ICDL Info Needed

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  1. drwetsch

    drwetsch New Member

    I am looking for some help on ICDL (International Center for Distance Learning). Does anyone know of their affiliation with the UK Open University. I found a link of http://www-icdl.open.ac.uk but it was not available.

    My take on ICDL is that it is just a clearing house for DL links and research org for distance education. As far as I can tell they do not offer any degrees of their own.

    Any other comments or thoughts.

    Thanks,

    John
     
    drwetsch, Oct 15, 2001
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  2. Tom Head

    Tom Head New Member

    You're correct--it's an OU-sponsored international distance learning database (with a very flaky server, so it goes down more than [insert celebrity joke here]).


    Cheers,

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    Tom Head
    www.tomhead.net

    co-author, Bears' Guide to the Best Education Degrees by Distance Learning (Ten Speed Press)
    co-author, Get Your IT Degree and Get Ahead (Osborne/McGraw-Hill)
     
    Tom Head, Oct 15, 2001
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  3. Neil Hynd

    Neil Hynd New Member

    Careful,

    ICDL is also (mainly ?) the International Computer Driving Licence as promoted by a European foundation and professionally in the UK by the BCS (British Computer Society) a professional accreditor of computer courses.

    Regards,

    Neil Hynd
    (who is a Member of the BCS and as such a Chartered Information Systems Engineer !)

     
    Neil Hynd, Oct 15, 2001
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  4. drwetsch

    drwetsch New Member


    Thanks Tom. Several attempts to get to the database failed failed so I agree that the server is flaky.

    John
     
    drwetsch, Oct 15, 2001
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