November 2000 • Issue 5
   
  COMPUTING
So You Wanna be a Web Developer?
BUSINESS
High-Tech Recruiting
LIFE SKILLS
Safe Surfing

Assessment Test
Instant Survey
Facts on the Fly
The Flytrap
Acadio Information


 
 


"Any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic."

–Arthur C. Clarke,
The
Lost Worlds of 2001

 
 
 


Test Yourself!

Acadio's got a great new feature that can help you plan your continuing education needs. Taking advantage of the latest technology, our assessment tests will help you see how you stack up in crucial areas such as leadership and communication skills.

You'll answer about 30 questions like these:

You delegate a task. What defines the performance standards for the person who fulfills the job?

how well you would do it
the person's past performance
criteria and standards set ą priori
the job needs to be done as well as necessary (fitness for purpose)

Acadio will use the results to recommend the courses, materials, and articles you can use to improve your skills.

Take the rest of the Leadership Test

Test your Business Skills

Test your Life Skills

 
 
 


What's the most important factor when considering training?
Take the survey

 
 

For more information,
please contact us
 
     

 

Get ready…for a new way to learn.
Technology has had a revolutionary impact on our global economy in the last century, especially its impact in the workplace. In the 1980s, the PC revolutionized how employees did their jobs, allowing large groups of individuals to communicate with one another through WANs & LANs. In the 1990s, the Internet created an environment in which computers from all over the world could interact with one another; bring society one-step closer to a true global economy. Today, another revolutionary shift is occurring—movement from an information economy to a knowledge economy, requiring today's employees to be continuous lifelong learners.

Thanks to Acadio's recent technology advancements, individuals like you now have a resource to maintain their skill sets for a lifetime. Acadio's goal is to become the leading e-learning company for businesses and professionals. With the launch of Phase II of its site, it's now another step closer to that goal. Acadio has added some exciting new features to its site, including assessment tests like the sample in this newsletter, hundreds of online classes, and a deeper assortment of self-study products in a variety of subject areas. In addition to these product changes, a few cosmetic improvements were made as well, including the look of The Acadio Flyer. We would love to hear what you think of our recent enhancements. Let us know by sending an e-mail.


 
     
 

ARTICLE: So, You Wanna Be a Web Developer?
If you think the HTML you learned back in 1997 is going to get you a big-money Web development position, think again. Experts and employers agree: if you want to work on the Web today, you need to understand dynamic content and the tools used to create it. How hard is it to make the transition? Learn more…

Check out online classes

EDITOR'S PICK:



Managing Your Own Learning
$15.95

 
     
 
 
ARTICLE: High-Tech Recruiting
Frustrated by the slow turnaround and expense of advertising in local-market newspapers, corporate recruiters are turning to the Internet to mine talent from around the world. Done right, online recruiting lowers costs, speeds up the recruiting cycle, and helps you target first rate candidates. Done wrong, it can actually drive employees away from your company. Learn more…

Check out online business classes

EDITOR'S PICK:



Human Capital
$32.95

 
     
 
 
ARTICLE: Safe Surfing: Kids on the Net
The Internet can be an amazing educational and developmental resource for children, but it also harbors predators. With established family guidelines, you can keep your kids safe and online.
Learn more…

Check out online life skills classes
EDITOR'S PICK:



How Good Parents Raise Great Kids
$12.99

 
     
 
  A September 2000 study by the Economic Policy Institute, a union-supported think tank, found that an average middle-class family's income rose by 9.2 percent, after inflation, from 1989 to 1998. But that family also spent 6.8 percent more time at work to reap it. The Education Department's National Center for Education Statistics (NCES) has found that 44 percent of all higher education institutions offered distance learning courses in the 1997-1998 academic year. That figure does not include the growing number of private, for-profit entities that are tapping the expanding market for adult education. The center estimated that 1.3 million students were enrolled in postsecondary degree-granting distance learning courses in that same academic year, up from 750,000 in 1995.
—The New York Times, September 6, 2000

 
     
 
  You've been charged handling your company's first big account in a foreign country. Rather than hiring an expensive translation service to create the necessary documents, you decided to rely on an automated or "machine" translator. Bad choice! While automated tools can help you decipher that e-mail in Spanish or fake your way through a meal in Paris, they're not accurate enough for sensitive business or marketing materials. Will they ever be? Learn more…

 
     


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