Transcript DE3N 34 Communication: Analysing and Presenting Complex Communication Purpose of the Unit  To develop Communication skills at SCQF level 7 that will meet.

DE3N 34
Communication: Analysing and
Presenting Complex Communication
Purpose of the Unit
 To develop Communication skills at SCQF level 7 that will
meet needs of learners as they undertake the award
 To assure Core Skill certification at SCQF level 6
Good Practice
 Approaches contextualised to meet learner needs
 Integrated assessment where appropriate
Not such good practice
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Materials or tasks that are irrelevant or outdated
Changing or adding to evidence requirements
Leaving out elements of evidence requirements
Correcting and editing summative work
Outcome 1
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Text outdated or not relevant to award
Setting a rigid time limit
Asking for “extras”
Leaving out all or part of the evaluation
Assessing writing skills
Outcome 2
 Making allowances
 Correcting and editing text
Outcome 3
 Individual oral presentations (of 20 minutes or more)
 No detail on observation checklist
 Group minute
Ideas for Outcome 1
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Model business report or section of a long report
Intended purpose/readership self-evident/explicit
Use of structured questions/worksheets
Provide a glossary/allow dictionaries
Short written/oral summary response report
Interviews, or supplementary oral questioning – scribing
or recording of responses
Ideas for Outcome 2
 Integrate with assessment tasks for other units
 Provide a framework of headings/structured questions for
a report
 Collect a portfolio of documents eg two shorter reports,
meetings papers, web page/emails etc.
Ideas for Outcome 3
 End of course review meeting with recommendations
 Meeting to discuss and evaluate report topics (each
member to bring preparation notes)
 Progress meeting (supported by diaries/logs recording
each individual’s progress on course unit/s with specific
points to be addressed as per agenda item)
Proposals
 Update of specification, wording and notes to reflect
developments in technology and industry
 Outcome 1 – more flexible evaluation criteria
 Outcome 3 – more flexible choice of oral interaction task
(e.g. meeting, presentation, interview)
Workshop activity
 Share experiences of any delivery issues
 Comment /make suggestions on draft proposals