Jan 2010 - Courses & Programs

On this page, you will find helpful information about ed2go|GES courses and programs. Each month, look for new titles, updates to existing courses, and a featured Online Course and Career Training Program.

Featured Online Course

Photographing People with your Digital Camera

There's no better way to record family memories around the holidays than with a digital camera. This course teaches students basic principles they need to know to take beautiful pictures of adults, children, and babies in a simple manner.

Students will gain an understanding of:

  • Shooting people's faces and fixing common close-up problems
  • Using digital photo editing techniques to retouch photos and make other improvements
  • Taking portrait and formal group shots
  • Using angles for better pictures

View the full Course Syllabus for Photographing People with your Digital Camera.

Featured Online Career Training Program

Travel Agent Training

With Travel Agent Training, students can learn the ins-and-outs of how the travel industry works. This six-month program will prepare them to launch a career in this exciting industry just in time for the increased summer travel months!

Students will gain an understanding of:

  • Basic skills needed to opeate a computer reservation system
  • How hotels are rated, priced, and differences between hotels and resorts
  • The value of cruising and matching the person to the proper ship
  • Basic formats used by airlines to book flights, price tickets, and more

View the full Program Syllabus for Travel Agent Training.

New Online Courses

Online Course Updates: Discontinued Courses

Introduction to Microsoft Office Accounting Professional 2008 will be discontinued at the close of enrollment for our December 2009 sections. We are discontinuing this course due to the unavailability of the software.

Your students will be able to enroll in any section of this course until December 22, 2009. You may remove this course from your Online Instruction Center at an earlier date, if you wish.

If you have not had an opportunity to remove this course from your Online Instruction Center by December 22, 2009, we will automatically remove it for you at that time.

 
 

ed2go's Upcoming Conferences

ed2go is committed to building our presence and growing our community of partners. Each year, we attend numerous academic and professional conferences to interact with our partners face-to-face. Look for us at these upcoming conferences:

Workforce Development Institute
January 27-30, 2010
St. Petersburg, FL

League of Innovations
March 28-31, 2010
Baltimore, MD

California Workforce Association
April 7-9, 2010
Newport Beach, CA

University Continuing Education Association
April 7-10, 2010
San Francisco, CA