Awesome news Ian, I am really glad that INGOT project finally got their funding prospect. Gabriel's work is really something inspiring as well and I would love to see the program expand to the rest of Europe. If there is anything I could help out we would love to also get the INGOTs project referenced within the education.openoffice.org portal which is run by Eric Bachard and myself. I think this combine assets could be good to both projects.
Much success to INGOTs and looking forward to a great evolution of it. On Sun, Aug 2, 2009 at 4:30 AM, Ian <[email protected]> wrote: > We have been successful in a grant application for transfer of > Innovation with partners in Romania, Bulgaria, Czech Republic, Germany > and Spain. This 367,000 Euro project together with 250,000 Euros of > private investment will in part fund qualifications and support > materials for OOo that reference to the new EQF. For example, we are > currently mapping Gabriel Gurley's OOo Moodle course content to the UK > National Occupational standards with a view to incorporating a revised > version of the INGOT IT qualifications to support the IT User National > Vocational Qualification (ITQ) and European Qualifications Framework > (EQF) as well as the UK schools National Curriculum. We will extend the > UK national accreditation to other countries starting with Romania. > > We have grant applications to take the innovative assessment pedagogies > of the INGOTs to maths for computer science and software development. We > are working with the UK Sector Skills Council for Business and IT, the > UK Qualifications and Curriculum Development Agency, the Open Source > Consortium of companies, and the Computing at Schools Group to design > qualifications that will increase take up of computing particularly > pre-university that will in turn increase the number of CS > undergraduates. While not directly related to OOo, producing more CS > graduates and teaching them about open systems is aimed at increasing > the number of potential Open Source developers particularly at > undergraduate level and so this strategy should have a beneficial effect > on the OOo project. > > Regards, > -- > Ian > Ofqual Accredited IT Qualifications > A new approach to assessment for learning > www.theINGOTs.org - 01827 305940 > > You have received this email from the following company: The Learning > Machine Limited, Reg Office, 36 Ashby Road, Tamworth, Staffordshire, B79 > 8AQ. Reg No: 05560797, Registered in England and Wales. > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [email protected] > For additional commands, e-mail: [email protected] > > -- Alexandro Colorado OpenOffice.org Español IM: [email protected]
