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"The More You Learn The More You Are"
Issue # 18 - February 7, 2001
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- A Little Learning Inspiration!
- New Listings at World Wide Learn
- Guest Review
- Course Contest - Now 4 Chances to Win!
A Little Learning Inspiration!
World's Youngest Computer Professional
Mumbai | Pamela Raghunath | 24-01-01
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While most twelve-year-olds are wondering how they will get past their secondary school exams, whiz kid Aditya Kishore Patil is dreaming of creating the fastest computer in the world that runs on solar energy. Aditya can afford to dream - he is the youngest Microsoft Certified System Engineer (MCSE) in the world and is now all set to get his name entered in the Guinness Book of World Records. He would have liked this feat as his birthday gift this coming Monday, when he turns 13, but certain technical details have yet to be completed.
Studying in the seventh grade in a Pune school, the dimunitive but highly confident young lad has put his heart and soul into studying a course in three months. It is a course that most 20-plus students complete in three years and sometimes more if they don't get through in the first attempt. Aditya earned his Diploma in Software Development in December 1999, the Microsoft Certified Professional course in June 2000, the Microsoft Certified Professional plus Internet course in July 2000 and finally the MCSE in August 2000.
Studying has been all along online with online friends of all ages from all over the world egging him on to achieve what he thought was impossible. Above all, he is grateful to his parents who have made a big sacrifice of giving up a business in Akola to settle down in Pune so that the child does not miss out on educational opportunities in this field.
"There was this friend of mine, 24-year-old Robert Eric from Los Angeles, who encouraged me to take up this challenge of appearing for the exams online," Aditya told the media yesterday as he launched his own website called www.adityakpatil.bigstep.com. Dressed in formal clothes and talking in a self-assured manner, Aditya said he was grateful to all his Internet friends, including a 90-year-old, the oldest, Microsoft engineer from U.K., who helped him with information and inspiration.
He is now an exclusive member of Microsoft Personal Chat meant for only certified engineers. His future plan is to leave in August this year for Oxford University where he has got admission for MSc in Software Engineering. He also hopes to become a Cisco Certified Internet Work Expert in the years, or is it months, ahead.
Hailing from the remote town of Akola in the Vidarbha region where facilities for computer knowledge is limited, his father Kishore noticed Aditya's interest and got him a computer when he was seven years old. "I gave him the freedom to do what he wanted," says his father. At a time when DOS was popular, Aditya said, "I started learning through Help Command and asked my parents if I could attend an institute to learn programming. Wherever I went, no one would admit me as they said I was too young."
It was then that his parents approached Tata Infotech who gave him three tests and then decided to enrol him as a special case. He became a merit student in Maharashtra and then set his heart on taking up engineering. This was at the age of 11 when his father realised that his child was endowed with exceptional intelligence. "I wanted nothing to come in the way of my child's education" the former contractor for the Maharashtra State Electricity Board (MSEB) said.
New Listings at World Wide Learn
New in Advertising and Copywriting
http://www.worldwidelearn.com/advertising-copywriting.htm
Killer Copy Tactics
Killer Copy Tactics is a multi-media online interactive course that will teach you how to write million-dollar ads and letters for powerful, money-making Web sites in 12 lessons. Here's some sample chapters from the course:
- The Three Secret Formulas of All Killer Copy
- The Secret of Becoming a Copywriting Genius
- Killer Copy Tactics on the Web
- How Ordinary Copywriters Become Killer Copywriters
- The Two Most Powerful Killer Copy Techniques
This course is a structured, step-by-step learning system filled with entertaining audio, stimulating exercises, powerful examples and is taught by David Garfinkel, the man many call "The World's Greatest Copywriting Coach".
Hypnotic Writing
This copywriting course, by Joe Vitale (recognized by many as the best copywriter in the U.S.), shows you how to use "hypnotic" tricks in your writing to get people to more easily agree with you. Here's what you can learn:
- How to make everything you write irresistible
- Write ad copy like the pros and get your message read
- Write in such a way that the reader *must* read your every word
- How to keep your readers eyes riveted to the page
- How to Hypnotize Anyone with Words
Hypnotic Writing will teach you effective copywriting techniques, how to be more persuasive, and how to write quickly - every time.
