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News Release:

Sydney – 1st February, 2007.

eClassroom.com.au introduces a new hardcopy catalogue

eClassroom.com.au is pleased to launch a new Course catalogue which is available as a downloadable PDF or as a hardcopy mail-out. The catalogue is current for all courses listed in January 2007, and contains more than 70 hours of Formal CPE/PD training as well as a variety of packages, which privide great savings for individual or group users.

Click here for the PDF Catalogue download (550Kb) or use this email link to request a copy to be forwarded by post.

News Release:

Sydney – 30th August, 2006.

eClassroom.com.au introduces a new SPECIALS catalogue

eClassroom.com.au is pleased to launch a new Courses catalogue listing on its website.

Special discounts have previously been made available to eClassroom customers through the periodical Newsletter that is distributed to subscribers. These have included courses available as ‘Early Bird Specials’, which are typically available at a reduced price for the first full calendar month following their publication to the eClassroom web site. Other specials have been the result of seasonal promotion activities or deals with sponsors and partners, also advertised through our associates and partners.

A new catalogue listing for Specials (click here) is now available in the Courses navigation section of the web site, and provides a single convenient listing of all courses that currently have special pricing. Now everyone with access this catalogue will be able to take immediate advantage of discounts of between 10 and 20% off the standard retail price. It also provides customers with a convenient listing of new courses which have been added to the web site, as these are introduced to the catalogue as ‘Early Bird Specials’.

Savings are also available by purchasing Packages (click here) which offer bundled sets of courses at discounted prices compared to individual course purchases.

eClassroom is currently providing CPE/CPD services to the architects, designers and planners across Australia through their respective member organisations. The eClassroom services, provide a unique catalogue of courses that are developed by a specialised team of professionals, focused on delivering quality and value.

For further information contact Andrew Marston by email at andrew@eClassroom.com.au or phone +61 2 9417 5737

News Release:

Sydney - 1st June, 2006.

The Building Designers Association of NSW Inc Partners with eClassroom.com.au

eClassroom.com.au is proud to announce it’s partnership with the Building Designers Association of NSW Inc for the provision of web based Professional Development services to BDA members

This partnership enables the BDA to provide its membership with immediate access to quality, contemporary distance education in a unique multimedia format. Delivered across the internet, these courses are available to anyone, anywhere, anytime and are supported by a proven platform and support framework.

Andrew Marston, Executive Director of eClassroom.com.au says that the relationship with the BDA through its NSW division, is an important step to ensure that all design professionals operating in the ‘built environment’ remain up to date with regulations and technology as well as enjoying equal opportunity to participate in the development of the design agenda across Australia.” BDA members contribute more than one third of the building design in the Australian market.

BDA members are committed to the completion of a mandatory Professional Development Programme. The services that eClassroom provides will enable BDA members to more easily achieve this requirement, regardless of location, with equal access to specialised distance education lectures available through it’s website www.eClassroom.com.au

eClassroom is currently providing similar CPE/CPD services to the Architects and Planners across Australia through their respective member organisations. The eClassroom services are unique in concept and the courses are developed by a specialised team of professionals.

For further information contact Andrew Marston by email at andrew@eClassroom.com.au or phone +61 2 9417 5737

News Release:

Sydney 18 May, 2006.

MAY 2006 EARLY BIRD OFFER from eClassroom.com.au

eClassroom.com.au is proud to announce the publication of three new courses, taking its catalogue of online CPE/CPD courses past 40. These courses are currently published at special promotional Early Bird prices.

Early Bird provides savings of at least $10 per course if you purchase these courses NOW – this offer is available for these courses until the end of June 2006 ONLY!

All Courses provide a minimum of 1 FORMAL CPE/CPD HOUR and are confirmed as NSW Architects Registration Board listed CPE activities.

NEW COURSES AVAILABLE – Early Bird Offer available MAY/JUNE 2006 ONLY

Dr John Grant of J.A.Grant + Associates: WALKING - The Key to Liveability

Anthony Igra of Process and Performance: The Building and Construction Industry Security of Payment Act (NSW)

Joseph Paonessa: University of Melbourne Sidney Myer Asia Centre

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News Release:

Sydney 05 December, 2005

DECEMBER EARLY BIRD OFFER from eClassroom.com.au

eClassroom.com.au continues it’s special pricing offer for all new courses published on its online distance education service. The offer, called Early Bird, is available for all courses published during November, and is current until the end of December, 2005.

