World Wide Learn Newsletter
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"The More You Learn The More You Are"

Issue #2 - August 12, 1999


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In this Issue
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1. Build & Design Your Own Course
2. What's New at World Wide Learn
3. Review - Headlight.com
4. New Courses and Learning Resources
5. Coming Soon
6. Just for Fun


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Build & Design Your Own Course
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How to Design Online Courses
http://www.sit.ecu.edu/FacultyResources/designingonline/index.html
Online tutorial outlining the Seven Steps of Success
in designing online courses: Decision Making; Design 
Delivery; Page Layout; Navigational Tips; Adding Extras; 
Concise Content; and Adding Yourself.

Online Learning Resource Kit from Microsoft
http://www.microsoft.com/education/hed/online/
Excellent Free Resource - The Volume 2, Spring 1999 
edition of Microsoft's Online Learning Resource Kit 
offers tools and information that can help you build a 
rich, collaborative online learning environment. This 
popular free resource is packed with all new materials, 
including tools, applications and the latest on Microsoft® 
technology as it applies to teaching and learning. You'll 
also receive the companion Online Learning Solution 
Providers CD, showcasing the products and services of
seven different online learning solution providers, and 
a copy of Suvan College Office with a free one-year license.

Get Educated
http://www.geteducated.com/articles.htm
Get Educated has several articles and resources for
distance learning development including reviews of
online course authoring systems and a list of programs
that teach instructors how to teach online.

Learn How to Telework as a Virtual Teacher
http://stayonline.8m.com/stayteacher.html
Eduardo Peirano, publisher of the Online Courses
Newsletter, has developed this tutorial for
virtual teachers and includes online resources for 
communicating with students using email programs, 
list servers, message boards and instant messenger
programs.

Training and Online Learning Workshop
http://www.uni.edu/profdev/teachnet/
Developed by The University of Northern Iowa, the Training 
and Learning Online workshop is designed for community college 
instructors, staff development trainers, and curriculum 
coordinators, and is scheduled to begin in January 2000.

How to Teach Adults
http://www.lern.com/edctr/upcoming_online/teach_adults.htm
Improve your teaching skills with this online 5-day course 
for teachers, starting Wednesday, August 25. On the agenda:
How Adults Learn; How to Prepare Your Course; How to Discover
your Participants and Involve your Participants; Ways to
Vary your Teaching Techniques; and How to Energize your
Learning Environment.

Distributed Learning Centre
http://dl.miramichi.nbcc.nb.ca/index.html
Online courses and programs:
Multimedia Authoring Certificate Program
-  development of interactive courseware or CBT
Online Facilitator
-  go from classroom instructor to online facilitator
Introduction to CBT
-  development and evaluation of computer-based training

The NODE - Learning Technologies Network
http://node.on.ca/tfl/
Resources for Practitioners: developers - sources, demos
and reviews; issues in learning technologies; and content
delivery primers.

Comparative Analysis of Online Delivery Applications
http://www.ctt.bc.ca/landonline/
Descriptions and comparisons of the most viable online
educational delivery applications currently in use in
Canada - videoconferencing, online fees handling,
marking online, course planning, progress tracking,
student support and study skills building are just a
few of the applications featured.

Jones International University
http://www.jonesinternational.edu/academics/courses/complete.html
Using the Internet in K-12 Education Certificate program
consisting of three courses:
- Essentials for Developing a Web-Based Course
- Planning and Designing a Web-Based Course
- New Instructional Strategies: Teaching and Learning Online

Click2Learn.com
http://www.click2learn.com/
Click2Learn offers an online course publishing system
that allows you to create a course at with their online
authoring tool - no knowledge of HTML required! You can
then set a price for your course and earn revenue every
time someone chooses to take your course.

Other Ideas for Course Delivery:

Minnesota guitar player uses free internet voice
messaging service to record and deliver online
guitar lessons:
http://www.internetwire.com/technews/tn/tn983674.dsl

Why not create your course as an e-book?

Subhendu Sen's Electronic Books
http://www.proxypager.com/ebook/
Create your course as an e-book: customers can download
and study offline. Inexpensive and you can choose to
sell advertising spots in your e-book to offset the 
costs of creating the course and e-book.


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What's New at World Wide Learn
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4 new pages of Learning Guides:

Adventure Learning
http://www.worldwidelearn.com/adventure.htm
Virtual expeditions, adventure racing, stories and more.

Astronomy & Space
http://www.worldwidelearn.com/astronomy.htm
Online courses in astronomy and cosmology.

History
http://www.worldwidelearn.com/history.htm
Learning resources in history.

Science
http://www.worldwidelearn.com/science.htm
Courses, tutorials and learning resources in the sciences.


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Review - Headlight.com
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The Future Of Online Learning Just Got Brighter

Headlight.com - Personalized Online Learning
http://www.headlight.com

Headlight.com provides simple and quick access to hundreds 
of online courses in a wide range of subjects including 
Business Education, Personal Development, Programming, 
Certification, Internet/Intranet, Microsoft Office and 
Occupational Health & Safety.