Create Advertising That Sells
Create Advertising That Sells is an online advertising course that features video instruction along with a an interactive workbook. The 45 minute video is streamed in real-time over the web to your computer which you have lifetime access to. Course topics include:
- the 25 reasons why people buy
- the one type of headline that never works
- type of headline always makes people hot to buy
- demand the attention of your potential customers
- how to triple the results of any ad you write
Also included with the course is "The 21 Most Powerful Copywriting Rules of All Time" and the exclusive workbook "How to Create Advertising that Really Sells" that lets you practice what you learn in the video. Be sure and try the interactive quiz that tests your advertising IQ.
Psychological Triggers
Psychological Triggers is an online course that teaches you advanced psychological and persuasion tactics and how to use these tactics to double and triple your sales. You'll learn the process of using natural human predispositions to break down defense barriers that are obstacles in the sales process. The course discusses 30 ways how to make your prospects buy from you, including:
- How to initiate and accelerate your customers' buying sequence
- Boost the psychological pulling power of your ad instantly
- How to discover your prospects' innermost desires
- How to instantly put your prospect in a receptive buying mode
- How to make your customer sell himself on your product or service
New in Business Courses
http://www.worldwidelearn.com/business-courses.htm
Economic Development Online
Economic Development Online is a series of high-quality economic development courses provided by leading universities and aimed at economic development professionals, business owners and operators, community leaders, and educators. Available courses include:
- Socioeconomic Impact Assessment
- Certified Festival Management
- Community Economic Analysis
- Business Retention and Expansion Consultant Certification
- Business Retention and Expansion Research Reports
Corpedia Education
Corpedia Education provides web delivered, tracked and managed corporate education to senior executives, managers and their teams. Online courses are offered in Certified Suites or individually. Course suites available include:
- American Management Association Courses
- Peter Drucker: Managing Oneself and Others
- Peter Drucker: Business Strategies Essentials
- W. Edwards Deming: System of Profound Knowledge
- Richard Lederer: Business Communications
- Tom Hopkins: The Keys to Sales Success
- Employee's Compliance Essentials
Upon successful completion of a Corpedia Certified Suite, the participating individual is awarded a certificate of completion. Demo available.
New in Career Development
http://www.worldwidelearn.com/career-training/index.html
Presenters University
Presenters University helps you learn how to be a WOW! presenter with a large variety of courses and tutorials in the following topic areas:
- Content: how to keep your audience on the edge of their seats
- Delivery: how to be an impactful power presenter
- Visual Aids: how to add punch to your presentation
Presenters University Tutorials give you step-by-step "how to" instructions to add special features to your next presentation. Titles include "Adding Sound to a PowerPoint Show", "Web Delivery of PowerPoint Presentations", "Tips for Avoiding Technology Trouble", and "Secrets of a Dynamic Presenter".
PowerPointers
PowerPointers.com helps you become a better speaker, presenter, trainer, sales person, manager, educator or designer with a site full of articles and tips to help you communicate more effectively. Topics covered include:
- Art of Communicating Effectively
- Building a Presentation
- Planning a Presentation
- Communicating in Your Specialty
New in College Courses
http://www.worldwidelearn.com/college-courses.htm
Global Campus at Columbia State
Columbia State Community College's Global Campus offers a large selection of web-based courses in a wide variety of topics. Areas of study include: accounting, biology, business, communication, economics, english, geography, human resources management, humanities, legal, marketing, mathematics, nursing, natural science, office administration, philosophy, politics, psychology, social & behavioural science.
New in Home Improvement
http://www.worldwidelearn.com/home-improvement.htm
Gardeners' Academy
Gardeners' Academy offers online courses for both the beginner and experienced gardener. The gardening courses are self-paced and include email support. Choose a course based on your level of experience:
- First Garden
- A Little Experience
- Average Gardener
Experienced gardeners can also choose from a collection of short courses on specific topics, such as "Growing Annual Flowers"; "How to Build Ponds & Streams"; "Container Gardening"; and "Design Principles".
Landscape Academy
Landscape Academy offers online courses in garden design. Ten courses are available including:
- First Steps Towards Garden Design
- Plants and Trees
- Color and Texture in the Garden
- Establishing Lawn
- The Vegetable and Fruit Garden
- Hardscape, Ornaments and Lighting
The garden design courses are delivered via email and consist of 3-4 lectures with illustrations and examples to enhance your learning.
