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An E-unit is an electronic text book and study aid. By taking advantage of modern communications software, each e-unit is designed to encourage students to access knowledge, solve business problems and improve their examination techniques.
Structured like a web site, but without needing to be connected to the internet, an e-unit will be instantly familiar to most VCE students. Designed to work the way they are comfortable with, students will feel more at home with an e unit compared to traditional text books. If you are having difficulties getting your students to use your current resources, then an e unit may well be the answer you’ve been looking for.
Even
if you are happy with your current text books an e unit will help
your students to achieve the grades they are capable of: written
by VCE chief and principal examiners, they are focussed and up to
date.
To
find out more about an e unit, click on the following links:
The Structure of an E-Unit
Each
e unit has three main sections to it:
- A Learning section where all of the knowledge content is held. This covers the VCE unit’s specification (the WYNTL or “What you need to learn”) and can be accessed in a variety of ways. In particular, the VCE unit’s WYNTL is included and fully cross linked to all of the pages in the Learning section: students can browse the WYNTL, click on a key term (e.g. “competition”) and be instantly taken to the relevant page of the Learning section.
On most pages of the Learning section, students will find links to mini-case studies, data and examples that illustrate the concepts covered and encourage students to apply these concepts.
- An Assessment section where the VCE unit’s assessment criteria are discussed in detail. All of the assessment criteria are explained in simple language and are fully cross referenced to the relevant pages in the Learning unit. In addition this section has a detailed dictionary of the standard “command words” used within written examinations. Each command word is fully explained and example questions and model answers are provided.
The main aim of this section is to improve the student’s awareness of how they will be assessed.
- A Practice section where students are presented with graded exercises ranging from short answer pieces (targetting E criteria) to more complex question requiring analysis and evaluation (targetting the C and A criteria). These exercises are flagged up in both the Learning and Assessment sections and students are expected to complete the exercises as they work through each section.
Suggested schemes of work are included to give weekly targets for students and, if required, additional guidance to teaching staff can be provided by TecEd.
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Software and Copyright issues
Each
e unit is provided as a self contained file. Installing an e unit
is as simple as placing the CD in the CD ROM drive and double clicking
on the file. An e unit can be placed on the server of a networked
system and can be accessed by as many students as the server can
cope with. When purchasing an e unit, you are given permission to
make copies of the e unit for students so that they can work on
the e unit at home. The only restriction is that each e unit has
a time limit of one year from the date of purchase - the
school/college purchases a license each year, at a discounted price
after the first year.
To run an e unit you need to have:
- A PC running Microsoft Windows 98 or above
- A copy of Microsoft Internet Explorer 4.0 or above installed on your PC
- A CD ROM drive to run or install the e unit
The requirements are not excessive and most machines purchased since the late 1990’s will be perfectly adequate.
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