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WOW Academy Fast Facts
- WOW is a non-profit professional association with thousands of members
worldwide
- WOW’s purpose is to provide community, education, certification
to Web professionals that create, manage, maintain and market Websites
- Working with leaders within industry, education and government and WOW
has developed a series of Web professional exams including exams for the
Web designer, Webmaster and Web developer
- WOW exams are measured at the Apprentice, Associate and Professional
level
- WOW believes that great Web design has to do more with “process
than software or tools” and as a result of that WOW’s exams
are considered vendor neutral
- WOW also recognizes the value of tools and as a result collaborate closely
with leading Web design and development software tool companies such as
Adobe and Microsoft
- Working with leaders within industry, education and government WOW has
developed and published learning objectives for educators to develop curricula
by that map to WOW’s certification exams
- Working with a variety of curriculum developers and providers WOW offers
access to high quality and affordable curriculum resources for high schools,
colleges, training companies covering the various Web professional titles
and exams
- Curriculum options vary in price and range from licensable material
to book options without license fees
- Curriculum options that are available for WOW certifications are vendor
neutral
- WOW also provides access to tool centric curriculum resources
- WOW also provides resources for schools that either cannot afford or
that desire to design their own curriculum based open learning objective
standards published by WOW
- WOW programs are supported by thousands of Web professionals worldwide
including an Advisory Board comprised of professionals working within
industry, education and government such as Adobe, IBM, Microsoft, the
U.S. Department of Education as well as hundreds of high schools and community
colleges worldwide
- Cisco’s recommends WOW resources as alternatives to, and a progression
from, Fundamental of Web Design Curriculum (available in the U.S. only
) which was scheduled to retire in July 2006
- WOW has developed a WOW Academy model for the purpose of providing training
(online and face-to-face) and certifying instructors to teach Web professional
topics
- Schools are not required to be a WOW Academy member to offer WOW courses
and certifications
- WOW Academy program provides multiple benefits that include instructor
training, curriculum resources, certification and marketing of your program
to WOW members and aspiring a practicing Web professionals worldwide