New in Internet Courses
http://www.worldwidelearn.com/internet-courses.htm
The Newbie Club
Would you like to know how to make your PC do exactly what you want it to do? To stop it acting like it has a mind of its own, and just let you enjoy yourself for a change? How would you like to use the Internet without fear of getting lost and confused? To confidently send email in a flash, and even build your own Family or Business Webpages. Visit the Newbie Club for free online tutorials that are fun, unique and in Newbie-speak. Here's just a small sample of what you can learn:
- Learn to download anything quickly and efficiently
- Dissect your PC's anatomy
- Customize your Start Menu to your own taste
- Automate your computer's chores
- Use the recycle bin to its full potential
- Educate yourself at your own speed
Other tutorial topics include: New Computer - Now What; Files and File Extensions; Spam vs Email; Windows; Bits & Bytes. Also visit The Newbie Club Academy for a huge selection of tutorials, Newbie Books, articles, email courses and other resources.
New in IT Training
http://www.worldwidelearn.com/IT-training.htm
Internet eLearning Institute
The Internet eLearning Institute is a virtual distance education institute at The University of Tennessee that offers certificate programs, web courses and Information Technology training for Internet careers and IT professionals. Online certificate programs available include:
- Internet Professional
- Web Database Developer
- E-Commerce Analyst
- Webmaster Developer
- Help Desk Specialist
- Network Systems Engineer
- Administrative Technology Assistant
- Technical Sales Professional
- Instructional Technology Developer
Classes at the Internet eLearning Institute are led by experienced instructors and are available anywhere, anytime.
New in Language Courses
http://www.worldwidelearn.com/language-courses.htm
Learn Spanish Online
Learn Spanish Online is for anyone that wants to learn to speak Spanish at the "Speed of Sight". Using accelerated learning techniques you can learn 20 to 30 words per hour. At the site you'll find:
- English To Spanish Dictionary A Comprehensive English to Spanish word translator
- The Complete Spanish Alphabet An online Spanish lesson
- The Spanish Vowels Learn the Picture Perfect way
- An Online Challenge Learning at 30 words per hour
- A Spanish Grammar Lesson
Spanish Word of the Month
Spanish Word of the Month is a free email lesson featuring a new Spanish word delivered to you every month. With each lesson you'll learn how and when to use a verb, a noun, an adjective, a pronoun, etc. Suitable for all levels, The Spanish Word of the Month also explains exeptions and the most common mistakes a non native Spanish speaker makes and how to avoid them.
Hungarian Lessons
Free online lessons in Hungarian in beginner, intermediate and advanced levels, which are enhanced with sound files, self-quizzes, tests and puzzles.
Daily Grammar
Appositives, Semicolons, Conjunctions, Verbals, Adverb Clauses, Prepositions, Predicate Nominative, Transitive/Intransitive - if these words look foreign to you, you may want to sign up for free grammar lessons provided by the Daily Grammar. Daily Grammar sends you an email with a grammar lesson five days a week and a quiz on the sixth day. New sessions start every January and September but you can join anytime.
LearningRussian.com
LearningRussian.com's Online Russian Language Center offers help and resources to learn the Russian language online. You'll find an online English-Russian Phrasebook with audio support that contains over 2000 useful Russian phrases and expressions; an introductory phonetic course of Russian language; a Grammar Reference Book; a Bilingual Library of Russian literature both in original and in translation; and a Phrase of the Day feature.
New in Legal Education
http://www.worldwidelearn.com/criminal-justice/index.html
Juris Alliance Center for Legal Education
Juris Alliance Center for Legal Education offers the following certificate programs in legal education:
- Mental Disability Law Certificate Program
- Law of the Workplace Certificate Program
- Immigration Law Certificate Program
Delivery of these programs is a combination of Internet, video presentations, printed materials and one-to-one guidance of the law school faculty.
New in Linux Training
http://www.worldwidelearn.com/linux.htm
Getting Started with Linux
Getting Started with Linux is a free online course offered by Linux Online. This course will get you the beginner with Linux to the point where you can do everything that you do with MS Windows, in Linux and much more.
New in Marketing Courses
http://www.worldwidelearn.com/marketing-courses.htm
Guerrilla Marketing for the New Millennium
Guerrilla Marketing for the New Millennium is an online marketing course written by Jay Conrad Levinson, the author of "Guerrilla Marketing". The course consists of 12 lessons covering:
- Learn the five "tickets" you (absolutely) need to succeed in the new millennium
- Learn the 10 biggest marketing myths
- Learn all 100 lethal guerrilla marketing weapons
- Learn how new millennium technology can give your small business a decidedly unfair advantage
- Learn the 16 core secrets of guerrilla marketing
- Learn why Marketing is not what you think it is
Guerrilla Marketing for the New Millennium teaches you how to think and market like a guerrilla and launch your own guerrilla marketing attack.
