 Agustus 2015
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Popularity of awards
It takes me a little while to do a detailed analysis of my area but a quick glance reveals that the single most popular award is (new) HNC Computing. But the entire HN family of awards is growing in popularity, particularly HND in Software Development. That's a big change from 10 years ago, when numbers were declining.
A stand-out statistic is the uptake of the NPA in Computer Games Development, which is hugely popular in Scottish schools and colleges. That's particularly pleasing since, when we devised it, it was a bit of a gamble since, some thought, that the interest in computer games was a fad. The feedback from the centres is that learners really enjoy the course and learns vital skills (including coding).You can find out more about NPA in Computer Games Development by contacting Hilary.
The entire subject area is growing in popularity mainly, I suspect, because of the great job opportunities and the increased focus on coding as a life skill. Don't forget to download the entire qualification porfolio.
DIVA website is now up-and-running
E-learning materials for HNC/D Computing
HN update letter
It contains important information about vocational Computing qualifications at SCQF Levels 7 and higher so please check it carefully.
Senin, 24 Agustus 2015
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Computer games
We also discussed the possibility of devising one or two National Units in this area - specifically units (probably called Computer Games) at Intermediate 1 (SCQF 4) and Intermediate 2 (SCQF 5). These new units would be part of the on-going modernisation of National Certificate provision.
You can get more information about the HNC award from Angela Lees.
Work experience initiative
I plan to meet with Michael Kowbel, of E-Skills UK, to discuss how SQA can link to this initiative.
In the meantime, contact Michael if you want to know more about it.
Assessment lecture
During my recent secondment, I produced a paper on Assessment 2.0 [PDF], which described how we can use Web 2.0 technologies to generate evidence for assessment. It would be interesting to know how practitioners are responding to Web 2.0 and if/how you are using these tools in the assessment process.
NC Digital Media Computing Level 6
This information will be included in Bobby's update letter to centres.
E-Assessment Scotland Conference
I gave a presentation in the afternoon. It was entitled "The Need for a Taxonomy to Facilitate E-Assessment" and, I hope, it was more interesting than it sounds. I was pleased at the "attendance" -- 28 people joined the webinar. It seemed to be well received.
Recordings of all of the presentations will be made available after the conference. The conference itself (the face to face event) takes place next Friday and you can still register.
Minggu, 23 Agustus 2015
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Computing uptake meeting
The meeting was chaired by Andrew McGettrick (Strathclyde University) and there were representatives of various universities (including Glasgow and Edinburgh) and national organisations (including Learning & Teaching Scotland).
We had a fascinating discussion about various aspects of the issue and agreed a number of action points, including a response to the current consultation on A Curriculum for Excellence, to ensure the subject (and the whole "digital world") is properly recognised.
I was keen to attend this meeting since uptake in Computing/IT at school has a knock-on effect at college, and I am aware of concerns about falling uptake of HNC/D Computing.
Qualifications Development Forum
These events are a collection of workshops, from which each person chooses to attend three. I attended one about the Curriculum for Excellence (CfE), another about research in assessment, and one on the design of qualifications.
It was particularly interesting to catch up with what's happening with CfE. This is an important national initiative that will effect all of education, not just schools. I noted that draft course rationals, structures and unit specifications will be published later this month, and final arrangements this time next year (apart from Advanced Higher).
My favourite workshop was the one about research in assessment. We spent most of the time discussing the need to modernise education in general, and assessment in particular, but recognised the barriers to change. One particularly interesting piece of research related to giving adults credit (within HNC/Ds) for their previous work experience -- but most respondents (learners and employers) emphasised the academic value of HN qualifications and didn't want to "miss out" on any part of these programmes.
The workshop of "product architecture" (that's qualification design to you and me) was also interesting because SQA is looking at ways of changing the way we design and define awards.
It's great to get away from e-mail and telephone for an afternoon and catch up with the bigger issues facing SQA.
Sabtu, 22 Agustus 2015
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HN Graded Unit Exams
These will be available for download from the SQA secure website from December 2007.
