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212724 2004-02-04 04:46:00 I want to do a computer course from home since my polytech arrangements flopped and wont be attending tech...
but i dont know how to do this? do you know of any good worthwhile computer courses i can do from home? as i only know of the correspondence school here (www.correspondence.school.nz) (direct link to the computer course page)

and stotts here (www.tc.co.nz) (scroll down to computer training and each link will open pdf)

and i specifically just want to gain a good qualification that can get me work in the computer industry, but my main interests are webdesigning/webbuilding, and the office side of it all (excel, publisher, word, access, frontpage etc)

so if anyone knows any courses from the above 2 links that would do what i want, or with any other school/college etc...i'd love to hear from you

cheers
csinclair83 (200)
212725 2004-02-04 05:09:00 whereabouts in the country are you situated?

Personally I'd go with the open polytechnic or Massey for extramural studies...

For what you want to do, it might pay to start of with ICDL which is a level 3/4 course and then go on to DipICT5 or BIT year1 which will get you doing level5/6 papers. If you were nearby one of WelTec's campuses, I'd recommend that you specifically go for the Cybertechnology course because that covers IN600 (web site building) IN610 (web server administration), scripting, graphics and ecommerce.
whetu (237)
212726 2004-02-04 05:18:00 i'm in Rotorua

and the ICDL course etc where would they be? open tech or massey?
csinclair83 (200)
212727 2004-02-04 05:28:00 anywhere worth its salt will offer ICDL. I'm unsure about whether it's available extramurally as it's interactive... you should in theory be able to do it over the internet if you have a decent internet connection though... whetu (237)
212728 2004-02-04 06:30:00 Depends on what your existing IT and academic skills are ?? ICDL might be too low to start - it will not get you anything much in the way of recognition in industry. If you have any skills, aim a bit higher so as to not waste time. JohnD (509)
212729 2004-02-04 06:36:00 .... so a suggestion for at home study would be CompTIA A+( www.comptia.org). Sure there are lots of courses around where you pay but if you are self motivated another idea is to buy a book (www.amazon.com) and get into it yourself. JohnD (509)
212730 2004-02-04 07:26:00 I suggest reading the reveiws before purchasing Meyers books!! mark.p (383)
212731 2004-02-04 21:25:00 For self improvement study for free on any subject try

ocw.mit.edu
kiwibeat (304)
212732 2004-02-05 02:37:00 thanks for all ur replies, i'll look through each website and see what massey has etc...

:-)
csinclair83 (200)
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