Media Coverage
Bella Online
Distance Learning Ezine vol 1 no 3 - Featured Resource
The World's largest directory of online courses, accredited online degrees, continuing education, online training, and online education. At this site you'll find hundreds of online courses, accredited degree programs...
Creators.com
Online Degrees the Wave of the Future for Some
Q: I am 28, have only had three years of college and have worked my way up to store manager. I would like to become district and then regional manager, but I think having a degree would help. How respected are online degrees?
A: Online education is legitimate, but check schools for accreditation...
The Business Journal - Phoenix
Women can stay competitive with intellectual clout
"How do I effectively compete in what is still considered a man's world?"
This is the question du jour in virtually every circle of achievement-focused business women. The answer is developing what I call "cerebral empowerment"...
The Tucson Citizen
Wistful for school days? Think online.
As an adult student, there have not been many choices when it comes to higher education. Historically, most universities haven't offered much in the way of weekend and night courses that would enable working adults to continue in their jobs while they pursue their degrees. But this is changing...
The Nation (Thailand)
Web Affairs - Online learning and cyber-education.
Calling itself the "world's largest directory of online courses, accredited online degrees, continuing education, online training, and online education", World Wide Learn offers links to more than 241 subject areas covering, among others: online degrees, training, career and vocational, MBA programs, language learning and business courses. There are indeed many advantages to online learning as it allows you to study on your schedule, at your convenience, from your home or workplace, making it much easier that before to learn new job skills or to train for a new job...
Calgary Herald
E-Business: Q & A
The ability of the Internet to deliver information to anyone, anywhere once led zealots to predict e-learning could end the need for classrooms. Well, classrooms are still here, but a number of ventures delivering courses over the Internet aren't. Although online learning has been around for years, some estimates peg the e-learning market in Canada at only $240 million annually. Despite those difficulties, Calgary-based World Wide Learn has made it through the dot-com crash intact. In fact, the directory of online education has grown into the largest company of its kind in the world...
Accountancy Age
Networking - Brush up your skills online
Technology is not, we keep hearing, the holy grail. But it does offer an excellent answer to some age-old business problems, one of which is training, writes David Rae. Educating staff on new and emerging accountancy standards and ensuring they receive regular refresher courses is vital to maintaining a successful working environment. Unfortunately it is also time consuming and expensive, which is where e-learning comes in. Well worth a visit is WorldWide Learn, a US-based site with hundreds of links to courses and vendors around the world. Well worth a visit...
Wall Street Journal
Thinking of Job Training? First, Do Your Homework
Stephen Weitz worked for 12 years as a high-iron steelworker, putting buildings together in New York. Then he built a bridge -- to a new career. He took a 2 1/2-month certification course in computer networking. Today he's a senior technical staff member, working on network security issues, for AT&T Corp...
ComputerUser
'Links of the Week'
-- World Wide Learn
Need to learn WordPerfect? Want to play better chess? Have a longing to speak Klingon? Here you can find online courses on such diverse subjects as computers, needlework, flying airplanes, writing, languages, small business administration, and more. http://www.worldwidelearn.com...
Entrepreneur Magazine
Get 'em while they' HOT
Predicting the future is challenging in the best of times. In times like these, when it seems like the only certainty is uncertainty, it's even tougher. But we didn't let that stop us. Based on our research, investigation and, of course...
Network Computing
Career Coach Q&A
Q: I'm an IS manager with MCSE, CCNA and CNA certifications but no college degree. Do employers value job candidates with bachelor's degrees earned online, and if so, can you recommend the best programs?
A: Key sites to visit when researching degree programs are Peterson's, and World Wide Learn, at www.worldwidelearn.com...
Computing Canada
In Brief - World Wide Learn adds partnerships
CALGARY - World Wide Learn has established nine new university partnerships and added 21 new learning categories to its online e-learning directory...
Entrepreneur Magazine
Hottest Businesses for 2003
Online Learning | With the dotcom funding boom at its back a few years ago, e-learning seemed like easy pickings. Now, funding has dried up, and corporate training budgets have been slashed, ...
PROFITGuide
Professor PC - Online learning delivers the knowledge you want, when you want it
Building your skills, and those of your staff, is vital to business success. Continuous learning is the key, but finding a nearby school with a teaching schedule that dovetails with your scarce spare time is tough. And who can afford it? ...
Choice
The Web site for World Wide Learn, located at www.worldwidelearn.com, is reviewed...
Collections and Credit Risk
SPECIAL REPORT - E-Learning - Charting a Steady Course.
E-Learning is gaining ground, but by itself, it's not always the best answer. What's the secret to making it a success? The climate for online learning has never been better, thanks to an economy that is slow to rebound and a professional...
The Toronto Star
Nurses can go to school any time - online -- Long shifts, family obligations make Internet courses a viable option
When you're a nurse juggling 12-hour shifts with family life, committing yourself to in-class continuing education is difficult, if not impossible. Thankfully, the Web is coming to the rescue, with more and more institutions offering...
Management Magazine
ON THE WEB - The MBA Online
The net offers incredible new opportunities in the education field. It's now possible to study for an MBA at a range of universities located across the world. That means access to top professors, academics and business minds globally. Or if...
Chatelaine
School days: hit the books -- without leaving home. Get a degree, upgrade your skills or just have fun. (Tips & Tricks).
It took Darlene Frederickson 11 years of night school to nail down her BA in philosophy, juggling a career and family all the while. So, when she heard about a new interdisciplinary master of arts degree offered online by Alberta's...
Chatelaine
Chatelaine's Third Annual Web Guide
www.worldwidelearn.com | Want to know who offers online MBA programs or photography courses? This Canadian site has links to online degrees, courses and training programs from credible schools. Learn at your own pace or sign up for an instructor-led tutorial...
The Calgary Herald
Online learning feeds your head
"Angela Lovett considers herself a lifelong learner. A fan of work-at-your-own-pace correspondence courses, Lovett parlayed her own passion for knowledge into a lucrative business in 1999. Lovett created World Wide Learn (www.worldwidelearn.com), a comprehensive directory of educational services, to make it easier for potential online students to find the class that suits their interests and budget."...
The Calgary Sun
Web's turning into a real class act
"The Internet has created a revolution in distance learning, not only making it faster and more convenient, but also increasing the range of potential subject material by offering other teaching methods than could be found via correspondence. Angela Lovett, president of Calgary-based WorldWideLearn.com, found the range of options so extensive as to be unwieldy and has created a comprehensive directory of online learning resources for adults."...
Yahoo Internet Life
100 Best Sites for 2001
Learning & Creativity. ". . . the buzz in 2000 was all about distance learning: schools that allow students from anywhere in the world to take classes in their bathrobes. And everyone's in on the act, from Duke and Stanford to Barnes & Noble University. Whether you're looking to get an accredited MBA or just brush up on your German, there's a course somewhere in cyberspace for you. Sites such as WorldWideLearn and Onlinelearning.net have kept on top of the fast-growing movement and can be valuable guides to the myriad of choices confronting the online student."...
Yahoo Internet Life
The Digital Diploma
"Prospective students can find course catalogs at a host of distance learning hub sites. About: Education and WorldWideLearn are also excellent resources, with exhaustive lists of courses and degrees available online."...
