Greetings WOW members and Web professionals everywhere. Bill Cullifer here with the World Organization of Webmasters (WOW) and the WOW Technology Minute.
For the next couple of weeks, I intend to cover the topic of Web professional education and training.
If you?’ve been following along with the WOW organization for any length of time, then you?’re already aware that Web professional education and training is our mission and one of our highest priorities. To that end, I?’ll be interviewing professionals from business and industry, education and government and I?’?’l be covering topics ranging from:
•The current state of affairs of Web pro training and education for spring and practicing Web professionals
•I?’ll cover Trends in the employment sector and required skills that employer’s need and from a variety of perspectives including hiring managers and enterprise level employers including start ups. I?’ll make it a point to explore those working in education, government and the private sector at all levels
•We?’ll uncover the breadth and depth of training needed for today?’s Web professional including those that create, develop, manage, maintain Websites and or Web teams and at all levels
We?’ll also explore curriculum resources and books and training materials for those that need the short term training and not the educational requirement of class room time. For that that matter, I?’ll discuss why you should care about education and training and their distinct differences and the role that they each play within the Web profession.
Last but not least, I also intend to ask some of the the tough questions, like are educational institutions even relevant for current Web professionals? Since so many of us practicing in this space are self-taught and resources are available online, do schools even have a valid role in training web professionals any more? How important are degrees and who?’s?’ offering what and where are they at?
Check out the three minute interview on today?’s WOW Technology Minute website.
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