New in Medical Education
http://www.worldwidelearn.com/medical-education.htm
Den Trek
DenTrek provides a global audience with online dental continuing education courses to clinicians, researchers, teachers and all members of the dental health care team. Den Trek offers both live, interactive webcasts as well as recorded webcasts and free tutorials. Topic categories include:
- Dental Hygiene
- Dental Trauma
- Implant Dentistry
- Infection Control
- Oral Surgery
- Periodontics
Over 40 hours of streaming media accredited CE courses are presented by some of the finest dental educators in the industry.
ceu4u.com
ceu4u.com offers online continuing medical education courses in nursing, psychology, counselling and nephrology.
New in Online Degrees
http://www.worldwidelearn.com/online-degrees.htm
Kentucky Virtual University
Through its partner institutions, Kentucky Virtual University offers a wide range of online courses and degree programs. Online degrees include:
- Associate in Arts (Business Transfer Framework)
- Bachelor of Independent Studies (Field of Study in Human Services)
- Bachelor of Science in Human Resources Leadership
- Office Systems Technology (Certificate)
- Library Science
- Master of Science Managing Information Technology
- Master of Science (Communication Disorders)
- TESOL Program-ESL Certificate
New in Online MBA Programs
http://www.worldwidelearn.com/online-mba/index.html
The University of Tulsa iMBA
The University of Tulsa College of Business Administration offers a two-year iMBA program consisting of 12 courses and a final team project. The iMBA is identical to the MBA program taught on campus. There is a short campus visit required.
New in Online Training
http://www.worldwidelearn.com/online-training.htm
Online Learning
Online-learning.com has introduced three new online courses which will be offered monthly starting in Feb 2001. These three new courses are:
- XSL Techniques: a 32-hour instructor-led, online course that covers all aspects of XSL scripting. Students will examine XML structures as they relate to XSL tools, map XML structures, create web pages from XML as well as create RTF and PDF from XML.
- Usability Testing: a 32-hour instructor-led, online course that covers the application and inclusion of usability practices in the work environment. The course is designed to allow participants to incorporate their own work-related projects to maximize their learning experience. In this course you will learn how to design and conduct a usability test, and then measure and interpret the resulting usability test data.
- Editing and Interviewing: a 32-hour instructor-led, online course where students will broaden their understanding of editing and related responsibilities including: types and levels of editing functions, editing online and on paper, peer evaluation, part- and whole-document evaluation, individual and group editing, and editing documents collaboratively. Students will also examine plain language writing theory and practice; implement a plain language style in writing and testing of a technical document; and consider international audiences, translations, and the impact of these on technical writing.
Active Education
Active Education offers a large selection of personalized Web-based training courses. Expert online instructors provide support for all courses and no downloads or plug-ins are required. Categories include:
- XML Comprehensive
- Microsoft Office 97
- Microsoft Office 2000
- Windows 2000 Professional
- Visual Basic
- Project 98
- Crystal Reports 7
Course demos available for you to try before you buy.
Goodwill Global Learning
Goodwill Global Learning is a not-for-profit organization, a division of Goodwill Industries of Eastern North Carolina, Inc., whose mission is to provide jobs and job training to remove barriers to employment for people with disabilities and disadvantaging circumstances. Goodwill Global Learning provides free online training in the following subjects:
- Introduction to Computers
- Internet
- Microsoft Windows 95
- Intro to Microsoft Office Suite 97
- Microsoft PowerPoint 97
- Microsoft Excel 97
- Microsoft Access 97
New in Teaching Online
http://www.worldwidelearn.com/teaching-online.htm
The Distance Education Certificate Program
University of Wisconsin-Madison offers a Distance Education Certificate Program which is a professional development curriculum designed to build knowledge, skills, and leadership in distance education and online teaching. Courses are available on a certificate, non-certificate, self-paced, or collaborative online basis and include:
- Learning at a Distance
- Instructional Systems Design
- Evaluation in Distance Education
- Introduction to Online Learning
- Group Processes for Online Learning
- Designing for Online Learning
New in Writing Courses
http://www.worldwidelearn.com/writing-courses.htm
Master Class on Screenwriting
At Screenwriter.com you can enroll in the Master Class on Screenwriting. The Master Class consists of three consecutive evenings with award winning screenwriters in the chat room, where you'll discuss important movies and television shows; screenplay structure, premise and characters; and analysis of the best screenplays. Also available is the Business of Screenwriting Night with studio executives, agents and entertainment attorneys, where you'll talk about making the deal, script options, market trends, getting an agent, the difference between managers and agents, and the nuts and bolts of having a successful career as a screenwriter.
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