[Year 12 SofDev] Mobile devices in SD

[Christophersen, Paula P]

Dear colleagues

Just a little bit of light Friday afternoon information. In the current study design Software Development, approximately 26% of key knowledge contain 'including'; in the reaccredited study design Software Development to be introduced next year approximately 43% of key knowledge contain 'including'.

Regards
Paula

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On 21 Aug 2015, at 2:13 pm, "Mark" <mark at vceit.com<mailto:mark at vceit.com>> wrote:

Yes, the new design is less prescriptive than the current one (e.g. prescribed data types are no longer listed in each unit).

I think we're being given a little more leash from VCAA.

It's a pleasant change - but may be a bit scary to those who like to know exactly what needs to be taught and what will be examinable. A short leash and specific assessment parameters let teachers and textbook writers use their limited class time and pages much more efficiently.

I've heard that VCAA is frowning on:
(a) the inclusion of glossaries, and
(b) the use of "including..." in the key knowledge of new study designs.

This means that theory becomes more vague and increases the chances of textbooks and teachers teaching theory than the examiners won't be considering.

As you mentioned, Adrian, teaching broad topics like "creative thinking techniques" raises many possible factors. The study design does not mention de Bono's six hats but it seems logical to cover it, but the exam cannot name that method or examine it directly. So teachers and writers have to wonder what to include and what to leave out. Fingernails will be bitten. Many posts here in 2016 will begin with the words, "Should I be teaching <theory topic> for this outcome?"

And yes - Informatics U4O1KK02 "techniques for generating design ideas" also made me wonder whether to include de Bono's hats in the Informatics textbook.

I did.

But then again, I also included the technique of locking people in a small room and beating them with a cricket bat until they contributed a good design idea.
The editor at Cengage made me take that out. Sigh.
Adrian, you're lucky being your own editor.

This is how I feel, sometimes...

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On 21 August 2015 at 13:27, Adrian Janson <janson.adrian.a at gmail.com<mailto:janson.adrian.a at gmail.com>> wrote:
That's right - no mobile devices or constraints like there is in the current study. Having gone through it all in a very granular fashion - there is much more that has been taken out than added (IMO!)

Adrian

On Fri, Aug 21, 2015 at 1:21 PM, Mark <mark at vceit.com<mailto:mark at vceit.com>> wrote:
Greetings, ethos-promoters,

I've just noticed something.

In the current (2010-2015) study design, programming focuses on mobile devices.

While mobile devices have done nothing but proliferate in the past few years, the new (2016-2019) SD study design does not even mention mobile devices or the constraints of their interfaces.

That's odd. I wonder why.

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