Computer Advances In Education : Another Internet revolution

Computer Advances In Education :
Another Internet Revolution

By Mario deSantis, February 5, 1999

training courses...were taking place in a computer lab
In the Fall of 1997 I had a brief experience in providing software training courses sponsored by Gronnerud & Associates Ltd⁽¹⁾. of Regina. The training courses were provided to provincial
.
and federal employees and were taking place in a computer lab at the premises of Gronnerud &
.
Associates Ltd. One can understand the cost of these training courses by referring to the use of
.
the physical and computer facilities, paper manuals, instructional services, and the fact that
.
students would be away from their routine governmental work.

text based... maintained mostly by e-mail
In early 1998 I moved to Nipawin, a town in North East Saskatchewan. By this time I became
.
aware of the opportunity to deliver software training courses through the Internet and I approached
.
Cumberland Regional College for exploring a business partnership in this educational area.
.
The population served by the college is geographically sparse, and I felt that the Internet would
.
have provided an innovative and inexpensive way to deliver such courses. Students wouldn't need
.
to drive in the cold weather, there wouldn't be any paper manual, and they could study in the
.
comfort of their home. The college was not prepared to take this educational direction and I felt
.
somewhat perplexed to their resistance to changes. The Internet courses I was prepared to deliver
.
were text based and the communication with the students would have been maintained mostly by
.
e-mail.

CyberTech...150
.courses at a cost never heard before, $19.95 per training module
We know that the Internet is revolutionising the way we do business and live, but until two weeks
.
ago I was not aware of the rapid changes occurring in On-line learning. I realised of such changes
.
when one morning I was watching CNN and I came across an advertisement mentioning the web site of an On-line learning school: CyberTech Training Institute⁽²⁾. I love to keep abreast of
.
technological changes, therefore I wrote down the web site, I logged on the Internet and visited
.
CyberTech's site. It was another discovery and I immediately shared it with Timothy Shire,
.
Publisher of North Central Internet News-Ensign. CyberTech has partnered with most
.
prominent information technology and courseware publishers and is providing now over 150
.
courses at a cost never heard before, $19.95 per training module. We can now take training
.
courses through the Internet, and have access to free of charge best courseware and textbooks at
.
any time and anywhere in the world. Exercises are down-loadable and on-line instructional guides
.
can even be read aloud to you. It is another business and educational revolution effecting
.
governments, schools, corporate businesses and consumers at large. The economical implications
.
of On-line learning are enormous and mind boggling, let us hope that our leaders shake up the
.
chains of their obsolete and traditional mind set and look forward to the new challenges of creating
.
new wealth in the virtual and Knowledge driven world of the Internet.

Endnotes:

1. Gronneruds & Associates Ltd. works very closely with federal and provincial agencies and besides software training courses it provides retraining, consulting and educational services for people on Employment Insurance across the province. Gronneruds & Associates Ltd. is located in Regina, Saskatchewan.

2. CyberTech Institute provides Internet access to over 150 Information Technology courses using the best books/courseware from renowned publishers like ComputerPrep, Macmillan, Computer Publishing USA, Que, New Riders, Sams, and Ziff Davis Education. Courses include comprehensive technical and non-technical programs with recognized certification by relevant corporate businesses, and training programs without certification. The price of such courses are $95.00 for technical, $75.00 for non-technical, and $19.95 for training. The price includes FREE use of online books and courseware. On December 8, 1998 CyberTech entered into its second round of Private Placement Offerings. CyberTech expects this offering to raise $5-million in capital for marketing and expanding into Technology Based Training (TBT) and Student Version Software product sales. http://www.getcertified.com/

Computer Advances In Education : Another Internet Revolution
By *Mario deSantis*, February 5, 1999

training courses...were taking place in a computer lab	In the Fall of 1997 I had a brief experience in providing software training courses sponsored by Gronnerud & Associates Ltd⁽¹⁾. of Regina. The training courses were provided to provincial . and federal employees and were taking place in a computer lab at the premises of Gronnerud & . Associates Ltd. One can understand the cost of these training courses by referring to the use of . the physical and computer facilities, paper manuals, instructional services, and the fact that . students would be away from their routine governmental work.

text based... maintained mostly by e-mail	In early 1998 I moved to Nipawin, a town in North East Saskatchewan. By this time I became . aware of the opportunity to deliver software training courses through the Internet and I approached . Cumberland Regional College for exploring a business partnership in this educational area. . The population served by the college is geographically sparse, and I felt that the Internet would . have provided an innovative and inexpensive way to deliver such courses. Students wouldn't need . to drive in the cold weather, there wouldn't be any paper manual, and they could study in the . comfort of their home. The college was not prepared to take this educational direction and I felt . somewhat perplexed to their resistance to changes. The Internet courses I was prepared to deliver . were text based and the communication with the students would have been maintained mostly by . e-mail.

CyberTech...150 .courses at a cost never heard before, $19.95 per training module	We know that the Internet is revolutionising the way we do business and live, but until two weeks . ago I was not aware of the rapid changes occurring in On-line learning. I realised of such changes . when one morning I was watching CNN and I came across an advertisement mentioning the web site of an On-line learning school: CyberTech Training Institute⁽²⁾. I love to keep abreast of . technological changes, therefore I wrote down the web site, I logged on the Internet and visited . CyberTech's site. It was another discovery and I immediately shared it with Timothy Shire, . Publisher of North Central Internet News-Ensign. CyberTech has partnered with most . prominent information technology and courseware publishers and is providing now over 150 . courses at a cost never heard before, $19.95 per training module. We can now take training . courses through the Internet, and have access to free of charge best courseware and textbooks at . any time and anywhere in the world. Exercises are down-loadable and on-line instructional guides . can even be read aloud to you. It is another business and educational revolution effecting . governments, schools, corporate businesses and consumers at large. The economical implications . of On-line learning are enormous and mind boggling, let us hope that our leaders shake up the . chains of their obsolete and traditional mind set and look forward to the new challenges of creating . new wealth in the virtual and Knowledge driven world of the Internet.

Endnotes:
	1. Gronneruds & Associates Ltd. works very closely with federal and provincial agencies and besides software training courses it provides retraining, consulting and educational services for people on Employment Insurance across the province. Gronneruds & Associates Ltd. is located in Regina, Saskatchewan.
	2. CyberTech Institute provides Internet access to over 150 Information Technology courses using the best books/courseware from renowned publishers like ComputerPrep, Macmillan, Computer Publishing USA, Que, New Riders, Sams, and Ziff Davis Education. Courses include comprehensive technical and non-technical programs with recognized certification by relevant corporate businesses, and training programs without certification. The price of such courses are $95.00 for technical, $75.00 for non-technical, and $19.95 for training. The price includes FREE use of online books and courseware. On December 8, 1998 CyberTech entered into its second round of Private Placement Offerings. CyberTech expects this offering to raise $5-million in capital for marketing and expanding into Technology Based Training (TBT) and Student Version Software product sales. http://www.getcertified.com/

Computer Advances In Education : Another Internet Revolution

Computer Advances In Education :
Another Internet Revolution