Toronto Test Center at Willis College
3080 Yonge Street - 3rd floor
Phone 416 - 485 8588 Fax 416 - 485 3505
Directions to Toronto Test Center
Use the subway - The building is on the north west corner of Lawrence and Yonge. You can exit the subway - turn left - walk 5 meters - up the stairs - take the elevator to the 3rd floor- look for the Prometric Test Center Sign.
Prometric is an industry leader in providing secure, technology based assessment services. Prometric exams help test takers validate their credentials by confirming their knowledge of course content or training. Prometric helps businesses, professional organizations, academic institutions and individuals meet the demand for lifelong learning.
ETS purchased Prometric from The Thomson Corporation in October 2007 to become the largest test center network in the world. Today, Prometric provides testing and assessment services in 135 countries to over 450 clients. Prometric has government contracts in Ireland, England and Saudi Arabia, and federal and state contracts in the United States. Exclusive clients in the technology market include IBM, Microsoft Learning, Oracle and Sun Microsystems.
Lists of Tests Available at Prometric Test Centers.
Canada
Medical Council of Canada
CAGBC - Canada Green Building Council
TOEFL: Test of English as a Foreign Language
Information Technology (IT)
3Com - Alcatel-Lucent - Apple - BlackBerry - Canon - Certified Virtualization Expert - Charles Sturt University - CIW (Internet Certification) - Cognos - CompTIA - Computer Associates - Convergence Technologies Professional - Curam Software - D-Link - Data Center University by APC Certifications - dotMobi - EC-Council - Exam Express - EXIN - F5 - FileMaker - Foundry Networks - Fujitsu - Genesys - Google - Guidance Software - H3C - Hewlett Packard - Hitachi Data Systems - Huawei - IBM - Infosys - International Function Point Users Group - ISEB - Juniper Networks - Linux Professional Institute - Lotus - LSI Corporation - MECP - Microsoft - Mile2: Asia Pacific, US, Europe and the Middle East - Mincom - NACSE - NCR ATM - NEC - NetApp - Nokia - Nortel - Novell - Open Group - Polycom - Prometric Test Drive - RES Software - Riverstone Networks - Ruby Association - SAIR Linux and GNU - SAS Institute - Security Certified Program (EXIN) - Service Desk Institute - SNIA - SOA Certified Professional - Society of Japanese Value Engineering - Quality Assurance Institute (QAI) - Software Testing Support - SolarWinds Certified Professional (SCP) Program - Sun Microsystems - Sybase - Symantec - Teradata - The SCO Group, Inc. - TIBCO - Ubuntu - Universitas 21 Global - VMTraining - XML Master Certification
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Sunday, December 06, 2009
Friday, November 27, 2009
ONLINE EDUCA BERLIN 2009
Topics and Events
"The Future of Learning Is Increasingly Free"
Arsenal Score with Languages Project
A new Universe for E-Driven Learning Architectures
Bringing Language Learning to Life
OEB Podcast Series 2009
Enjoy the Clash of Opinions “ Welcome to the "Battle of the Bloggers"
Live Radio Show with Graham Attwell
New Security Learning Magazine to Launch at OEB
Supporting Transition from Secondary Education - "One Size Doesn't Fit All"
Networking at OEB
With a programme featuring internationally-renowned e-learning experts and packed full of highlights, OEB 2009 will soon be underway. The conference promises to be a stimulating environment for the delegates and exhibitors. More than two thousand registered education professionals from all over the world will gather in Berlin at the e-learning event of the year.
We would like to invite you to a range of exciting sessions, plenaries and the ONLNE EDUCA debate at this year's conference.
To view the extensive programme, goto: http://www.online-educa.com/programme
In addition, a range of exciting networking events will accompany this year's conference: Bring plenty of business cards!
Meet other people interested in "your" topics, and discuss them with your co-diners over Special Interest Group Lunches. Please check the message boards in the registration area to see which themes will be discussed at which table - and reserve your place early!
Sixty-minute Knowledge Exchange Sessions with a strong emphasis on networking will encourage participants to share knowledge and ideas about specific projects.
Demonstrations and Best Practice Showcases will take place throughout Thursday afternoon. The highly flexible format allows participants a chance to experience a range of innovative tools, services and online courses and try them out for themselves.
We are looking forward to three exciting days of learning and networking with you in Berlin!
