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

Fri Aug 31 11:03:39 EST 2012

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
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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:
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> 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.
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> Regards
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> Paula
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> Paula Christophersen
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> ICT Curriculum Manager
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> From: itapps-bounces at edulists.com.au 
> [mailto:itapps-bounces at edulists.com.au] On Behalf Of Smallacombe, Kate 
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> Sent: Friday, 31 August 2012 8:52 AM
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> Hi Mark,
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> I found it in the VCAA bulletin. 
> http://www.vcaa.vic.edu.au/Documents/vce/technology/2011ITApplications
> SAC.pdf
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> "The new study design also requires more than one organisation to be 
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> assessment task. This is a significant change from the previous study 
> design but most schools
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> did not incorporate this change in the task."   Page 8
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> Cheers,
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> Kate Smallacombe
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> Brighton Secondary College
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> smallacombe.kate.b at edumail.vic.gov.au
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> 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
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> Subject: Re: [Year 12 IT Apps] Unit 4 Outcome 2 case studies
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> Where did you read that?
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> On 30 August 2012 14:28, Smallacombe, Kate B <smallacombe.kate.b at edumail.vic.gov.au> wrote:
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> 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?
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> Thanks for your help.
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> Kate Smallacombe
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