HNC/D Administration and Information Technology One Centre’s Experience About me  Curriculum Leader for Administration and Tourism  External Verifier for HN Administration 363  Member.

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HNC/D Administration and
Information Technology
One Centre’s Experience
About me
 Curriculum Leader for Administration and
Tourism
 External Verifier for HN Administration 363
 Member of review team for 2010 framework
 Deliver on HNC/D Admin and IT
Summary of Year 1 - HNC
 2nd year delivering new HNC Framework
 Integration of delivery on Units
– Office Admin/Office Technologies
– PDP/Work Experience
– Office Admin Outcome 2 – stress
• Covered in PDP
– Office Admin Outcome 3 – customer care
• Covered in Creating a Culture of Customer
Care
Summary of Year 1
 Integration of assessments
– Communication: This year we integrated the
communications report with Outcome 1 Office
Technologies
– Other possible integration: Outcome 3
Creating a Culture of Customer Care
 Office Technologies exemplar – add appropriate
alternative solutions
 Spreadsheet Unit – centre using centre devised
assessment, not using exemplar
Approach to Graded Unit 1
 Learner centred approach
 Practice Papers for Paper 1 subject by subject
 Breakdown Mandatory question and Extended
Response Questions
Summary of Year 2 – HND
Core Units
 IT in Business: Advanced Databases
– Content same as previous Unit
– Good exemplar
 IT in Business: Advanced Spreadsheets
– No comment – 2nd semester delivery
Core Units
 IT in Business: Advanced Word Processing
– Additions
• Advanced columns
• More research (housestyles)
• Mailmerge using spreadsheet
• Filtering in spreadsheets (if, and, else)
• Track changes different – accept/reject
Core Units
 IT in Business: Advanced Word Processing
– Deletions
• Manuscript element
– Exemplar – prefer the new exemplar
– More about manipulation and functions of
package
Core Units
 Presentation Skills
– Little change in content
– Exemplar solution – include appropriate
centre acceptable solutions
Core Units
 ICT in Business
– BIM/Project Management put back together
– Content similar to both previous Units
– Outcome 2 – revision of OT plus some
additional knowledge
– Exemplar – check solution for Outcome 3
Project Management
Core Units
 Developing the Individual within a Team
– Content broadly the same
– Exemplar – solid checklists
– Set up “event” (sponsored walk, training
event)
 Office Management
– Content broadly the same
– New exemplar – little problem, add centre
solutions
Core Units
 Graded Unit 2
– Criteria the same
– Exemplar marking scheme for each topic in
extended response 5 marks — 3 marks
theory, 2 marks linked to case study
 Graded Unit 3
– Criteria the same
– Exemplar – clear, learners liked
Approach to Graded Unit 2
 Learner centred approach
 Practice questions for Paper 1 subject by subject
 Breakdown Extended Response Questions
linked to practice case study
Approach to Graded Unit 3
 Learner centred approach
 Planning Stage - complete
2nd Year - HND
 Delivery of 15 credits at HNC results in only 4
credits available as options
 Local articulation agreement with HE
establishment
 Business Culture and Strategy
 Managing People and Organisations
2nd year - HND
 Created matrix for following Units:
– Business Culture and Strategy
– Managing People and Organisations
– Office Management
– Developing the Individual within a Team
– ICT in Business
2nd Year - HND
 Once matrix was complete, delivered topics eg
– Leadership (DWIT O2, OM O1, MPO O3)
– Motivation (MPO O2, OM O1)
– Organisational Structure (MPO O1, 4, OM O1,
ICT O1)
– Change Management (OM O2, BCS O5)
– PESTEL framework/external environment
(BCS O1-5, OM O2)
Impact on Delivery
 Integrated delivery of content
 Learners have rounded knowledge
 Relies on experienced members of staff in
business and administration
 Close collaboration between staff, dependent on
programme team
Impact on Assessment
 Learners assessed when topics complete
 Integration of assessment not yet done – difficult
due to different evidence requirements
Last slide . . .
 Questions?