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Blog URL: http://eslincanada.blogspot.com/
"The Future of Learning Is Increasingly Free"
Arsenal Score with Languages Project
A new Universe for E-Driven Learning Architectures
Bringing Language Learning to Life
OEB Podcast Series 2009
Enjoy the Clash of Opinions “ Welcome to the "Battle of the Bloggers"
Live Radio Show with Graham Attwell
New Security Learning Magazine to Launch at OEB
Supporting Transition from Secondary Education - "One Size Doesn't Fit All"
Networking at OEB
With a programme featuring internationally-renowned e-learning experts and packed full of highlights, OEB 2009 will soon be underway. The conference promises to be a stimulating environment for the delegates and exhibitors. More than two thousand registered education professionals from all over the world will gather in Berlin at the e-learning event of the year.
We would like to invite you to a range of exciting sessions, plenaries and the ONLNE EDUCA debate at this year's conference.
To view the extensive programme, goto: http://www.online-educa.com/programme
In addition, a range of exciting networking events will accompany this year's conference: Bring plenty of business cards!
Meet other people interested in "your" topics, and discuss them with your co-diners over Special Interest Group Lunches. Please check the message boards in the registration area to see which themes will be discussed at which table - and reserve your place early!
Sixty-minute Knowledge Exchange Sessions with a strong emphasis on networking will encourage participants to share knowledge and ideas about specific projects.
Demonstrations and Best Practice Showcases will take place throughout Thursday afternoon. The highly flexible format allows participants a chance to experience a range of innovative tools, services and online courses and try them out for themselves.
We are looking forward to three exciting days of learning and networking with you in Berlin!
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Blog URL: http://eslincanada.blogspot.com/
Saturday, November 21, 2009
IPCC 2010 Communication in a Self-Service Society
Communication in a Self-Service Society
New Communication Practices
Among the many changes computer technology has brought us in the past decades, the drastic changes in our ways of communicating are the most noticeable. E-mail has taken the place of traditional mail and telegrams. Web sites take the place of corporate brochures and product catalogues, electronic forms are starting to make traditional paper forms obsolete. Traditional printed reports lose their primary in corporate communication;PowerPoint presentations, wikis, and blogs take their place. Formal one-way communication structures are replaced by more informal network structures.
Self-Service
These changes have increased the possibilities for the general public to get engaged in activities that traditionally belonged to the responsibility of specialists. The Internet enables us to become our own travel agents, bankers, or even our own physicians. wikipedia is a striking example of the way members of the public co-create a source of information that matches or surpasses the well-respected Encyclopedia Britannica and its counterparts in other countries. Our society is changing from service to self-service.
Consequences
The move to self-service has important consequences for technical and professional communication. To mention only a few: Web 2.0 features enable the public to contribute to or amend (technical) documentation. User forums, weblogs (blogs), and wikis have become important sources of information about almost every conceivable topic. The roles of information creator and information user are becoming interchangeable. Administrative organizations such as banks, insurance companies, and government agencies increasingly use the Internet as the channel for transactions with their public. Health organizations are using the Internet for communication purposes, from health advice and consultation to remote monitoring of patients.
New Questions
This raises important questions for technical and professional communicators. what are the social and economic implications of the self-service world? Who will profit, and who runs the risk of being excluded? What are the consequences of the "digital divide" if everyone is expected to "help themselves?" How can technical communication and usability specialists support the development of self-service environments that make sense and empower the public to put them to good use? How can we teach our students to effectively create and use information in self-service environments?
We hope to explore these questions and other issues at IPCC 2010.
IPCC 2010 Conference Threads
Self-Service
•How to help users conduct transactions, find their way in complex information systems.
•The effectiveness of wizards, cue cards, instructions, etc.
•Effect on self-confidence, perceived ease of use, acceptance of systems (which factors are good predictors of acceptance and usability).
•Ethical aspects of self-service.
Access and Accessibility
•Create information and services for people with limited prior knowledge, language skills, and digital skills.
•Giving people with disabilities of any kind access to information and services.
•Technical communication and the Digital Divide.
•Mobile or ubiquitous access to information.
Web 2.0 for Technical Communicators
•Wikis, blogs, forums: How can technical and professional communicators put them to good use?
•Chat, text messaging, Twitter, and their applications in professional and organizational communication.
•Facebook, LinkedIn, and their impact on the engineering and technical communication community.
•New roles for tech support.
