| Training is important in today's
technical world, whether you are looking to add skills
to your repetoire or trying to get into an entirely
new field. With the current range of online classes
available, you can work toward your goals on your own
time, without interruptting your normal life.
Here are a few of the training
opportunities that we have found:
W3Schools - http://www.w3schools.com
- Free classes put together by the Refsnes Data company,
a Norwegian software development and consulting company
focusing on internet database applications and data-warehousing.
BrainBench -
http://www.brainbench.com
- Brainbench was founded in January 1998, and is now
the world's most respected online skills measurement
authority. For businesses and individuals, Brainbench
provides online assessment and certification of over
450 different skills that drive business success today.
They have partnered with companies such as Ford Motor
Company, H&R Block, JP Morgan, and Wells Fargo,
and are rapidly becoming the number one professional
technology testing organization on the net.
New Horizons
- http://www.newhorizons.com
- Providing a mixture of in-class and online technology
courses, New Horizons is a well-respected organization
with offices in almost everyone's local area.
Free-Ed.net -
http://www.free-ed.net
- While it may not give you a certification or a college
degree, Free-Ed.net does provide courses in a number
of fields that may help you better understand the world
you live in. Several of the courses are used by colleges
for their online material, and a full catalog of classes
is available at http://www.free-ed.net/catalog.
Have you checked out your
local colleges? Most colleges offer courses
online, and as the technology gets more accepted you
will see more and more degree completion programs becoming
available. Right now I am finishing my Associates in
Applied Science degree, and I have only had to take
a few courses on campus. I will be moving into an online
degree completion program for my Bachelors, and I have
friends currently working on their Master's degree online.
The opportunities are out there
- you just need to look for them.
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