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"The More You Learn The More You Are"

Issue # 15 - October 25, 2000


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1. Profile - Limu.com
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3. New Courses and Learning Resources
4. Guest Review of Freeskills.com
5. Free WorldWideLearn.com Email & Community Access
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Profile - Limu.com
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Limu.com
http://www.limu.com/
Limu.com has created a global knowledge marketplace where 
you can buy and offer online courses. Where teaching and 
learning is live, online and interactive.

Real life teachers, students, professionals and dedicated 
hobbyists offer courses in over 300 categories. Course 
offerings are quite diverse - here's an idea of what you can 
learn:

- Linear Algebra
- Living and Working in Italy
- Dental Anthropology
- Paragliding in the Alps
- Shopping Guide in Hong Kong
- Finding a Flat in London
- Creative Pattern Cutting for Fashion

Learning at Limu is based on teacher and students meeting 
and interacting live and online in Limu's browser based 
virtual classroom. From voice chat, text chat and a virtual 
drawing board, the classroom offers you all a traditional 
classroom would and more. The course classroom is accessible 
at all times outside course session hours when you can post 
messages in the forum or download files from the course library.

In true marketplace fashion, once you've decided on a course, 
you'll deal directly with the instructor to book the date and 
time for the session to begin, as well as the pricing and 
payment terms.

If you are unable to find what you want in Limu's offered 
courses database, you can post a "wanted topic" in Limu's 
"wanted topic" database and wait for teachers to submit an 
offer to you in response to your "wanted topic" posting.

At Limu you can teach any subject or skill that you have 
mastered, whether academic, professional or hobby-related. You 
can offer to teach one or several courses in one or more 
subjects. Limu's course registration wizard will guide you 
through the course registration process, enabling you to 
structure a course into several sessions, to set your proposed 
course fee, to upload course materials and to customise the 
virtual classroom according to the requirements of your course.

You may also be interested in the Limu referral program: if 
you know people who you think would make good online teachers 
in any topic or subject ranging from the academic to hobbies 
and personal interests, or who are simply interested in learning 
about something online, you can refer them to Limu and earn 
Limu points that you can then use to pay for courses that you 
book at Limu.

The site is available in five languages: English, Dutch, 
Spanish, French and Italian.

Do take the time to go through the online Tour or try out 
the demo classroom - I think you'll be impressed!


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New Courses and Learning Resources
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Teleclass Canada
http://www.teleclasscanada.com/ 
TeleClasses are live, interactive training classes conducted 
over the telephone through state-of-the-art teleconferencing 
bridge systems. TeleClasses are convenient and provide you with 
timely tips, tools, strategies and techniques that can benefit 
your life and business immediately.  A wide range of both free 
and fee-based one hour teleclasses are offered in the following 
categories: Business; Entrepreneurs; Marketing; Personal Growth; 
Wellness; Spirituality/Nature; Writing; Internet Marketing; Web 
Design; and Coaching.

Cognistar
http://www.cognistar.com/index.htm 
Cognistar's LifeLongJD provides legal professionals with online 
continuing legal education courses taught by some of the nation's 
leading professors and private practitioners. Courses are certified 
for CLE credit in many jurisdictions. Here's a sampling of available 
course titles:

- Licensing High Technology
- Negotiating Skills for Lawyers
- Accounting for Lawyers
- Corporate Attorney-Client Privilege
- Ethics for Practitioners 

CMEweb.com Continuing Education for Physicians
http://www.cmeweb.com/
CMEweb.com offers continuing medical educational courses and 
medical education resources online. Physicians can register 
online, take electronic CME tests over the Internet, and receive 
feedback and credit immediately.

CEweb.com Continuing Education for Nurses
http://www.ce-web.com/
CEweb.com offers continuing medical educational courses and 
medical education resources online for nurses.

Software Testing Courses
http://www.testingcenter.com/
The Testing Center offers online training classes in software 
testing. You'll learn how to find bugs fast, find the worst ones 
first, determine how well you're doing, and how to write an 
effective test plan. Current courses offered:
 
- Software Testing In The Real World
- Testing Client/Server Applications
- Regression Testing

AvidLearn
http://www.avidlearn.com 
AvidLearn offers a series of online, real-time interactive 
seminars in a large variety of business and personal development 
topics. The seminars let you participate with both the speaker 
and other attendees, view interactive slides, participate in 
after-session chats and provide feedback.

