I don't think he'll be out installing "instructional technology". He'll be doing a lot of technical writing (read writing training materials), using Adobe Captivate to create interactive training aids, and some Power Point.
If he's got a knack for teaching then it may not be a bad idea, but if he's the "get yer hands dirty" type, then networking or hardware/help desk may be a better solution. On Thu, Feb 9, 2012 at 10:34 AM, Tony <tonyw...@gmail.com> wrote: > > *but they use a lot of programmers. > > whatcha mean? would someone who is NOT a programmer-type make sense > in this field?! > > my fear is that my boy is just doing this to "Get something" and with > the placement they say > they have (98%), have a job at the end. sure, great... but at the end > of the day is he going to like > this, im not so sure... nor am i sure that there is many companies in > our area that will need this. > > idk, just seems ITT tech to me, and not REAL. > > (pardon me if anyone has an ITT degree, i mean no harm, it just idk, > it doesnt seem too prestigious) > > On Thu, Feb 9, 2012 at 10:07 AM, Larry C. Lyons <larrycly...@gmail.com> > wrote: > > > > ISD is viable, the government in this area, especially the military > > uses it a lot. There is a specific education related degree to ISD, > > but they use a lot of programmers. > > > > I did some ISD development years ago before getting into Coldfusion, > > so most of my experience is very out of date. > > > > On Thu, Feb 9, 2012 at 9:54 AM, Ras Tafari <rastaf...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> > >> is the field of Instructional Technology a viable one? is it worth his > time. > >> he's a hands-on kinda dude, not an instruction powerpoint creating > kinda person. > >> > >> im asking, has anyone heard of this field, worked in this field (or > >> friends that have/do), etc? > >> > >> > >> > >> On Wed, Feb 8, 2012 at 10:37 PM, Dana <dana.tier...@gmail.com> wrote: > >>> > >>> not sure what you are asking. CCNA is a Cisco certification. Usually > people > >>> want the next one up, CCNP, but that material is not difficult once > you've > >>> grasped the CCNA stuff. He might consider looking at Juniper Fast-track > >>> instead if he already understands a lot of the what-is-the-OSI-model > stuff. > >>> > >>> On Wed, Feb 8, 2012 at 7:03 PM, Ras Tafari <rastaf...@gmail.com> > wrote: > >>> > >>>> > >>>> anyone have any insight into this, or related programs at other > >>>> institutions?! > >>>> > >>>> i have a friend who is looking to make himself more marketable, gain a > >>>> masters > >>>> degree and maybe get into this field... im a bit amiss by this, and i > >>>> think he'd be better > >>>> served in this market with a CCNA or a Cisco certification or > >>>> something and get his > >>>> hands dirty on that layer of the stack. he's a hands-on fix-it kinda > >>>> dude, loves working > >>>> on cars, but is thrilled with technology. > >>>> > >>>> http://iit.bloomu.edu/ > >>>> > >>>> thanks > >>>> cf-ras > >>>> > >>>> > >>> > >>> > >> > >> > > > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Order the Adobe Coldfusion Anthology now! http://www.amazon.com/Adobe-Coldfusion-Anthology/dp/1430272155/?tag=houseoffusion Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:346592 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/unsubscribe.cfm
