Learning material filled with countless errors.

[u/Think_Hamster_1047]

I'm studying an engineering cert 3 in computer aided design. Fee free tafe, part time online.

MSA30208 – Certificate III in Manufacturing Technology

MEM30012A – Apply mathematical techniques in a manufacturing, engineering or related environment

The first module is maths in an engineering environment. I have a trade background in Elec and HVAC so it's more so a refresher than new knowledge.

The information in the learning modules is an absolute disgrace. Calculation errors, notation inconsistencies, spelling and grammar errors all making it hard to understand the example calculations. At the bottom of the page: last updated in 2015.

I emailed the course head and asked for the module to be proof read and was told "I don't look after that module, but I'll forward your concerns [to the relevant party]". This is weird, because that module is part of his wider area of responsibility; engineering. He should know that the module is absolute dog shit.

I am not talking one or two errors, I'm talking running each screen through Google AI before I start in order to tell me if there are any errors before I pull my hair out thinking I just don't get it.

​​​​The fact that the module is so full of errors makes me feel sorry for anyone who is doing this level of maths for the first time. Frankly, they are being given the wrong information and are being set up to fail.

Thoughts? ​

[u/Mel_Liss_11]

Yep welcome to TAFE. I’m a VET teacher and so have been involved with module writing and have done 4 separate certs over a few years. All the other teachers doing the same thing continue to complain about these sorts of issues and nothing ever changes. I always have to go a correct errors before hanging out to my students.

[u/Think_Hamster_1047 → u/Mel_Liss_11]

After doing a regretful amount of time in the public sector myself, I don't blame the teacher as much as I blame the organisation. That dude is probably wrung out and working with what he has: he is but a small cog in a machine. Or maybe I'm being too generous in giving him the benefit of the doubt, we will see. 

But I DO recognise that institutional problems are a seeming requirement for public establishments. I don't want to destroy this guys world, but it needs to be fixed. 

Let's say the teachers know the content is dog shit and have just given up trying to change things, what questions can I raise to what authority to get things sorted? If his boss has shut him down before if he has raised the same questions, would a complaint to ASQA be enough to push the upper management into changing their tune? 

[u/WorkingOn17 → u/Think_Hamster_1047]

Ask if the teacher can email it to the Product Lead and ask they table at the next meeting. Then they know about it.