Follow us on Twitter
Twitter is a "micro-blog", which means that it's used for small messages. We use it for updates and other bits of information that we think you want to know. Not everything in this blog is "tweeted" and not everything we tweet is blogged. For example, the blog permits us to write longer posts and explain things more fully than Twitter. Twitter permits us to share "tit-bits" of information -- such as one of the team being unavailable or a link to an educational website. The blog is a diary of what the team is doing; our tweets are little messages. It's best to follow both - the blog and our tweets.
Twitter has evolved into a powerful educational tool. Most organisations now have a Twitter feed. You can follow national organisations and nearly every educationalist of note has a Twitter account. For example, we follow large organisations such as E-Skills UK, individual centres such as the Computing Department in Lasswade High School, and individuals such as Alex Salmond. Many teachers use Twitter for teaching.
So, I hope you chose to follow the SQA Computing team. It's a simple, convenient way to find out what's happening within the team and what we're working on. Simply click the "Follow" button on the right.
Jumat, 21 Agustus 2015
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PC Passport Assessment Support Packs (ASPs)
We are working closely with our in-house publications team to turn these materials around as quickly as possible. Priority has been given to Beginner & Intermediate levels (School & College versions) with Workbased versions for all levels to follow soon after.
My colleagues within publications have informed me that some of the packs should start to appear on the secure website within the next 7-10 days.
Access to this material is through your SQA Centre Co-ordinator.
Satisfaction survey is open
We've been doing an annual survey for a couple of years now and we use the results to try to improve the service that we provoide to centres. Although we don't share the results publically, we do carefully consider them and try to identify our strengths and weaknesses, so that we can try to keep doing the good things and improve the not-so-good things.
The survey only takes five minutes and your time would be appreciated. You will find the survey at this URL:
http://www.surveymonkey.com/s/SQAComputing13
Thanks in anticipation.
Welcome back
The summer holiday has been quite productive for the Computing team. We've progressed the HND Interactive Media development and commenced the HND Computer Games Development.
I'll be writing to centres in the near future with my usual annual update letter, although it won't contain anything that readers of this blog won't know about already. It's a pity that I have to maintain the two forms of communication (web and traditional) since this places an extra burden on my team. I'm sure that the day is coming when update letters are a thing of the past.
It would be nice if this blog was more interactive in the coming year. I'm pretty sure that it has a high readership but there is little use made of the comment facility (or the polling facility - the current poll has three votes) and that's a pity because it's one of the strengths of online communications.
E-mail reminders
Team training
We discussed the various online services that we use. Services such as Jiglu, Blogger, Drop.io and Groupsite. We took the opportunity to tidy the online groups -- so don't be offended if you have been removed from some old ones.
We also spent some time adding to our Groupsite profiles. If you haven't already done so, don't forget to join the Computing Groupsite and add do your own profile. This is one of the new services we intend to use in the coming year.
Another new service we intend to use is Twitter. We created an SQA Computing Twitter account called, unsurprisingly, "sqacomputing" so please follow us at @sqacomputing. We will use it to notify followers about important news and events relating vocational Computing courses -- but we promise to use it sparingly so that you are not bombarded with updates.
One of the outputs from today will be a new and updated list of online groups that we use to support teachers and lecturers. Hilary will update the list of groups and post an updated summary sometime next week.
Kamis, 20 Agustus 2015
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Mobile technology
It seems a good idea to me. We discussed the possibility of developing a suite of awards at SCQF Levels 4, 5 and 6 (just as we did with the new NPAs in Computer Games Development). The awards would be quite small, consisting of a new National Units at each level. There was a general view that such awards would be very popular in schools and colleges, and contribute towards the goals of a Curriculum for Excellence.
SQA has a new process for approving developments such as this (and part of that process is to check that we have the capacity to actually carry out the work) so I couldn't make any commitments today but it sounds like a good idea that we should take forward to the next stage.
Rabu, 19 Agustus 2015
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Awarding Body Forum
Today's meeting focussed on the new IT User awards and the IT Professional awards which are currently under development. The main news relating to IT User is that E-Skills is about to finalise a credit transfer system to allow candidates to transfer "old" units to the "new" units. The system isn't quite finalised but when it is SQA will produce its own credit transfer system (based on E-Skills framework).
The awarding bodies agreed to jointly develop evidence requirements for the new IT Professional Standards. This means that the same standards will be applied to anyone across the UK who undertakes these new qualifications. More information will follow. The IT Professional SVQs will be available from 1 January 2005.
