Certified Internet Web Professional

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The Certified Internet Web Professional (CIW) education program was created by a community of Web designers and developers in the late 1990s. The company that currently owns CIW, Certification Partners, offers books, on-line learning and high-stakes exams. Third-party companies also sell CIW preparation material. [1]

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The CIW program claims that each of their certifications are created from objectives suggested by experts who participate in an advisory council. [2] These objectives are said to outline specific job skills, with the accompanying training that profiles both proprietary and free and open source software.

The owners of CIW state that the education they provide is "vendor neutral," because no one specific vendor is profiled. The idea is that instead of teaching specific applications, the program teaches more important skills. However, CIW's relevance has come under question in some circles. Because CIW was created during the "dot com" period, it and other certifications like it have fallen under criticism that they were created to simply cash in on IT certification. Nevertheless, CIW seems to have survived the dot com bust and various critiques to become the world's largest Web education certification program. Over 145,000 CIW certifications [3] have been issued since 1997. This number represents roughly 120,000 individuals worldwide. [4]

Universities, community colleges and secondary schools from North America to EMEA, Japan and China currently use CIW. For example, the University of the West of Scotland [5] uses CIW because it needs to base its programs on specific competencies and outcomes.

Of the several CIW certification paths, the most popular is Master CIW Designer, largely because it is updated the most often. This credential is given to anyone who passes the following three separate exams:

Master CIW Designer Certification is retired as of June 30, 2011. Certifications previously awarded in this program will remain valid. No further credentials will be issued. [10]

Several CIW tests, including "Web Design Specialist" and "Site Development Associate", are listed on the CompTIA Web & Mobile roadmap. [11]

CIW Community Site

The CIW Community was created with the stated mission to get instructors to share ideas about how to teach Web design and development. The CIW Community site is accessible at .

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References

  1. ↑ MeasureUP Web site CIW offerings
  2. ↑ CIW Advisory Council
  3. ↑ CIW Official Web site
  4. ↑ Numbers of CIW certified individuals Archived June 10, 2008, at the Wayback Machine
  5. ↑ University of the West of Scotland CIW page
  6. ↑ CIW Foundations Exam Guide
  7. ↑ CIW Site Designer Exam Guide
  8. ↑ CIW E-Commerce Designer Exam Guide
  9. ↑ Associate Design Specialist Exam Guide
  10. ↑ "Master CIW Designer Exam Guide (Retired) | CIW".
  11. ↑ "Top IT Career Paths | Plan Your Career in IT | CompTIA".
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