Seminars are available in the following categories:

- Human Resources
- Entrepreneurs
- Management
- Sales & Marketing
- Customer Value Management
- Career Development
- Finance
- Public Speaking
- Performance Management
- Technology
- Wellness
- Lifestyle

And here's a small selection of the many seminars offered:

- How to Have an Effective Conference Call
- Guerilla Marketing 101
- Creative Conflict Resolution
- Starting Your Own Business the Right Way
- The Art of Letting Go of Stuff
- eMagination to eCommerce: Secrets of Success
- Fear Blaster
- Inspired Intention

Requirements: Both you and the seminar leader need a computer 
with a modem line as well as a separate telephone line. You will 
also need a 56k bps modem or better and the AvidLearn Plug-In 
(installed automatically on your first visit to the AvidLearn 
Conference Center).

The online seminars usually last for one hour and prices range 
from Free up to $160 per session.

Van Gogh at Etten - Sketches and Billboards
http://library.thinkquest.org/C001734/index.html 
Van Gogh at Etten is another beautifully designed site from 
Thinkquest.org. It focuses on the famous artist Vincent van 
Gogh, especially about the time he lived in Etten, a small 
village in the south of The Netherlands, where he started his 
career as an artist.  You can view a timeline of the life of van 
Gogh - with its many ups and downs, peruse the gallery of sketches 
and paintings, and even take a free online drawing course.

KnowHowZone
http://www.knowhowzone.com/ 
KnowHowZone specializes in online training courses for sales 
professionals.  Courses are self-paced, interactive and feature 
the most respected experts in the sales training industry. Course 
fees provide unlimited access to your course over a subscription 
period of one year. Sample course titles include:

- Critical Skills for Tradeshow Staffers
- Cross Selling and Referral Skills
- Internet 101 for Sales Professionals
- Negotiating to Yes
- Overcoming Price Resistance

Both individual and corporate pricing is available on the 
sales training courses. At the site you'll find a free skills 
assessment as well as free course trials.

Birding Basics
http://www.enature.com/guides/birding_home.asp 
Visit eNature.com for a step-by-step guide to birding basics 
with tips on where and when to look for birds, how to identify 
them, how to record rare birds, what to wear and what equipment 
to use. A must see is the bird audio page at: 
http://www.enature.com/audio/audio_home.asp where you'll 
find the songs and calls of more than 550 North American 
birds that you can listen to online.

Canadian Virtual University
http://www.cvu-uvc.ca/
Canadian Virtual University is a partnership of Canadian 
universities working together to offer complete university 
degrees or certificates online and through distance education. 
Current partners are Athabasca University, Brandon University, 
British Columbia Open University, Laurentian University, Royal 
Roads University, The University of Manitoba, and University of 
Victoria. You'll find a very large selection of programs in 
numerous areas of study to choose from and you can search by 
subject matter, providing university or level (certificate, 
diploma, bachelors, masters).

CCC Online
http://www.ccconline.org/ 
The Colorado Community College Online (CCC Online) is composed 
of the 14 colleges in the Colorado Community College and 
Occupational Education System (CCCOES), Dawson Community 
College and Northwest Missouri State University. Through CCC 
Online, you can now earn fully accredited Associate Degree 
Programs and Certificate Programs entirely online.  Areas of 
study include Arts, Business, Construction Electrician, 
Emergency Management and Planning, Gerontology, Occupational 
Safety and Health, Accounting, Agricultural Business, Networking, 
and Public Administration.

WAP Tutorials
http://www.anywhereyougo.com 
WAP (Wireless Application Protocol) is the technology that 
makes it possible to link wireless devices (such as mobile phones) 
to the Internet by translating internet information so it can be 
displayed on the display screen of a mobile telephone or other 
portable device.  At Anywhereyougo.com you'll find a comprehensive 
collection of tutorials, documentation and resources for learning 
WAP development. The site introduces you to this technology, and 
guides you through the development process: essential tools; 
building code; writing your first application; writing advanced 
applications and testing your application. See also the glossary, 
WML reference section, FAQ, communities, WAP resource directory 
and discussion groups.

