[Year 12 IT Apps] Unit 4 Outcome 2 case studies

Fri Aug 31 12:11:35 EST 2012

Still pretty well disguised :-(

Surely the intention of the study design should be to inform rather than 
conceal.

I did like Mark's references to The Hitchhiker's Guide and Monty Python :-)

Robert Hind (Retired) OOF, GOM, COF
ex Ashwood and Traralgon
robert at yinnar.com

> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Christophersen, Paula P" 
> <christophersen.paula.p at edumail.vic.gov.au>
> To: "Year 12 IT Applications Teachers' Mailing List" 
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> Sent: Friday, August 31, 2012 11:03 AM
> Subject: Re: [Year 12 IT Apps] Unit 4 Outcome 2 case studies
>
>
>> Dear colleagues
>>
>> The outcome statement says '...evaluate the effectiveness of strategies 
>> used by organisationS ..' The first key skill states '... used by 
>> organisations ...'  Both of these are in contrast to the previous study 
>> design outcome statement that stated ' used by an organisation ...'
>>
>> It is not necessary to include two discrete case studies - as suggested 
>> in my previous email, if the task type is a report, the case study should 
>> include some details about the practices of another organisation. If it's 
>> a test you can just have a series of discrete questions that cover the 
>> practices of two or more organisations in addition to having just 
>> standalone questions focussing on information management strategies. 
>> There is no requirement to compare the practices - I stated that 'there 
>> may be ... ' - I was only providing suggestions as to how the task could 
>> address multiple organisations.
>>
>>
>> Regards
>> Paula
>>
>> Paula Christophersen
>> ICT Curriculum Manager
>> Victorian Curriculum and Assessment
>> Authority
>> (03) 9651 4378
>>
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: itapps-bounces at edulists.com.au 
>> [mailto:itapps-bounces at edulists.com.au] On Behalf Of Mark KELLY
>> Sent: Friday, 31 August 2012 10:05 AM
>> To: Year 12 IT Applications Teachers' Mailing List
>> Subject: Re: [Year 12 IT Apps] Unit 4 Outcome 2 case studies
>>
>> Hi Paula. After half an hour, I've finally found the requirement: it's 
>> buried at the bottom of page 25 of the assessment handbook. But I can 
>> find this information nowhere else.
>>
>> - It's not in the study design's 'Area of Study description' or the 
>> 'outcome description' (p.37).
>>
>> - The detailed example on p.74 of the design mentions only one 
>> organisation and the accompanying questions never mention any comparison 
>> with other organisations.
>>
>> - The assessment handbook's rubric (p.20) does not mention the comparison 
>> of 2 or more organisations, and the info on designing the assessment task 
>> (p.19) does not specify it either.
>>
>> It does not surprise me that "most schools did not incorporate this 
>> change in the task" if, like the notice to demolish Arthur Dent's house 
>> in The Hitchhiker's Guide To the Galaxy, the key information is buried 
>> underground in a room with no lightbulb, and defended by a panther.
>>
>> If it's a major change to the study design, surely the change should be 
>> made more explicit than Monty Python did with the  inclusion of Lark's 
>> Vomit in the Whizzio Chocolate Assortment by mentioning it on the label 
>> at the bottom of the box after 'Monosodium Glutamate.'
>>
>> Regards
>> Mark
>>
>>
>> On 31 August 2012 09:20, Christophersen, Paula P 
>> <christophersen.paula.p at edumail.vic.gov.au> wrote:
>>>
>>> Colleagues
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> This statement does not mean that you have to have two discrete case 
>>> studies; it does mean, however, that more than one organisation's 
>>> practices need to be considered. If students are doing a test there may 
>>> be one or two questions requiring a comparison between the practices of 
>>> one and another; it might be a suggestion from one organisation to the 
>>> other about suggested strategies, that warrants an evaluation, just like 
>>> the case studies often do in the examination. There is nothing in the 
>>> Bulletin statement or in the study design that states that equal 
>>> emphasis needs to be given to each organisation, nor does it state that 
>>> there must be two case studies. If the task type is a report (written or 
>>> annotated visual), then the stimulus material must include information 
>>> relating to more than one organisation.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Regards
>>>
>>> Paula
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Paula Christophersen
>>>
>>> ICT Curriculum Manager
>>>
>>> Victorian Curriculum and Assessment
>>>
>>> Authority
>>>
>>> (03) 9651 4378
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> From: itapps-bounces at edulists.com.au
>>> [mailto:itapps-bounces at edulists.com.au] On Behalf Of Smallacombe, Kate
>>> B
>>> Sent: Friday, 31 August 2012 8:52 AM
>>> To: Year 12 IT Applications Teachers' Mailing List
>>> Subject: Re: [Year 12 IT Apps] Unit 4 Outcome 2 case studies
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Hi Mark,
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> I found it in the VCAA bulletin.
>>> http://www.vcaa.vic.edu.au/Documents/vce/technology/2011ITApplications
>>> SAC.pdf
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> "The new study design also requires more than one organisation to be
>>> included in the
>>>
>>> assessment task. This is a significant change from the previous study
>>> design but most schools
>>>
>>> did not incorporate this change in the task."   Page 8
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Cheers,
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Kate Smallacombe
>>>
>>> Brighton Secondary College
>>>
>>> 120 Marriage Road
>>>
>>> Brighton East 3187
>>>
>>> smallacombe.kate.b at edumail.vic.gov.au
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> From: itapps-bounces at edulists.com.au
>>> [mailto:itapps-bounces at edulists.com.au] On Behalf Of Mark KELLY
>>> Sent: Thursday, 30 August 2012 4:55 PM
>>> To: Year 12 IT Applications Teachers' Mailing List
>>> Subject: Re: [Year 12 IT Apps] Unit 4 Outcome 2 case studies
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Where did you read that?
>>>
>>> On 30 August 2012 14:28, Smallacombe, Kate B 
>>> <smallacombe.kate.b at edumail.vic.gov.au> wrote:
>>>
>>> Hi,
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> I just read that Unit 4 Outcome 2 should have 2 case studies. I'm 
>>> wondering how people have incorporated that. Do you have one set of 
>>> questions for the first case study and then another set for the other 
>>> case study? Or all questions could refer to either?
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Thanks for your help.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Kate Smallacombe
>>>
>>> Brighton Secondary College
>>>
>>> 120 Marriage Road
>>>
>>> Brighton East 3187
>>>
>>> smallacombe.kate.b at edumail.vic.gov.au
>>>
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