Registration: https://goo.gl/forms/
On 1 March Cisco BeLux invites all Cisco Academy students who are ready for ICND1, CCNA or CCNP certification.
Agenda
8:30-9:00 Reception Desk
9:00-11:30 Relevant Information Sessions
Lunch
11:30-16:30 TAC Visits
13:30-16:30 Partner Information Stands
13:30-16:30 Informal Partner Interview Sessions
More information will follow soon.
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COSME is Europe’s programme for small and medium-sized enterprises. The European Commission runs a number of campaigns and projects aimed at promoting a business-friendly environment, sharing best practices and exchanging ideas among entrepreneurs.
Key Aspects of the EU 2030 High-Tech T-shaped Skills Vision for Smart Industrial Specialisation and Digital Transformation -- extracts
Five focus areas
Key Trends
Digital transformation is not the end goal but a meaning and paradigm shift that happens at 3 layers:
1. Culture and organisation;
2. People and skills;
3. Technology and infrastructure.
Data-driven decision making and customer centricity;
Transition in employment patterns from life-long employee at one company towards working at multiple companies and projects at a time;
Collaborative work across disciplines being the new norm.
Continue reading "EU 2030 High-Tech T-shaped Skills Vision " »
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Message from CompTIA
CompTIA A+ certified professionals are proven problem solvers. They support today’s core technologies from security to cloud to data management and more. CompTIA A+ is the industry standard for launching IT careers into today’s digital world. CompTIA Certification is trusted by employers around the world to identify the go-to person in end point management & technical support roles. A+ certified professionals identify issues and problem solve more effectively than those without certification.Two Exams: Core-1 (220-1001) and Core-2 (220-1002)
Release date: January 2019More information URL: https://certification.comptia.org/certifications/a
Job Titles
CompTIA A+ Certification leads to the following job titles: • Service Desk Analyst • Help Desk Tech • Technical Support Specialist • Field Service Technician • Associate Network Engineer • Data Support Technician • Desktop Support Administrator • End User Computing Technician • Help Desk Technician • System Support Specialist
CompTIA A+ Content
The new CompTIA A+ Core Series includes expanded content on these growing parts of the IT support role.
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On 7 and 8 January 2019 BiASC organized a practical hands-on fiber optics training in cooperation with SixFourteen Projects and T'SAAM VTI Diskmuide. Fiber is the future. It is relevant for NetAcad instructors to learn the tricks of the trade. Anyway, for Fiber you need to be focussed, clever and handy. If you are in a fiber team, some team members have to be handy, others have to be clever. Everyone has to be focussed.
Topics
At the end of the training you will be able to install and measure fiber cable in your own school.
Pictures: https://photos.app.goo.gl/EWeRSPKdezLzmDJW8
If you want to know more about this practical two-day training for six participants, please contact <yvan@biasc.be>
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Some of the messages from NetAcad that we have been reading lately, can be intentions to strive for in 2019
« ... Cisco Networking Academy has achieved successful student outcomes for more than 20 years by balancing agility with expertise—staying abreast of what’s next in technology while maintaining elements of our program that have proven effective ... »
« ... We innovate everywhere to create fresh ideas and possibilities. We take bold risks to shape the future because we understand every failure is a success, if we learn from it ... »
« ... Technology proficiency can be the key to a lifetime of opportunity for individuals in a rapidly digitizing world. Likewise, a workforce with skills and passion for the latest networking technologies is critical in the long-term ... »
« ... doing amazing things with technology— with the ultimate goal of driving positive business outcomes, empowering people, and helping to better society at large ... solving problems, connecting people and striving for positive outcomes... » -- Tae Yoo, Cisco CSR
URL: https://www.cisco.com/c/dam/assets/csr/pdf/CSR-Report-2018.pdf
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Education in the digital era: challenges, opportunities and lessons for EU policy design
Top three extracts
Continue reading "European policy on digital literacy - DEC 2018" »
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A new CCNP PILOT course is being tested by a group of experienced NetAcad instructors. On 7 March we will inform all interested community members and demonstrate the virtual labs and the learning environment.
A lot of demand has been received for an improved CCNP career-oriented training in Cisco Networking Academy. Recently a pilot project has started within BiASC in which twelve experienced Cisco NetAcad instructors will give feedback on the learning management system and the virtual labs.
On 7 March we intend to have an open meeting with the CCNP pilot instructors and other interested BiASC members. At the end of the session you will have a clear opinion about the new CCNP training materials and the virtual labs.
Topic: Cisco NetAcad CCNP ROUTE PILOT Meeting => Feedback Session
Date: 7 March 2019
Time: NL 10am-13pm *** FR 14-17pm
Address: Cisco BeLux, De Kleetlaan 6A, Diegem
REGISTRATION URL: https://goo.gl/forms/
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FOSDEM is a two-day event organised by volunteers to promote the widespread use of free and open source software. Taking place in the beautiful city of Brussels (Belgium), FOSDEM is widely recognised as the best open source conference in Europe.
Every year, FOSDEM hosts a wide variety of activities about open source. The 2019 edition features 452 speakers, 470 events, and 54 tracks. There are essentially six different categories of sessions and activities: keynotes, main tracks, developer rooms, lightning talks, stands and certification exams.
Date
2 & 3 February 2019
Location
Activities take place in 33 rooms spread across several buildings of the Solbosch campus of the ULB (Université Libre de Bruxelles).
ULB,Campus du Solbosch,Av.F.D.Roosevelt50,1050 Bruxelles,Belgium
Registration
No registration necessary
Good to know
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Cisco NetAcad instuctors are invited to take part in the annual CiscoLive conference in Barcelona in the last week of January. Access is free on Thursday 31 January and Friday 1 February. On Wednesday 30 January the access ticket to explore the conference and be active in the learning labs will be 100 euro. For the full conference starting on Monday 28 January the Explorer Pass will cost 500 (early birds) or 700 euro.
