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KOMPAS.com - After three years of managed personally by Jonru, School-Writing Online (SMO) is now joining the Oxford Course Indonesia (OCI). Both institutions agreed to establish a school-writing, both face-to-face format or online classes. Schools Online-writing will be managed more professionally and to use the new brand Writers Academy.
"Writers Academy is available in the online and face-to-face classroom. Graduates receive an official certificate from the Ministry of Education. The management is much more professional, because it is no longer the individual business," wrote Jonru in www.belajarmenulis.com website. Writers Academy is managed by the management of Oxford Course Indonesia, which has 40 years experience in conducting courses in English and a number of other educational institutions in Indonesia.
To-face classes, scheduled to be located in OCI branch offices spread across various cities in Indonesia. As for online classes, plan to continue the system that had been built by the SMO. Of course, with the improvement and development as needed.
The first online courses
SMO claims as the first writing training institutions in Indonesia which took place over the Internet. Arguably, SMO is a pioneer in the field on this one. "We have had many other institutions that hold trainings via the Internet. They are generally inspired by the success of SMO," said Jonru.
Established since July 2007, Jonru start with reckless capital. Almost without capital. Ingredients are only using the free service on the internet, such as Yahoo Groups Mailing List and Yahoo Messenger. Now, the SMO has been using advanced scripting and administrative systems that use sophisticated scripts from amember.com and moodle.org.
SMO learning system is quite unique. There is an online conference, where students and mentors can discuss directly through the chat facility. There are surgical work, where students can send a text for comment by the mentors. All modules also lives are downloaded from the Online Classroom that can be accessed with a username and password.
So far, the only organized training SMO writing via the Internet. "It is often also held face-to-face training, but only in the form of seminars or training day. And penyelengaranya of a particular event organizer. We of the SMO was limited to sponsor the publication," said Jonru.
During the 3 years of managing the SMO, Jonru feel the development institution he founded was so-so only. Indeed there is progress, especially the name of SMO is increasingly popular among writers on the internet.
"Thank God, for the family is enough. But of course every entrepreneur wants his business continues and continues to grow, right?" Jonru wrote on his personal blog, www.jonru.net.
Therefore, Jonru welcomed an offer from OCI to work together. "I hope that this cooperation can make the SMO is growing," said Jonru.
Editor: Tri Wahono
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