tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6322941924784014396.post-39494562378989525472008-01-24T20:37:00.000Z2008-01-29T20:36:15.317ZI have just had a 30 min study break whilst working through some of my M263 course materials this evening and decided to take a look at the courses I would like to study next year. I noticed that under computing there is a new level 2 course called "MT264 Designing applications with Visual Basic" which is due for its first presentation in September 2008.<br /><br />The over view of the course suggests users will be programming using VB.Net and building applications from a basic foundation through to database linked levels. I can't help but wonder if the OU, by dipping its toe in a technology used widely across industry (referring to the dot net framework), is beginning to change direction from very much a Java focused syllabus to a more Microsoft oriented syllabus going forward.<br /><br />I am going to phone the OU up tomorrow and see what qualifications this course will count towards because the description is not very clear, and it may just swing my decision of what to study in 2008/2009.<br /><br />I'll let you know how it goes.<br /><br /><span style="color:#ff0000;"><strong>UPDATE 29/01/2008 -</strong> I received an answerphone message on Monday 28th from a member of the IT Faculty down in Milton Keyenes, my message appears to have got slightly lost in translation. I was told that this course can be studied as any other course can (my query related to B29 computing degree specifically, which has a relatively strict study path). I will have to return the call this week and see if I can squeeze some more specific information out, otherwise it will be a case of wait and see.</span><br /><br />SimonSimonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06800569994023594386noreply@blogger.com