Bachelors Degree - Computer Information Systems
http://www.itdegree.com 
Regents College offers the only Bachelor of Science Degree in 
Computer Information Systems designed for IT Professionals to 
earn college credit for their Microsoft, CompTIA and/or Novell 
Certifications. This degree program is a first, in that it 
awards college credit for your Microsoft®, and CompTIA® 
certifications. (Regents College is the only college to award 
credit for Microsoft certifications.) College credits you've 
already earned from accredited institutions are applied, so that 
combined with your certification credit, you may very well enter 
the program as a junior or senior.

TechEdge Online
http://www.techedgeonline.com 
A Canadian company, TechEdge Online specializes in developing 
web-based training courses for electronics manufacturing and 
communications technologies. Courses are developed to the 
highest visual and educational standards and are colourful, 
attractive, engaging and have strong interactivity features. 
The growing course library includes these titles:

- Next Generation Wireless: 3G 
- WCDMA Fundamentals 
- Introduction to BGA Packages
- SMT & Fine Lead Repair Rework 
- SMT Through-Hole Workmanship Standards 
- Introduction to Optical Networks

Online Investment Classes from Bloomberg University
http://www.bloomberguniversity.com/BloombergUniversity
Bloomberg University offers online investing courses which 
are instructor-led and taught by respected names in the 
financial industry. And all courses are completely free. Current 
titles include:

- Investing 101
- Picking the Best Tech Stocks
- Venturing Online: Finding Capital for Your Internet Business
- IPO Basics: What You Need to Know Before You Invest
- Mutual Funds 101 

Financial Planning Certificate Program
http://www.online.cpd.fsu.edu/FinPlan/ 
Florida State University offers an online certificate in 
Financial Planning program. The FSU Certificate in Financial 
Planning Program is a noncredit educational program of six 
courses (Introduction to Financial Planning, Insurance Planning, 
Investment Planning, Income Tax Planning, Retirement Planning, 
and Estate Planning) specifically designed to satisfy the 
educational requirement of the Certified Financial Planner 
Board of Standards.

Illawarra College
http://www.illawarracollege.com/ 
Illawarra College offers a range of Associate Degrees, 
Graduate Certificates, Graduate Diplomas, and an MBA program 
online. Degree programs are offered by the Illawarra College 
of Business in the following disciplines: Business Administration, 
Public Relations, Marketing, Change Management and Organisational 
Behavior and Design.  The Illawarra College of Sport Education 
offers programs in the following areas: Tennis Management, Golf 
Management, Sports Coaching, Sports Administration, and Sports 
Management.

University of Maryland
http://www.umuc.edu 
The University of Maryland Graduate School offers an online 
MBA programs as well as dual Masters/MBA degrees in: Management, 
Technology Management, International Management, and E-Commerce.

ISIM University
http://www.isim.edu/home/programs/mba.htm 
ISIM University offers a 36-credit Master of Business 
Administration program online and takes a hands-on approach 
to build on success-building skills such as leadership, 
management, decision-making, team dynamics, and communication. 
This program provides the adult professional with a comprehensive 
overview and application of essential business concepts. 

Suffolk Online eMBA
http://www.suffolkemba.org/ 
An online eMBA is offered by Suffolk University Sawyer School of 
Management. Offered entirely over the Internet, the Suffolk eMBA 
- Online eMBA Program is a part-time program consisting of 11-16 
courses, which include nine electives. 

The Kelley Direct Online MBA  
http://mbaonline.indiana.edu/ 
The Indiana University Kelley Direct Online MBA Program is the 
first MBA degree available online from a nationally-ranked 
business school. The two-year, 48 credit hour program centers 
around web-based courses and one week residential experiences 
at the beginning of each academic year.

Webster University
http://online.webster.edu/ 
An online MBA is available at Webster University. The online 
format is designed for working adults who want to complete 
their degree without interrupting their careers. The Online MBA 
is a thirty-six credit-hour degree program consisting of 9 core 
courses and 3 elective courses.