Headlight.com also offers you a simple and effective way 
to manage your personalized learning experience. Buy, launch, 
stop, and re-launch courses. Save interesting courses. See 
the results of all your completed assessments, including 
course recommendations and even the option to re-take an 
assessment to test your new knowledge. You can also check 
and confirm all your transaction history and course activity. 

The "My Headlight" service gives you the power to: 

-  Identify your learning needs 
-  Identify your specific skills and skills deficiencies 
   within your chosen subject area(s) via subject assessment 
-  Develop a specific "game plan" (with recommended courses)
   to achieve your learning objectives 
-  Fulfill your learning objectives and track your progress 
   toward mastery of your chosen subject area 
-  Re-assess your skills upon completion of your objectives 
-  Verify your assessment results and subsequent completed
   courses 

Headlight.com is an extremely well-organized and easy to
navigate site. Some of the features I particularly appreciated
(and I'm sure you will too):

-  "new user" tutorial and comprehensive FAQ guide you through
   account management, "My Headlight" personalization, 
   purchasing and certification processes.

-  no plug-ins required - content is delivered directly to
   your browser and most courses can be started immediately.

-  tailored learning - you'll receive a custom learning path
   tailored exclusively to your development and/or interest 
   needs.

-  you have a full year to take any course you have purchased
   with unlimited access.

-  unconditional 30-day money back guarantee

Headlight.com offers several free courses for you to try, as
well as a free "Asses Your Skills" service to help you determine
your learning needs and receive specific course recommendations.

Note: I've registered for the "My Headlight" service
and enrolled in the "Creating a Marketing Campaign"
course and I'll update you in future issues.

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New Courses and Learning Resources
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Becoming Investor Ready
http://strategis.ic.gc.ca/sc_mangb/invskill/engdoc/homepage.html
Does your small business need growth capital? Strategis Canada 
offers a free online tutorial teaching you the steps to business 
growth.  The 13 lessons cover becoming investor ready, building 
investor relations and professional skills.

Online Business Courses
http://www.ed2go.com/howardcc/
Online small and home business courses offered at Howard
Community College include:

- Marketing for Small Businesses
- Start and Operate Your Own Home Based Business
- Practical Financial Management for Small Business
- Personal Financial Planning
- Business Communications Using E-mail

Free course demonstration for you to try as well.

Law Tutors Online
http://www.lawtutorsonline.co.uk/
From the UK, legal tuition by experienced law lecturers. You can 
study for the University of London's LLB (degree) or LLM programs 
or you may also take individual courses for career enhancement 
or general interest.

Sessions.edu - Online School of Design
http://www.sessions.edu/
Online web design courses - ranked as the best online education
program in an independent study conducted by a team of MA students
from The Open University in England. Certificate programs
offered in:

- Graphic Design
- Web Design
- Advertising Design

Or choose an individual certificate design course - here's just
a few of the many that are available:

- Web Animation
- Banner Advertising
- Web Type Design
- Sound for the Web
- Multimedia Gaming Design
- Web Authoring using Pagemill or Dreamweaver

Web Search Strategies
http://home.sprintmail.com/~debflanagan/main.html
Free online tutorial to learn and practice the 
strategies and techniques for using search engines 
and subject directories effectively. And don't 
miss the scavenger hunt exercise!

Aspera's English Course on the Internet
http://www.english-course.com/
Aspera PrivaTeacher is a real English school using 
the technology of the Internet as the means of 
communication between students and teachers. No 
e-mail is used in the course. Instead you communicate 
with teachers by logging onto our web site. Real 
teachers, based in different time zones around 
the world, on-line 24 hours a day who will mark your 
work, hold classes in virtual classrooms and 
give you the help and advice you need to help you 
through your course.

Music Theory and Orchestration
http://www.musicarrangers.com/star-theory/
Free tutorial online in music theory - learn how 
to arrange, compose and orchestrate music. Start 
at the beginning and work your way up to advanced 
music theory levels.

Search Engine Tutorial for Web Designers
http://northernwebs.com/set/
The Search Engine Tutorial for Web Designers explains how 
to design your pages keeping the search engines in mind, 
and why it is necessary to do so. Page design strategies 
for the specific engines, as well as detailed notes on 
your meta tags.


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Coming Soon to World Wide Learn
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Here's what I'm working on next:

-  Self Improvement/Personal Development Courses
-  Environmental Education and Saving the Planet
-  Vocational Training

I've also started work on a reference page, tentatively
titled "Word Play", containing resources for "all things
word" - dictionaries, theme dictionaries, thesaurus 
resources, quotes, acronyms, rhyming, word games and 
puzzles, vocabulary builders, common sayings, cliches, etc.
Please feel free to send me your favourite word resource
if you have one!


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Just for Fun!
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Bumper Bait!
http://www.cybersinglepromotions.com/
Introducing the newest way to find love, business
and more online - personalized bumper stickers with
your website address or email address.

Coming soon to a bumper near you:
"Honk Now, Chat Tonight"
yourname@email.com

Great way to advertise your web site or to simply
meet new people!

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Thanks for reading!

"Still Learning"
Angela Lovett
Publisher
World Wide Learn

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