PEGGasus Opens for Business Nov. 24
Nov 24, 2003
CRLFOne of my projects launches today, the PEGGasus learning marketplace. "The PEGGasus vision is to bring together, in one location, information about as many professional development events and opportunities as possible - a location where these opportunities can be searched, evaluated and selected by people in the Alberta engineering and geoscience professions. We want to be your resource of choice on matters of continuing professional development." Originally based on my paper, The Learning Marketplace, PEGGasus has benefited from two years of collaboration and development by the Association of Professional Engineers, Geologists and Geophysicists of Alberta (APEGGA), the Institute for Professional Development at the University of Alberta and Terra Prime. At the launch, PEGGasus lists more than 1500 items harvested from 30 sources, according to today's news release. Since today is launch day, expect some tweaks to the system. But after a shakedown of a few months, we expect to have a model we can export to other professional development communities. "What makes PEGGasus unique in Canada is the fact that it brings together, in one virtual location, information about as many professional development events and opportunities as possible for Alberta’s geoscience and engineering community," says PEGGasus Market Development Manager Derek McCune. "The one-stop shopping approach not only allows users to search, evaluate and select opportunities but an additional feature allows users to initiate a standing search agent service that will alert them by e-mail when an opportunity that meets their specific needs becomes available." PEGGasus is located at http://www.peggasus.ca Today: 0 Total: 1362 [Share]