Howard University School of Business
http://www.howarduniversityonline.com/ 
An Online MBA with Concentration in E-Commerce is offered at 
Howard University School of Business.  The objective of MBA 
concentration in e-commerce is to educate a new generation of 
managers, planners, analysts, programmers and entrepreneurs. 
Graduates of this program would have requisite skills to start 
their own web-based businesses or to work as executives for 
corporations in various positions.  The program consists of a 
total of 18 courses: 13 core courses, 4 courses in the 
concentration, and 1 course of the student's choice. 

Morehead State University
http://www.morehead-st.edu/colleges/business/mba/page2.html
The Masters of Business Administration (MBA) program at Morehead 
State University can be completed entirely online. Those persons 
with undergraduate degrees in business disciplines may complete 
the MBA degree with a minimum of 36 semester hours. Specialty 
options are offered in the following areas: Accounting (Beginning 
Fall 2001), Bank Management, Computer Information Systems, and 
Human Resource Management.

University at Buffalo School of Management
http://www.mgt.buffalo.edu/online/omba/ 
The University at Buffalo School of Management offers a series 
of online MBA courses that lead to the award of an MBA degree 
from the University at Buffalo. This Online MBA program (OMBA) 
is a 48 credit program that is completed entirely online and 
designed for companies and other organizations seeking to 
provide customized MBA programming to their employees and/or 
constituents.


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Guest Review - Freeskills.com
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Nancy Nelson, of Calgary, Alberta is our guest reviewer for 
this month. Here's her experience with Freeskills.com:

I needed a little refresher on using databases.  It's been 
years since I've used a database (Paradox to my recollection), 
let alone programmed dynamic web pages with one.  No problem I 
thought, there must be an online course somewhere.  The wonderful 
thing about the World Wide Web is that it offers tremendous 
opportunities to learn. Time limitations were tight and so were 
budget limitations.  Off I went to www.worldwidelearn.com and 
stumbled across a link to freeskills.com.

FreeSkills.com does exactly what it says it does. It offers free 
online courses.  I thought this might be a hook -- in truth I 
was expecting there to be a handfull of free courses complemented 
by paid courses.  I was skeptical at first, thinking that maybe 
the "curriculum" would be very limited.  Lo and behold, there's so 
many courses offered for free here that I could be (and I'm sure 
I will be) busy learning all year long.  I immediately launched in 
Access 2000, Introduction.

First of all, sincere thanks to James D.M. Minter, Fiona Ward, 
Jane Cooper, James Pengelly and Jeremy Dean for developing an 
course that followed a logical progression and was easy to follow.  
The course is only available in a PDF format and is complemented 
with a zip file of exercises.  The PDF file allows FreeSkills.com 
to maintain and protect the copyright of the course.  Don't expect 
to be able to print out the course material, this option is disabled 
from your browser and also from the PDF file.  Given that these 
courses are provided for free, I think this is reasonable.

I have the benefit of a DSL connection so I can say that I worked 
through the course quickly and with little downside.  I found the 
placement of the exercises to be timely as well.  In the overall 
schema of databases, it is important to grasp one concept before 
moving on to another.

A couple of things to note.  The Table of Contents drives the 
whole course.  Navigation is done with the Table of Contents button 
-- you either advance or retreat or click on a specific hyperlink.  
One thing that's a little tricky is that each one of the segments 
seems to be its own PDF file -- you need to look at the bottom of 
the screen to figure out if you need to advance within the Reader, 
or if you need to advance from the Table of Contents.  I also 
have the advantage of owning two computers.  I was able to read 
the instructions on one while simulating the steps and exercises 
on another.  I think it would be very hard to switch back and 
forth to work with the software while reading the course material.  
All in all there are 158 segments to the course.  I accomplished 
this quite easily over the course of a weekend, but then again, 
the material really was more of a refresher.

Access 2000, Introduction definitely laid the foundation for 
Access, 2000.  I'm happy to say that I'm three quarters of the 
way through this next course.  I definitely plan to go on to 
Access Professional as well as some of the NT technical courses.

All in all I would give my first shot with freeskills.com a 5 out 
of 5!

Nancy Nelson
http://www.webwellb-n.com/  


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