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Ofqual publishes Functional Skills criteria

Posted by John Dalziel on Sunday, December 6, 2009, In : Criteria

Ofqual, along with its regulatory partners in Wales and Northern Ireland, has published the criteria for Functional Skills assessments in English, mathematics and ICT.

Awarding organisations wishing to offer Functional Skills qualifications will need to submit proposals to Ofqual for approval and demonstrate how they comply with these criteria. Only those organisations and qualifications that are fully compliant with the criteria will be approved at this time, ready for first teaching in Se...

Draggable Math

Posted by John Dalziel on Thursday, August 27, 2009, In : Maths/Numeracy

Mr. Nussbaum has improved his interactive math application, Draggable Math.

In his words, Draggable Math now has...

“the ability to correct problems, drag numbers anywhere on the screen, change paper type from graphing, to lined, to blank, and to draw lines anywhere.”

Users now have the option of using it to practice...

addition,
multiplication,
division and
subtraction.

Users are given several options to customize each selection.

These activities work well with an In...

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John Dalziel

Liverpool

I'm an eLearning Adviser specializing in stimulating and supporting innovation in learning via eBooks, eMagazines, blogs (including audio versions), online TV, interactive resources, forums, workshops, conferences and face2face consultations. Evaluating and becoming familiar with sustainable and new technologies allows me to respond to the needs of learning providers from a position of experience rather than 'hearsay'. Supported learning providers, in the northwest of England (UK), can contact me for FREE consultations. Based at Lancaster University I work for the JISC Regional Support Centre - Northwest.