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"The More You Learn The More You Are"
Issue # 19 - March 7, 2001
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In this Issue
- What's New!
- New Additions to World Wide Learn
- Extras!
- Course Contest - Now 4 Chances to Win!
What's New!
- At long last, a search feature has been added to World Wide Learn! You'll find a search box at the bottom of the navigation bar on every page. This should make it easier for you to find courses and programs.
- You can now submit courses and programs to World Wide Learn via the online submission form at http://www.worldwidelearn.com/submit-site.htm . Please feel free to submit your online education resource.
- The World Wide Learn Newsletter now has its own domain and website located at http://www.OnlineEducationNewsletter.com and you'll always find the current issue there as well as past issues.
New Additions to World Wide Learn
New in Business Courses
http://www.worldwidelearn.com/business-courses.htm
Better Management University
The BetterManagement University offers interactive, multi-media elearning for executives, managers, and project team members. A wide range of Performance Management courses are available in topics such as Activity-Based Costing/Management and Scorecarding. Course titles include:
- Modeling Quick Start
- Introduction to Drivers
- Data Schema Fundamentals
- Scorecarding with Oros
Certificate of Completion available for all courses. Try the sample course at the site.
New in Continuing Education
http://www.worldwidelearn.com/continuing-education.htm
Volunteer Management Certificate Program
Washington State University offers a Volunteer Management Certificate Program which is an online, noncredit program that covers the training, recruiting, management and recognition of volunteers. You can enol at any time and the program is designed for anyone, regardless of educational background, who manages or plans to manage and administer volunteers, trains volunteers or aspires to train or manage volunteers and/or is from social service agencies, non-profit organizations, community groups, or corporate offices with programs involving volunteers.
The Innsitting Internet Course
Interested in becoming an Innsitter? Try this 3 week Innsitting Internet Course delivered by email and learn:
- Marketing Yourself: Advertising/Internet/ Resources; Innsitters Contract, deposits, travel costs etc.
- Financial and work load considerations: Guidelines for what to charge; what the innkeeper should provide, setting your own parameters for the job
- On The Job: The 2 big "Cs" - Cleaning and Cooking; Breakfast Menus, Stay-Overs and miscellaneous information
Each week for 3 weeks you will receive materials via email. Questions can then be submitted by email to the instructor for the subjects being dealt with for that week or for any other related topics you have questions about. The course can be taken at any time and start anytime.
New in Cooking Courses
http://www.worldwidelearn.com/cooking-classes.htm
All Recipes
Not only does Allrecipes have a lot of recipes, you'll also find a big section of cooking basics, with step-by-step instructions complete with photographs to walk you through the basic cooking methods. Learn how to cook:
- pizza crust
- fondue
- pie crust
- chicken stock
- chocolate
Also at the site you'll find a large reference area with an encyclopedia, measurement conversions, ingredient substitutions and quick charts for cooking times, yields and more.
New in Graphic Design Courses
http://www.worldwidelearn.com/graphic-design.htm
Adobe Online Training
Adobe offers online training courses for Adobe software. The courses have been developed by Adobe Certified Experts and you can choose between self-study or instructor-led courses taught by Adobe Certified Training Providers. Design courses are available in the following series:
- Adobe Photoshop
- The Web Collection
- The Dynamic Media Collection
- The Design Collection
- The Publishing Collection
- Adobe Professional Series
- Adobe Professional Series Plus
Course series are purchased in one year subscriptions which provides you with unlimited access.
New in Language Courses
http://www.worldwidelearn.com/language-courses.htm
Auslan101
Learn Australian Sign Language at Auslan101.com. Free online lessons for the basics of both Auslan and Signed English available. Each daily lesson features a photographic image demonstrating the sign and you can learn over 200 signs.
The Japanese Writing Tutor
The Japanese Writing Tutor is a free online tutorial to help you learn and practice your writing skills by following along with the motion of several animated GIF files. There are three writing tutors covering the katakana, hiragana and kanji character sets.
New in Music Courses
http://www.worldwidelearn.com/music-courses.htm
The Internet Yodel Course
If you've been yearning to learn how to yodel, this course is for you! The Internet Yodel Course includes 10 free lessons on yodeling, complete with graphics and sound files. Finish all 10 lessons and you'll qualify for the official Certificate of Yodelology.
New in Online Degrees
http://www.worldwidelearn.com/online-degrees.htm
Online Programs at DeVry.edu
DeVry Online offers an online Bachelor of Science in Business Administration with concentrations in: Accounting; e-Commerce; and Project Management. DeVry's online programs incorporate audio, video, threaded discussions, virtual classrooms, graphics, images, webliography, and audio with slide show. Demo class for you to try.
New in Online Training
http://www.worldwidelearn.com/online-training.htm
PC Show and Tell
PC Show and Tell offers over 35,000 Show and Tell animated tutorials with voice. You can choose from over 150 Software applications, including:
- Flash
- PhotoShop
- Windows 2000
- Access
- Palm
A $30 annual membership provides unlimited access to the animated tutorials.
New in Professional Development
http://www.worldwidelearn.com/professional-training.htm
The Management Simulator
Do you have the confidence to manage an office of a large organization? The Management Simulator gives you the opportunity to experience the decision making required by managers of contemporary organizations. It provides realistic experiential training that you will not get from text books.