You will be able to talk to experts and perform hands-on labs on all the relevant technologies for Networking Academies, including Software Defined Networking and Blockchain technology.
More information and registration: Download Cisco_live_Program_Registration_guideline_for_Instructors
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Maarten Druwe of Cisco Systems explaining Collaboration tools
On 19 December 2018 a group of members from BiASC were invited at the Cisco BeLux office in Diegem to learn the ins and outs of online collaboration. Frank, Maarten and Rudy of Cisco BeLux thoroughly demonstrated the use of online collaboration tools to a group of about 15 academy trainers, allowing participants to ask all the questions about new communication tools and methods. Demonstrations of Collaboration Systems need restricted groups of about 15 participants.
Webex Teams and Webex Meet are very well designed with open standards and are quite user friendly. If you like to experiment with Webex just send a message to <yvan@biasc.be>. Education prices are free for students and one euro per academy user (teachers, manangement, admin staff).
To start using all the possibilities a "presenter" needs a decent introduction. "Participating" in online collaboration is easy, just press "Join".
Pictures of the demonstration: https://photos.app.goo.gl/wgDyx3UyNH7WMubAA
=> Members of BiASC who are interested in a deep-dive demonstration please contact <yvan@biasc.be>
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Alle BiASC-leden worden uitgenodigd op de komende studiedagen op 24 en/of 25 januari bij Cisco in Amsterdam. Networking Academy helpt studenten om zich klaar te stomen voor de arbeidsmarkt van de toekomst. De sessies gaan door in het Nederlands.
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Cisco will continue public-private partnerships. Chuck Robbins, Cisco’s CEO, announced that Cisco are doubling investments in Networking Academy, with a commitment to educate another 10 million people in the next five years to work and thrive in the digital economy
At Cisco, making a difference and improving lives around the world has been core to who we are for over 30 years. We have consistently leveraged our technology to solve real business and social problems, and ultimately to build bridges to new possibilities. It is this mission that has driven us to establish our Networking Academy program, which for more than 20 years has been providing IT training, preparing students around the world for entry-level jobs, career transitions, and professional certification. More than 9 million students in 180 countries have participated in Networking Academy thus far, and the number continues to grow.
Continue reading "Building Bridges Between Hope and Possibility" »
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Here is the latest list of NetAcad courses for the coming year 2019. We are counting 38 courses at different education levels.
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Very often we are talking to organisations interested in the Networking Academy program. It is important to note that NetAcad is an educational publisher, concerned with issues that are different from commercial aspirations:
Cisco Networking Academy is not commercial
All goals, activities and learning materials are relevant for the Future Workforce.
NetAcad does not focus on products, but rather on ideas, concepts, methods, competences and skills.
Cisco Systems & Cisco Learning are commercial
Cisco Learning focuses on professional certifications and on specific product knowledge.
Cisco Academies do not compete with commercial Cisco Partners. The goals as well as the course materials are completely different.
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On 30 November there is a practical introduction to Network Programmability during the Global Online IPD Week, in Dutch language.
Presentations - used during the session
PATH TRACE - Sample Python Code
CODING PRACTICE
Background - Useful Python Libraries for Network Engineers (YouTube)
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Cisco Networking Academy will continue to offer specific Emerging Technology Workshops that can be used in addition to the existing curriculum.
Typically, the workshops use the Python programming language as well as relevant APIs to access and monitor services.
Topics
Definitely, it is possible to use the Emerging Technology Workshops for any student group that is ready to grasp the new concepts and methods.
Overview how to integrate into the current curriculum
More information about Emerging Technologies Workshops
Continue reading "HOWTO integrate emerging technology workshops into the curriculum" »
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Here is a list of activities for Cisco Academies between November 2018 and June 2019
26-30 NOVEMBER 2018 - Webex Online
Global IPD Week
19 DECEMBER 2018 - Cisco Diegem - 10-14
Connected Classroom - Classroom of the Future
JANUARY - MARCH - MAY
"Fiber is the Future" Workshop - Pics 2019
24-25 JANUARY 2019 - Cisco Amsterdam
Cisco Netacad Day - Pics 2018
28 JANUARY - 1 FEBRUARY 2019 - Barcelona
CiscoLive 2019 Partner Conference - Pics 2018
1 MARCH 2019 - Cisco Diegem
Talent Connection Event - Pics 2018
7 MARCH 2019 - Cisco Diegem
CCNP Pilot Demonstration & Feedback
APRIL-MAY 2019 - Wallonie + Luxembourg
NetAcad Student Challenge - Pics 2018
MAY 2019 - Cisco Diegem
NetAcad Workshop Day - Pics 2018
ONGOING
Instructor Training and Workshops
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From now until June 2019 Cisco’s DevNet and Networking Academy have teamed up again for another webinar series because of the high interest from last year's series. In our ever changing technology landscape, it only makes sense to revisit a few sessions from last year and share the latest details as well as feature a whole new set of topics. Join the webinars for conversations about network programmability, security, SDN and network controllers, Python, and many other related topics.
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Click on the link below to view the pictures
Pics: https://photos.app.goo.gl/2C5z6Woih43AtTKF7
More pics: https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.1919063561495868&type=1&l=c3bca0270c
The jury consisting of representatives from business partners selected the following winning teams:
-1- Thomas More
-2- Odisee
-3- Defense
-4- PXL
A budget 12000 euro for prizes will ensure that the winners are able to go for a next step:
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