Accreditation

OCN Credits for Learning

Your students can now claim OCN credits from OCNCredits4Learning for completing Gigajam courses.

OCN credits are aligned with the National Credit Framework and can be used by students as evidence of achievement when applying for Further Education courses.

How it works in practice

First your school has to register with OCNCredits4Learning to become an OCN centre. Then a member of staff is identified as the OCN assessor and given some OCN training.

Throughout all four Gigajam courses there are key exercises, or assessment units, that must be observed by your school's OCN assessor.

These observable assessment units are combined with an online portfolio (http://my.gigajam.com) where students are able to store their Xtractor performance files.

The online portfolio analyses each uploaded exercise using the same process as Xtractor and reports a percentage score alongside each exercise as well as a total percentage when a level has been completed.

When the assessment units have been observed and the portfolio filled then the assessor can claim the student's credits from OCN.

Each Gigajam level equates to 14 OCN credits, and each credit represents 10 learner hours.

Different Gigajam levels equate to different OCN levels as below:

Gigajam Level	OCN Credits
Level 1	14 Entry Level OCN Credits
Level 2	14 Level One OCN Credits
Level 3	14 Level Two OCN Credits

  

More information

You do not need to go for accreditation to use the online portfolio, simply encourage your students to use it as a simple e-portfolio.  You can find it at http://my.gigajam.com. The online portfolio is new and  being beta tested at present. Please use it and if you come across a bug, please use the "report a bug" facility so our developers can create a better portfolio site for your use.

For more information on implementing OCN credits in your school please contact Brian Greene via email or telephone on 0800 055 6797.