Please subscribe to the SVQ online community to keep up-to-date with developments. Contact Jack Robertson if you have specific queries relating to IT User or John Coleman if you have specific queries relating to IT Professional.
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Using the right unit specification
The Senior Verifier for Computing commented that "there were several instances of centres not using the latest versions of unit specifications". It's pretty fundamental that you are using the latest unit spec. You should download the current version of unit specifications from the SQA website. You can search for HN units here or NC units here. We also maintain a list of changes to HN units here. Please check you're teaching the right unit!
The EV reports are published later in the year.
Big Data HN Unit
I wanted to develop this Unit is a non-standard way, through collaboration with the wider community. Using this link you can comment on, or edit, the specification. Please feel free to comment or edit as you see fit.
I hope to have the Unit published by the end of September.
How can we help?
Me, and/or one of my team, can either visit your centre or arrange a public event if there was enough interest.
Please note that we don't do verification/development visits, which is the responsibility of the Assessment Standards team. But we can help in other ways some of which are included in the survey. If you can think of other things we can do for you, post a comment here.
If you have an immediate need for help, please contact me directly.
Following this blog
There are various ways to follow this blog. You can, of course, simply visit this web page from time to time. You can bookmark the URL (http://sqacomputing.blogspot.com/) and add it to your favourites. But that means that you have to remember to come back regularly to check if anything new has been posted.
A better way is to be alerted when there is something new. You can do this via e-mail or via an RSS feed. If you add your e-mail address to the box on the right, you will receive a copy of every message via your inbox. Alternatively, you can add the feed to your favourite newsreader. Google Reader is an excellent, and easy to use, newsreading service.
The blog is mobile-enabled, which means that it renders nicely on most mobile phones or tablets, so you can check the blog "on the move". If you set up an RSS feed, your mobile phone will also be able to access it via that route since there are lots of nice newsreaders for smartphones. I use Feedr.
You can also follow us on Twitter but not every message on this blog is tweeted so you might miss something if that's all you use. I'll say more about Twitter in a future post.
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Selasa, 18 Agustus 2015
Panasonic’s Toughbook 19, 30 and U1 now even more Tough!
MIL-STD-810G is a series of testing standards and procedures issued by the United States Army, in order to recognize products accepted for use by all agencies and organizations within the Department of Defense.
Group Mobile now offers the tougher Panasonic’s Toughbook 19, 30 and U1 with MIL-STD-810G. For more information please visit www.groupmobile.com or call us at 1-866-RUGGED8.
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The Toughbook 53 semi-rugged notebook from Panasonic (also known as the CF-53) is one of the most versatile semi-rugged notebooks ever. It features a 14" HD LED display, the latest Intel® Core™ processor, and an oversized multi-touch touchpad. This upgraded Toughbook 53 also includes a 500GB SSD and insertable smartcard reader. This rugged laptop performs like a desktop. Embedded wireless connectivity on the Toughbook 53 includes 802.11a/b/g/n Wi-Fi and Bluetooth. Learn more about the Panasonic Toughbook 53 Laptop Closeout...
Panasonic Toughbook 19 Convertible Laptop
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The Panasonic Toughbook 19 fully rugged tablet PC is a convertible-style computer that can be used as either a rugged notebook or as a rugged tablet. With the release of a button the Toughbook 19 screen swivels to fold flat and converts from an laptop to a tablet. This base model Panasonic Toughbook 19 has a "finger-touch" touchscreen and runs on Windows® 7. The brilliant LED screen on the Toughbook 19 is readable even in direct sunlight. Learn more about the Panasonic Toughbook 19 Convertible Laptop Closeout...
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The Motion J3600 is a rugged and powerful tablet PC for field professionals requiring a tough device for working in harsh mobile conditions such as construction, field services, and healthcare. This upgraded J3600 rugged tablet's display comes with Motion's View Anywhere® technology for advanced outdoor visibility, and break-resistant Gorilla™ Glass to make the device suitable for rugged environments. In addition, it also comes with a built-in rear 3MP camera/video, Gobi™ mobile broadband (Gobi 3k), GPS, US mobile keyboard, 8GB RAM for enhanced memory, and a 128GB SSD for increased system storage. Learn more about the Motion J3600 Tablet Closeout...