Re: Distance learning

[Charlotte Hybschmann Jacobsen <chjac -at- AMROSE -dot- SPO -dot- DK>]

Natasha wrote:

> I'm a beginning Technical Writer from Israel and I am looking
> for some good
> University course in TW.

> Natasha Gorodetsky
> natalia -at- wiztec -dot- co -dot- il
> Wiztec Solutions Ltd, Israel
> Tel: + 972-9-952-65-35

Natasha,

a year ago I took the course "Document Design" as a distance learning course
on Texas Tech University. I live in Denmark. It was very rewarding,
interesting, fun, ... Only drawback was that we met online once a week at
five o'clock in the afternoon US time - this corresponds to two o'clock at
night in Denmark :-)

You can find out about current courses at http://english.ttu.edu/tc/

Some time ago the subject was brought up here on techwirl and Ute Mether
made the following summary:

Hello All!

This is the summary on schools offering distance TW master's programmes.
Unfortunately, I have neither had the time to verify all
addresses/information nor have
I received  replies to all my inquiries to the universities. Therefore, I
can not
guarantee the accuracy of this summary. However, (oops, just had a bit of an
earthquake)
if anyone has any further questions regarding this posting only, please feel
free to
contact me.

As suggested by the Posting Rules, I have included attributions of the
Techwr-L members
whose response to my initial query is included in this summary.

For those of you who are looking for the same information as I am, I hope
this summary
is of some help to you!

Again, thank you very much to everyone who kindly replied to my original
posting.


Ute Methner
methner -at- crisscross -dot- com

 Here it goes:

> 1.
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From:   Kandis Weiner [SMTP:kandisw -at- positron -dot- qc -dot- ca]
> > Sent:   Monday, December 15, 1997 1:58 PM
> > To:     'techwriting listserve'
> > Subject:        Online Degree programs - cross post
>
>         . . .
>
> > Utah State University offers the most extensive online Masters Program
of
> > all that I found. According to the woman who forwarded the info, they
get
> > good professors. The only draw back I found was that it was quite
expensive
> > (from a Canuck's perspective) and you may be required to make periodic
> > trips to campus. Find it at: http://english.usu.edu/
> >
> > Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (out of Troy, NY)
> > Also offers online Masters; however, they are not Tech. Comm. per se,
but
> > related - human/computer interaction, design and the like. (I am still
> > waiting info...)
> > Find it at http://www.rsvp.rpi.edu/rsvp
> >
> > Mercer University in Atlanta, Georgia also has an online program.
> > http://168.17.210.200/MSTCO%20Public/default.htm
> >
> > Texas Tech University is also offering graduate classes for
> > technical communication online. You might find something useful here:
> > http://english.ttu.edu/tc/dl.htm
> >
> > Helpful Resources:
> >
> > For general information and listing of all the schools who offer tech
comm
> > programs, see http://www.stc-va.org/Academics/school.html
>
>         They have a very nice, searchable database. But courses are not
identified
>         as on-campus or distance. UM
>
> > Keith Soltys's web site may be useful,
> > "Internet Resources for Technical Communicators" at:
> > http://www.interlog.com/~ksoltys/techcomm.html
> > Keith is a member of the Toronto STC chapter, and he does include some
> > info here about online courses.
> >
> > Canadian:
> > Canadian Institute of New Media is offering a Masters with the
University
> > of B.C., but it is on site as far as I know (Iam waiting for info). They
> > are at http://www.mediavision.cotr.bc.ca/institut.htm
>  . . .
>
> > Cheers!
> > Kandis Weiner
> > Technical Communicator - System Deployment Group
> > Public Safety Division - Positron Industries Inc.
> > Montreal, Quebec Canada
> > kandisw -at- positron -dot- qc -dot- ca
> > 514.345.2200 ext. 2869
> > www.positron911.com
> > Standard Disclaimer: My opinions are my own.
>
> 2.
> New Jersey Institute of Technology (NJIT)
>         contact: friedman -at- admin -dot- njit -dot- edu
>                 Information provided by Gina Hertel  Ghertel -at- alpha88 -dot- com
>
>         Sorry, I don't know if they are on the Net.
>
> 3.
> Sheffield Hallam University, UK
>         contact: a-f -dot- dujardin -at- shu -dot- ac -dot- uk
>                 Information provided by Damien Braniff
Damien_Braniff -at- pac -dot- co -dot- uk
>
>         This is a three phase MA in Technical Authorship: first year you
can receive a
>         certificate, second a diploma and third an MA.
>
> 4.
> University of Minnesota
>                 Information provided by Yu-kwong Chiu
Yu-kwong_Chiu -at- sabre -dot- com
>
>         Sorry, I have no further information on this programme.
>
> 5.
> More general URLs related to distance learning;
>         Dr. Bear's distance learning college degree site
>         http://www.degree.net
>
>         Peterson's distance learning
>         http://petersons.com/dlearn/dlsector.html
>                 Information provided by Carol Van Natta
CVNNATTA -at- ITC -dot- NRCS -dot- USDA -dot- GOV


Good luck

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