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Hey all,
It's been a fair few months since I was on the forum, so thought I'd pop back in and say hello. How has everybody been?
What's everybody up to these days?
I've been keeping myself busy with work, but have stuck at my OU certificate when the time was required.
Oh, and for anybody who's waiting for SP2, [URL]http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/3547978.stm[/URL] or [URL]http://www.microsoft.com/athome/security/protect/default.aspx[/URL]
All the best.
- Chris
It's been a fair few months since I was on the forum, so thought I'd pop back in and say hello. How has everybody been?
What's everybody up to these days?
I've been keeping myself busy with work, but have stuck at my OU certificate when the time was required.
Oh, and for anybody who's waiting for SP2, [URL]http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/3547978.stm[/URL] or [URL]http://www.microsoft.com/athome/security/protect/default.aspx[/URL]
All the best.
- Chris
The certificate I'm working on is built on 6 12-week courses, which all start in October and May. I completed the first three back in October 2003, have only just completed two for the May 2004 presentaions, and the last one is this October.
Each short course gives you 10 credits (if you pass) and you need 60 for the certificate. I've found that taking three at a time was a huge handful, but that 2 was managable. Each course takes up about 8 hours per week on average, but that can usually go up to 10 or 12 - which doesn't sound like much, but if you've got other things to fit in (work being the main one) then it can sometimes get tricky, esp when the material isn't something you grasp quickly.
However, for you, I expect you'd get on quite well. The courses go in the order of:
HTML and the Internet.
JavaScript.
ASP and Web Server Hardware
Coldfusion and SQL.
PHP and open-sosurce.
Apache Web Server maintanence.
Each course has 3 CMA's (multiple choice questions about each three week block of study) and an ECA (end of course assesment) which is basically a project. Each course is £165.
It's all done from home, no classes or exams. You download weekly study guides and example pages and work though them. There is an online forum which you use to contact the course team and other students for help and to participate in the weekly topics.
[URL]http://www3.open.ac.uk/courses/bin/p12.dll?Q01C39_8_0[/URL] and [URL]http://telemat.open.ac.uk/webapps/[/URL] for the Open University's web sites on the certificate.
Each short course gives you 10 credits (if you pass) and you need 60 for the certificate. I've found that taking three at a time was a huge handful, but that 2 was managable. Each course takes up about 8 hours per week on average, but that can usually go up to 10 or 12 - which doesn't sound like much, but if you've got other things to fit in (work being the main one) then it can sometimes get tricky, esp when the material isn't something you grasp quickly.
However, for you, I expect you'd get on quite well. The courses go in the order of:
HTML and the Internet.
JavaScript.
ASP and Web Server Hardware
Coldfusion and SQL.
PHP and open-sosurce.
Apache Web Server maintanence.
Each course has 3 CMA's (multiple choice questions about each three week block of study) and an ECA (end of course assesment) which is basically a project. Each course is £165.
It's all done from home, no classes or exams. You download weekly study guides and example pages and work though them. There is an online forum which you use to contact the course team and other students for help and to participate in the weekly topics.
[URL]http://www3.open.ac.uk/courses/bin/p12.dll?Q01C39_8_0[/URL] and [URL]http://telemat.open.ac.uk/webapps/[/URL] for the Open University's web sites on the certificate.
I'm interested. I'm semi-angling for a career in web development, but I have no pieces of paper that will get me a job that match my skills. I've started working on a resumé, but I don't think that would be as efficient as some sort of qualification. I don't want to go to Uni to study computers for 4 years though (as it would be a waste of time), so is this some sort of qualifications scheme which lets you teach yourself, or in my case, probably fill in a few gaps?
I'm currently doing the Web Apps certificate, which is made up of 6 short courses. I've completed 3, submitted projects for the next two (awaiting results) and have one more to do in October.
After that, I may move on and complete my degree, hopefully transfering my credits from college.
Which degree are you doing?
After that, I may move on and complete my degree, hopefully transfering my credits from college.
Which degree are you doing?
cjh wrote:
> I've been keeping myself busy with work, but have stuck at my OU
> certificate when the time was required.
I'm slowly working towards an OU degree myself. What courses are/were you doing?
> I've been keeping myself busy with work, but have stuck at my OU
> certificate when the time was required.
I'm slowly working towards an OU degree myself. What courses are/were you doing?
Hey all,
It's been a fair few months since I was on the forum, so thought I'd pop back in and say hello. How has everybody been?
What's everybody up to these days?
I've been keeping myself busy with work, but have stuck at my OU certificate when the time was required.
Oh, and for anybody who's waiting for SP2, [URL]http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/3547978.stm[/URL] or [URL]http://www.microsoft.com/athome/security/protect/default.aspx[/URL]
All the best.
- Chris
It's been a fair few months since I was on the forum, so thought I'd pop back in and say hello. How has everybody been?
What's everybody up to these days?
I've been keeping myself busy with work, but have stuck at my OU certificate when the time was required.
Oh, and for anybody who's waiting for SP2, [URL]http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/3547978.stm[/URL] or [URL]http://www.microsoft.com/athome/security/protect/default.aspx[/URL]
All the best.
- Chris