[Informatics] Could the MMOS be an app?

[Heath, Natalie]

Hi Richard,

My biggest concern is that students might get sidetracked and focus on aspects that aren't assessed, or (worse) recall what they did for their MMOS and write about app development in the exam. Stressed brains under exam pressure can do odd things sometimes.

I agree with the other responses in that while it technically might be acceptable (especially when it comes to the implementation of alt tags etc), I would very much not encourage it (I'm actually more rigid than that - I'd just say no!). It would be even worse if the kid was also doing software dev.

My 2c worth.

Mrs Natalie Heath
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From: informatics-bounces at edulists.com.au [mailto:informatics-bounces at edulists.com.au] On Behalf Of Fox, Richard R
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Subject: [Informatics] Could the MMOS be an app?

One of my students asked me this the other day.

I consider that under the current requirements, it would not be suitable for at least the following reasons:

  *   not really an 'online' solution, although of course it can be downloaded (Powerpoint and PDF can work in the browser, but I would say they actually offer far less functionality than an app would allow)
  *   can't add 'alt' tags (I suppose there are better ways of handling accessibility in an an app, but then this is starting to look like Software Development, not Informatics)
In terms of the functionality and as a means to present the content, I can see no real difference between a web app and a software app though.

Interesting question, and perhaps something that might need to be addressed in the next revision of the Study Design.

Richard
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Natalie Heath
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