- The Management Simulator is an interactive training program suitable for students of business or post graduates and executives in any industry who are already managers or who are learning or aspiring to management of a company office.
- The Management Simulator is entirely interactive using both multiple choice questions and assignments.
- You will be required to address over eighty scenarios and choose from over four hundred outcomes. Almost every outcome has an effect on the operation's financial performance. At the completion of the simulation you are able to compare your financial performance against the previous year's and target figures.
- It is suitable for companies, academic institutions and individual executives and students of business.
At the conclusion all participants receive a certificate of completion.
S P O N S O R
New in Vocational Training
http://www.worldwidelearn.com/vocational-training.htm
Fashion Institute of Technology
At the Fashion Institute of Technology you can enol in a variety of online fashion design courses, including:
- Introduction to Fashion Industry
- Fashion Business Practices
- Fashion Merchandising: Principles and Techniques
- Workshop in Fashion Merchandising Management
- Apparel Design and Production Analysis
- Fundamentals of Textiles
These courses may be applied to the Fashion Merchandising Management degree program as well as other degree programs offered at the Fashion Institute of Technology.
Professional Development Institute of Tourism
The Professional Development Institute of Tourism located in British Columbia offers several distance learning programs in hospitality and tourism, as well as airline & travel agents online training courses. Courses cover the computer reservation systems used by Airline and Travel Agencies, including:
- Abacus
- Amadeus
- Apollo
- Galileo
- Marsha
- Sabre
- Worldspan
PDIT Tourism and Hospitality programs are industry approved and internationally recognized materials currently used by leading hotel companies, as well as by over 1000 universities, colleges, vocational-technical schools and government agencies world wide.
New in Web Design Courses
http://www.worldwidelearn.com/webdesign-courses.htm
Macromedia University
Macromedia University offers online courses to learn Macromedia products and related Web technologies. Course libraries are available for purchase in annual subscriptions. You can choose from:
- Macromedia Basic: Introductory courses for most Macromedia products, including Flash, Dreamweaver, Fireworks, Director, and more.
- Macromedia Complete: The Macromedia Basic library plus advanced and special topic courses.
- Macromedia Web Professional: All Macromedia courses at all skill levels, plus more than 125 other classes on Web technologies such as HTML, Java, and XML.
The Beginners Magazine
The Beginners Magazine is a free resource for online tutorials and learning articles in web development. Many categories to choose from including: Flash, Javascript, Frontpage, Director, XML, Photoshop, Perl, WAP, Dreamweaver, Homesite, Perl, SQL and more.
Extras!
Surviving an Earthquake
AdvanceOnline offers a free online earthquake course to help you understand earthquakes as well as to offer solutions to help you cope. Topics covered include:
- Tips on surviving an earthquake at home
- Who's at risk in areas across the country
- An online library of general reference materials and links
- An interactive example of what to do during an earthquake
- Forms and tips on developing a survival kit
- Tips on developing a personal disaster plan
BuzzWhack.com
I don't know about you, but buzzwords drive me nuts. So I'm happy to introduce you to BuzzWhack.com, a fun and educational site that is dedicated to de-mystifying buzzwords. You can look up a definition in the Buzzword Compliant Dictionary, read the BuzzRant Commentary, nominate a website or company for the Whack of the Week, and sign up for the Buzzword of the Day newsletter and get a buzzword a day. To get you started, here's BuzzWhack's top 10 buzzwords: vortal, brandstorming, e-business, 24/7, dot.con, forklift upgrade, monetizing, eyeballs, touchpoints, seamless, seamlessly, and uniques.
Course Contest!
Now 4 Chances to Win!
Meet the Course Sponsors:
moneyXperts.com
moneyXperts.com helps people all over the world take control of their investments and financial life.
One of the most popular services moneyXperts offers is the LESSON OF THE DAY service in which subscribers are sent an easy-to-read and informative lesson every weekday that helps them acquire the knowledge and skills necessary to invest successfully.
Three lucky subscribers every month will receive a 1-month subscription to this Premium Lesson of the Day course.
Real Life Accounting for Non-Accountants
One lucky subscriber will win this course and learn the Basics for Non-Accountants in 20 Hours or Less. Real Life Accounting is an online, completely self-tutorial accounting course that is specifically designed for non-accountants. It teaches only the accounting you need, in plain english with no textbook or instructor required and is filled with useful business and tax tips. You'll receive a certificate of completion when you finish and ongoing support services are offered at the site.
[Special just for World Wide Learn readers - If you don't happen to win this prize but still want to take the course, just register for the course through the link above and you'll save $20 off the regular price!]
Congratulations to February's Winners:
- Jan Farquharson
- Laurence Boomert
- Dawn Brinkley
- Louise Maughan
Here's How to Enter the Course Contest:
If you would like to be eligible to win one of these 4 course prizes, simply send an email to:
CourseContest@worldwidelearn.com?subject=March_Contest
with your full name (first and last) and email address and I will draw the winners from the entries received.
Cut-off for this month's contest will be the end of day Sunday, March 11, 2001, so get your entry in as soon as you read this newsletter.
Thanks and Good Luck!
Thanks for reading!
"Still Learning"
Angela Lovett
Publisher
World Wide Learn
http://www.worldwidelearn.com
Please feel free to contact me anytime with questions, comments or suggestions: webmaster@worldwidelearn.com
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