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Contact: Bill Cullifer
Executive Director
World Organization of Webmasters
bill@joinwow.org
916 608-1597
WOW Brings Industry and Education Professionals Together for Annual Advisory Board Summit
LAS VEGAS, NV, Nov 18, 2004 – The WOW’s Advisory Board reviewed existing certification standards and creating an avenue to make these standards available to today’s web instructors to help map their curriculum and provide a pathway for students as they progress through high school, college and graduate school.
The need for continuing education for web professionals to continually update their education and remain on top of emerging web technologies was also discussed. The skills required by today’s webmasters were broken down with respect to WOW’s existing Certified Professional Webmaster certification to improve the existing learning domains and objectives. In addition, the Board addressed the importance of Project Management skills to webmasters employed by small and medium sized businesses and how this needs to be incorporated into their overall learning experience.
"At WOW's CMS and Web Services Conference we learned the great
benefits of Content Management Systems and Web Services. We also learned
the
importance of developing meaningful standards, following sound project management
practices, and utilizing the systems approach in a disciplined fashion.
It is time for us to stop repeating the mistakes of the past. This time
we must get it right by learning from history. If we can implement what
we discussed at this conference, we are well on the road to success."
- Leon Adkison, Ph.D., Professor of Systems Director of Systems Program,
Ronald McDaniel Chair of the Computing and System Sciences Department,
Taylor University
Participating Board members included:
- Leon Adkison, Ph.D., Professor of Systems, Ronald McDaniel Chair of the Computing and System Sciences Department Taylor University
- Mia Allen, WOW Certified Professional Webmaster, Cowley County Community College
- Mark DuBois, WOW Certified Professional Designer and Associate Professor, Illinois Central College
- Aaron Gustafson, Web Designer/Developer, Cronin and Company
- Professor Dara D. Hays, Chair E-Commerce & Webmaster Technology, Rose State College
- Marie Taylor-Harper, WOW Certified Professional Web Designer & Webmaster and Instructor, Foothill-De Anza Community College District
- Kim Jacobus, Certified Professional Web Designer and Web Manager, California Coast Credit Union
- Sandra (Shelly) LaFevers, WOW Certified Professional Web Designer and Assistant Professor, Joliet Junior College
- David Leip, Corporate Webmaster, IBM
- Tim Paul, WOW Certified Professional Webmaster and Professional Web Designer, and Chair of the Business & Technology Department, Montana State University College of Technology
- Bill Cullifer, Executive Director, World Organization of Web Professionals
According to Bill Cullifer, Executive Director for WOW, in today’s competitive global economy, it’s more important than ever to pay close attention to the skills required by hiring managers and employers. WOW is pleased with the level of support from Higher education and WOW Certified Industry professionals. WOW’s 2004 Fall Summit marks a major milestone for the Web community's progress toward the professional education and certification initiatives which have been worked on for almost four years by leaders from several of the worlds' top educational institutions, software companies, and publishers.
For more information about WOW visit http://www.webprofessionals.org
or contact Bill Cullifer, Executive Director by e-mail at bill@joinwow.org
or by telephone at (916) 608-1597.