•User-generated content (instructions, support, etc.).
•Web 2.0 in the engineering context.
Visualization of Location, Space, and Direction
•Uses, usability, and accessibility of geo-spatial information in applications like Google Maps and Streetview.
•Usability of Geographical Information Systems (GIS) for lay audiences.
•Innovative applicaitons of geospatial information in technical communication.
•Design considerations for navigation and other GPS systems.
•Location-aware information systems.
Engineering Communication, Communicating Engineering
•Typical genres for engineering communication.
•Development of new genres.
•Education and life-long learning.
•Service learning.
•Communication courses.
•Visualization skills.
•Communicating numbers or statistics.
•Proposal writing.
•Oral presentations for and by engineers.
•Video instructions.
Go to IPCC for additional info:
http://ewh.ieee.org/soc/pcs/index.php?q=node/843
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Blog URL: http://eslincanada.blogspot.com/
New Communication Practices
Among the many changes computer technology has brought us in the past decades, the drastic changes in our ways of communicating are the most noticeable. E-mail has taken the place of traditional mail and telegrams. Web sites take the place of corporate brochures and product catalogues, electronic forms are starting to make traditional paper forms obsolete. Traditional printed reports lose their primary in corporate communication;PowerPoint presentations, wikis, and blogs take their place. Formal one-way communication structures are replaced by more informal network structures.
Self-Service
These changes have increased the possibilities for the general public to get engaged in activities that traditionally belonged to the responsibility of specialists. The Internet enables us to become our own travel agents, bankers, or even our own physicians. wikipedia is a striking example of the way members of the public co-create a source of information that matches or surpasses the well-respected Encyclopedia Britannica and its counterparts in other countries. Our society is changing from service to self-service.
Consequences
The move to self-service has important consequences for technical and professional communication. To mention only a few: Web 2.0 features enable the public to contribute to or amend (technical) documentation. User forums, weblogs (blogs), and wikis have become important sources of information about almost every conceivable topic. The roles of information creator and information user are becoming interchangeable. Administrative organizations such as banks, insurance companies, and government agencies increasingly use the Internet as the channel for transactions with their public. Health organizations are using the Internet for communication purposes, from health advice and consultation to remote monitoring of patients.
New Questions
This raises important questions for technical and professional communicators. what are the social and economic implications of the self-service world? Who will profit, and who runs the risk of being excluded? What are the consequences of the "digital divide" if everyone is expected to "help themselves?" How can technical communication and usability specialists support the development of self-service environments that make sense and empower the public to put them to good use? How can we teach our students to effectively create and use information in self-service environments?
We hope to explore these questions and other issues at IPCC 2010.
IPCC 2010 Conference Threads
Self-Service
•How to help users conduct transactions, find their way in complex information systems.
•The effectiveness of wizards, cue cards, instructions, etc.
•Effect on self-confidence, perceived ease of use, acceptance of systems (which factors are good predictors of acceptance and usability).
•Ethical aspects of self-service.
Access and Accessibility
•Create information and services for people with limited prior knowledge, language skills, and digital skills.
•Giving people with disabilities of any kind access to information and services.
•Technical communication and the Digital Divide.
•Mobile or ubiquitous access to information.
Web 2.0 for Technical Communicators
•Wikis, blogs, forums: How can technical and professional communicators put them to good use?
•Chat, text messaging, Twitter, and their applications in professional and organizational communication.
•Facebook, LinkedIn, and their impact on the engineering and technical communication community.
•New roles for tech support.
•User-generated content (instructions, support, etc.).
•Web 2.0 in the engineering context.
Visualization of Location, Space, and Direction
•Uses, usability, and accessibility of geo-spatial information in applications like Google Maps and Streetview.
•Usability of Geographical Information Systems (GIS) for lay audiences.
•Innovative applicaitons of geospatial information in technical communication.
•Design considerations for navigation and other GPS systems.
•Location-aware information systems.
Engineering Communication, Communicating Engineering
•Typical genres for engineering communication.
•Development of new genres.
•Education and life-long learning.
•Service learning.
•Communication courses.
•Visualization skills.
•Communicating numbers or statistics.
•Proposal writing.
•Oral presentations for and by engineers.
•Video instructions.
Go to IPCC for additional info:
http://ewh.ieee.org/soc/pcs/index.php?q=node/843
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Blog URL: http://eslincanada.blogspot.com/
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