Hi All,
I'm doing it again. I'm looking for experts in the technology field and this time it's for Westwood College Online School of Technology.
What I'm looking for is people with expertise in the areas mentioned on the college's website. Many of the courses that you see on that site are in various stages of redevelopment and some courses not mentioned are needing to be built from the bottom up. Westwood College pays it's Subject Matter Experts for the work they do upon completion of the work.
What is a SME (pronounced 'smee') and what do they do for Westwood?
A Subject Matter Expert (SME) is a person who is an expert in a particular area. In software engineering environments, the term is used to describe professionals with expertise in the field of application but without technical project knowledge.
It also has a broader definition in engineering and high tech as one who has the greatest expertise in a technical topic. SMEs are often asked to review, improve and approve technical work, to guide others, and to teach. According to Six Sigma, a Subject Matter Expert "exhibits the highest level of expertise in performing a specialized job, task, or skill."
What SMEs do for Westwood is develop content for all our online courses. The content can include lectures, assignments, discussion questions, as well as mapping assignments to course projects which are the meat of each course. SMEs are given guidance and direction and an online tutorial is available to help new SMEs (experts new to developing content for online courses) in understanding how Westwood creates and develops courses for their online programs.
We will be developing Computer Forensics courses starting in 2010 for the online program, but the various courses we offer online in the Network Program include:
Linux® Operating Systems
Desktop Computing
Network Essentials
Network Fundamentals
Microsoft® Network Operating Systems*
Advanced System Administration with Directory Services
Introduction to Web Programming
Information Systems Analysis
Technical Troubleshooting
Information Systems Ethics
Introduction to Network Security
Technical Documentation and Project Management*
LAN Security
Internet Security
Database Management Systems*
Network Operations and Monitoring*
Securing Business Applications
Designing Directory Services*
Network Design and Analysis
Electronic Mail Systems
Emerging Technologies
Practical Applications in Network Security
If you are interested in doing contract work with Westwood College Online, then post up, or send me a PM.
Update: *Note: At this time, the courses that have a * are in need of a SME.