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ICDL US to exhibit at the National Association of Workforce Development Professionals (NAWDP) Annual Conference (May 2nd – 5th), Albuquerque, New Mexico

The theme of this year’s conference is: “Soaring to New Heights with Workforce Development”, and it promises much thought-provoking debate, and knowledge sharing.  Dr. Bob Dove of W D & E Consulting, an approved ICDL Reseller located in Pittsburgh, will be attending the pre-conference session “Workforce Development for People with Criminal Histories”.  Dr. Dove will also be available to talk about his work as an ICDL accreditation agent for the Bureau of Correction Education, Pennsylvania Department of Corrections, and to answer questions on ICDL.

ICDL US certification programs are used to increase the value of human capital, and achieve productivity gains through developing the skills of competent employees. They have been widely adopted in all levels and by all sizes of organizations - within education systems, governments (Public Administrations and Ministries), and commercial organizations (Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs) to large multinationals). 

As members of the ICDL US team will be exhibiting at the conference, all attendees are invited to drop by to find out more about ICDL US, ECDL Foundation, and the role of internationally recognised ICT certification in workforce development.

We have been working intensively with CS Placement and Mindleaders to resolve  difficulties experienced in accessing Courseware for existing candidates who had registered with the Courseware through the CS Placement LMS prior to the changeover to ICDL U.S. on the 5th of October.

Candidates with valid access to this  Courseware should now be able to directly access this courseware from the  www.mindleaders.com webpage using their original user name and password.  This can be done by using the clicking on the small tab at the top of the Mindleaders homepage  which highlights “Course login” fields.

We apologize for any inconvenience caused by this technical difficulty

If you or your students are still having difficulty accessing Mindleaders Courseware please contact john.keating@icdlus.org or call 1877-574-0077

The ICDL U.S. Testing, Administration and Courseware systems are now live.  Test Centres, Administrators and Candidates may now access the ICDL U.S. systems using their existing username and password.  The Testing, Administration and Courseware systems are accessible from the front page of www.icdlus.org.  A user resource manual has recently been distributed to all Test Centres detailing important instructions on how to manage Candidates and Testing within the new Testing System.  In the event that an Administrator wishes to log a query with ICDL U.S. the following contact details can be used.

For placing orders: orders@icdlus.org
To log a trouble ticket: John.Keating@icdlus.org
To speak to a representative: 1877-574-0077

Existing Customers using Mindleaders Courseware should continue to access courseware through the Mindleaders website (www.mindleaders.com). For any queries relating to Mindleaders Courseware, Test centre Administrators are requested to contact ICDL U.S. with details of the candidate registration number (CRN) of the individuals having access difficulty.

From 5th October 2009, ICDL US will no longer be operated by CS Placement. ECDL Foundation, the governing body of ICDL will run ICDL US. Customers will not be affected by the changes. There will be some minor changes to how testing, techready assessments and courseware are accessed.

The entry to the testing administration system previously accessible through CS placement will be accessible here. 

Existing courseware access to Mindleaders, ICDL Syllabus V4 Courseware is directly through www.mindleaders.com . (click on course login at the top of the home page). Existing user names and passwords will continue to work.

User guides for the administration system will be sent to all active ICDL customers. If you have not received a guide please contact John Keating or call toll free 1877 5740077

Tiger Initiative
United States, Tiger Initiative recognises the International Computer Driving License (ICDL)
The Technology Informatics Guiding Educational Reform (TIGER) Initiative aims to enable practicing nurses and nursing students to fully engage in the unfolding digital electronic era in healthcare.  The purpose of the initiative is to identify information/knowledge management best practices and effective technology capabilities for nurses.  TIGER's goal is to create and disseminate action plans that can be duplicated within nursing and other multidisciplinary healthcare training and workplace settings in the United States.  The Tiger Initiatives 2009 “Collaborating to Integrate Informatics into Nursing Practice and Education” report identifies the International Computer Driving License (ICDL) as meeting the requirements of nursing professionals needing to gain a basic computer literacy level.

The TIGER Initiative is working to catalyze a dynamic, sustainable, and productive relationship between the Alliance for Nursing Informatics (ANI), with its 20 nursing informatics professional societies, and the major nursing organizations including the American Nurses Association (ANA), the Association of Nurse Executives (AONE), the American Association of Colleges of Nursing (AACN) and others which collectively represent over 2,000,000 nurses.