This is a great learning resource for anyone who wants to get into programming or computing in general. It is a MOOC – a Massive Open Online Course – created by OCR, Cambridge University Press and the Raspberry Pi Foundation.
Here’s what they say about the course:
The course is based on OCR’s GCSE Computing curriculum and gives participants an excellent opportunity to investigate how computers work, how they are used, and to develop computer programming and problem-solving skills. The course has been designed for 14-16 year olds; but is free and open to all, and can be used either as a course or a resource to support teachers.
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Great except for the inflexibility of allowed answers and that in some cases the answer is not even mentioned in the accompanying video that gives the answer.
Definitely needs multiple choice answers, and not reliance on you getting the phrase exactly right.
An example:
A life critical systems is a sytem where failure may result in __, __ or __?
The answers given in the video and transcript are:
A life critical or safety critical system is a system where failure may result in death, loss or severe damage to equipment which may lead to death or injury. Some examples of life critical systems are heart pace maker, defibrillator, theme park rides, railway signalling, car braking and airbag systems, air traffic control, nuclear reactors. Think about the sorts of things that could happen if any of those systems failed. There are many examples of computer failures that have caused or had the potential to cause devastation, including plane crashes, nuclear missiles being incorrectly identified as being launched, or on a smaller scale laptop batteries exploding and causing fires
The expected answers are (in this specific order):
“Environomental harm” (not mentioned in the video or transcript)
“loss/damage to equipment” (two of the answers given combined into one with / replacing the word or”
“death”
I see no way of commenting on the individual question to flag an issue.
When I was lecturing in City & Guilds if there was an issue with a question or answer (such as what kind of device is a joystick, input or output – these days joysticks are both if they have force feedback) you could contact them directly and they would review the question.