There are other companies that give certifications, Human Factors International comes to mind, or there are academic programs, such as Bentley U.
The certification issue raises its head every few years in STC, and goes nowhere. IMHO, until and unless employers start demanding certification in a field, there's no point in creating one. -Fred On Wed, 25 Mar 2009 09:29:12 -0500, Michael Dunn wrote > So I've been asked at work to research UX Certification programs. > While I'm glad that an interest is being taken, I feel to a certain > extent that the whole certification thing is outdated. I'd rather > just go to one of Adaptive Path's UX Intensives > (http://www.adaptivepath.com/events/2009/uxi/), but because no > 'certification' is involved, it's not even being considered. Does > anybody know of any programs out there? Anything worthwhile? > Cooper offers certification but they are very vague about what it entails... > > -MIKE D > -- Fred Sampson Information Developer [email protected] ________________________________________________________________ Welcome to the Interaction Design Association (IxDA)! To post to this list ....... [email protected] Unsubscribe ................ http://www.ixda.org/unsubscribe List Guidelines ............ http://www.ixda.org/guidelines List Help .................. http://www.ixda.org/help
