Commonwealth Computer Navigator's Certificate/CCNC Review meeting

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Aims The aims of this review meeting are: To report on the status of local certification of the CCNC at local institutions To discuss the implications of recent developments with UNESCO pertaining to the CCNC To review progress of the content and to identify areas of improvement potential To specify requirements for multimedia development for the CCNC Modules To design an assessment strategy for the CCNC To specify the requirements for student support materials To agree a schedule for final completion. Review notes and comments Review Meeting Notes and Comments Agenda This is a flexible agenda which will be adapted and modified the wiki way according to needs of the review team. Wednesday - 27 June 2007 9:00 - 9:30 - Welcome and introductions 9:30 - 10:30 - Meeting with Sir John Daniel Tea break 10:45 - 11:00 - Update on developments with UNESCO - Discussing the implications 11:00 - 12:00 - Report on certification at local institutions To note - Developments from the South African Qualifications Authority (SAQA) and the CCNC. (Level 1 - 4, National Certificate Level). See SAQA Unit Standards. To note - The NZQA unit standards for the ICDL. In NZ this is 19 credits at Level 2 (i.e. 190 Notional Learning Hours). 12:00 - 12:30 - Recap and reflection on the pedagogical template (Sue Dark) Lunch 13:30 - 15:00 Status report on content development (10 minutes for each Module) Module 1 - Concepts of IT: Indira Gandhi National Open University, India Module 2 - Using the computer and managing files: Indira Gandhi National Open University, India Module 3 - Word processing - to be Reassigned with UNESCO funding support Module 4 - Spreadsheets: UWIDEC, Jamaica Module 5 - Database: Peter Rawsthorne, independent consultant, Canada Module 6 - Presentation: University of the Western Cape, South Africa Module 7 - Information and communication: World Campus, Pennsylvania State University Tea 15:30 - 16:00 - WikiEducator Review tools 16:00 - 17:00 - Discussion on refinements to agenda and the most productive way forward Thursday - 28 June 2007 Assessment strategy Assessment guidelines Review and feedback process. Method to be decided on Day 1. Friday - 29 June 2007 Specification ideas for Multimedia development Multimedia development guidelines Editing guidelines Student support requirements Completion schedule. Completion schedule Working Papers Assessment models Marketing Strategies Photographs Photographs of the Review Meeting To do list Pankaj & Wayne (others) to work on a concept paper exploring assessment models. Course Page work (Sue to start to identify Course Page needs) Learner support information can be linked from here Developers information, e.g. multimedia guidelines, references to good practice etc. Next steps Marketing plan for CCNC for information on knowledge dissemination on the CCNC to educational institutions.