This month we have also published a feature course, an extended presentation by renowned Mexican architect Ricardo Legorreta. This presentation, recorded in association with the Australian Architecture Association, is the third of the AAA Black Series of talks. Save $20 on this feature course if you buy during December.

See www.architecture.org.au for more information about their programs.

EARLY BIRD SPECIALS AVAILABLE NOW - DECEMBER 2005 ONLY

AAA Black Series presents: Ricardo Legorreta

Recorded live at the Sydney Conservatorium of Music in October 2005, this presentation by Ricardo Legorreta is the third in the Australian Architecture Association Black Series of invited international guest presentations.

Save $20 on this feature course if you buy during December.

AAA Members can recieve a further $25 Cash Back. See course outline for details

Rex Addison presents:  ‘3 IN A POCKET’

Rex Addison discusses "The influences and thoughts behind the design and construction of three buildings, sited side by side, in a back pocket of land in the Brisbane suburb of Taringa."

Save $10 on this course if you buy during December.

Jon Farren of Marshall Day Acoustics presents: ‘Recent changes to the BCA affecting Sound Insulation’

Jon Farren, Managing Consultant of Marshall Day Acoustics, explains the architectural implications of the recent changes to the Building Code of Australia regarding sound insulation.

Save $10 on this course if you buy during December.

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News Release:

Sydney 01 November, 2005.

NOVEMBER EARLY BIRD OFFER from eClassroom.com.au

eClassroom.com.au has today refreshed it’s pricing offer for all new courses published on its online distance education service. The offer, called Early Bird, is available for all courses published during October, and is available until the end of November, 2005.

Early Bird savings of $10 per course are available NOW when you purchase any of the courses listed below.

All Courses are 1 FORMAL CE HOUR and are confirmed as NSW Architects Registration Board listed CPE activities. 

NEW COURSES AVAILABLE - NOW ONLY $49.95 – NOVEMBER 2005 ONLY

Peter Tonkin of Tonkin Zulaikha Greer: “Three Memorials”

Peter Graham of University of NSW: “An Introduction to Building Ecology”

Dr Harry Margalit of University of Sydney: “Sydney Ancher - An Australian Modernist”

Stuart Murray: “Sydney Ancher - An Australian Modernist”

Jennifer Hill of Docomomo: “Sydney Ancher - An Australian Modernist”

Liam Proberts of Fairweather Proberts: “Planning and Development by CORE VALUES”

Dr Terry Wiesner of Douglas Partners: “An Introduction to Geohazards”

Ken Thomson of MDA Australia: “An Introduction to Cost Management”

News Release:

Sydney 10 October, 2005

EARLY BIRD Pricing Offer from eClassroom.com.au

eClassroom.com.au has launched a new pricing offer for all new courses published on its online distance education service. The offer, called Early Bird, is available for each new course published, and is available until the end of the next calendar month from the date of publication

Early Bird savings of $10 per course are available NOW when you purchase any of the courses listed below, which were published during September, 2005. All Courses are 1 FORMAL CE HOUR and are confirmed as NSW Architects Registration Board listed CPE activities. 

EARLY BIRD COURSES – OCTOBER ONLY

Mark Cashman of Marsh Cashman Koolloos Architects: “Tranquility of Space”

Paul Fairweather of Fairweather Proberts Architects: “On edge | Off centre”

Bud Brannigan of Bud Brannigan Architect:  “Common History”

Vladimir Sitta of room 4.1.3: “Vertical Green - Inevitable Gestures in Modern Cities”

Steve King of SOLARCH: “Natural Ventilation in Dwellings”

Michael Fox AM of Access Australia: “Access, Equity and Design”

Gerard Reinmuth of RBB terrior:  “Overcoming Sentimentality”

Professor John Ballinger AM: “NatHERS Energy rating of Multi-unit housing”

Press Release:

SYDNEY 3 August 2005

eClassroom.com.au online Formal CPE courses for Architects are amongst the first to be confirmed as NSW Architects Registration Board  CPE listed activities.

eClassroom.com.au has had all it’s listed online formal CPE courses approved by the NSW Architects Registration Board. Individual course approvals are listed with each course outline.

The NSW Architects Registration Board announced its certification program towards the end of July, 2005, requesting providers of CPE to submit their course material for approval, and subsequent listing by the NSW ARB as an approved CPE activity.

All the courses submitted by eClassroom were approved.

New courses developed, produced and published by eClassroom.com.au will continue to abide by the specific guidelines established by the Architects Accreditation Council of Australia (AACA) as set out in the National Competency Standards in Architecture (NCSA01) and  will be submitted to the NSW Architects Registration Board for individual confirmation.

The development and delivery of appropriate CPE for architects is specifically in focus, as it is now a mandatory requirement for architects, as set out in the NSW Architects Code of Professional Conduct, “to maintain and improve the skills and knowledge necessary for the provision of the architectural services that the architects normally provides.”

This requirement is further specified, such that in any one registration year, each registered architect is required to undertake 20 hours of CPE, 10 hours of which are required to be formal CPE. It is this formal component that eClassroom is focused on delivering through its internet based distance education services.

eClassroom.com.au delivers Formal CPE for Architects in each of the competency areas of Design, Documentation, Project Management and Practice Management, any two of which need to be addressed each year for compliance to the Code.

About eClassroom.com.au: An organisation based in Sydney, Australia, eClassroom.com.au has been established to specifically publish and distribute high quality multimedia based online training services. These services are targeted towards delivering distance education for design professionals in the building services sector, including architects, landscape architects and planners.

For further information, please contact Andrew Marston.

P: +61 2 9417 5737

E: Andrew.marston@eClassroom.com.au

Press Release:

SYDNEY: 20th July 2005

eClassroom.com.au, in association with the RAIA (NSW Chapter), launches Australia's first online Continuing Education services for Architects, Interior Designers, Planners and Landscape Architects.

eClassroom.com.au is a new web service specifically developed to provide high quality, multimedia online distance education services to building design professionals throughout Australia.

The eClassroom.com.au mission is to ensure that architects,interior designers, landscape architects and planners throughout Australia are provided with high quality online Continuing Education which will enable them to maintain the competencies required for ongoing registration, to build skills & knowledge to develop their daily practice and to be stimulated by the ideas and actions of others.

Andrew Marston, Director of eClassroom.com.au says;

"The gap we have identified is the availability of Formal CE for practicing architects and planners throughout Australia. The unique approach by eClassroom.com.au is to deliver Formal seminar style courses across the Internet using high quality audio & visual material. This enables learners to have an enjoyable experience within each course, and to have convenient and universal access to Australia's most informed commentators, stimulating academics and leading practitioners."

eClassroom.com.au provides the following unique benefits to attendees:

From a presenter's point of view, eClassroom.com.au enables communication to be easily captured; either live at an event or as a 'studio' session, and then professionally published as a web based learning resource.

eClassroom.com.au plans to develop and publish up to 40 new courses in 2005.

About eClassroom.com.au

An organisation based in Sydney, Australia, eClassroom.com.au has been established to specifically publish and distribute high quality multimedia based online training services. These services are targeted towards delivering distance education for design professionals in the building services sector, including architects,interior designers, landscape architects and planners.

For further information, please contact Andrew Marston.
P: +61 2 9417 5737
E: andrew.marston@eClassroom.com.au

New Courses:

eClassroom.com.au will soon publish the following new presenters:

What people say about eClassroom.com.au:

"eClassroom.com.au training not only makes CE easy to accomplish, but the quality of the content and the ease of access is just fantastic"
Michael Stacey, MSA - Architects

 

"As an Architect with a young family, I thought that the only way I could practically achieve CPD compliance was to spend more time away from home. With eClassroom.com.au, I have a choice."

 

"...congratulations on the format, clarity and ease of use."

Michael Fox - Director Access Australia

 

"Thanks for setting up eClassroom, it will be of great benefit to remote practices."

Bob Witting - Magoffin Deakin Architects

 

"What a great idea! I live an hour away from the CBD (2 in peak hour traffic) and it is impossible to get to PD talks and balance the needs of home and Kids. It is absolutely perfect for remote learning. Congratulations!"

Liza Neil - Gomango Architects

 

"A very accessable and easily understood introduction to NatHERS"

Diana King - King Architects

 

"This is the very answer to busy sole practitioners who do not have time to attend formal meetings on design and update to latest contracts and contract admin."

From the eClassroom team:

Getting eClassroom.com.au into the market has been an exciting journey for the whole team. We have been extremely pleased with the level of support and encouragement we have received from both the professional organisations as well as the design industry as a whole, and look forward to the challenge of continuing to develop the dynamic platform we have for online Continuing Education services. The remainder of 2005 will be spent building on the base we have today, and the development of new courses has accelerated, with new topic areas including Insurance, Legal, Negotiation, and Sustainability targeted for completion during the third quarter.

The eClassroom.com.au team is keen to identify new presenters and new topic areas. If you would like to present for eClassroom or would like to suggest a specific topic or presenter you think we should approach, please Contact Us and let us know.