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From NetAcad to SkillsForAll. New courses, new learning paths

In 2023-2024 we will experience the next evolution of the Cisco Academy platform. Step-by-step we will be moving to the new SkillsForAll platform with more possibilities for teachers and learners. The main focus remains on problem-based learning and practical applications.

More than thirty IT and technology courses are available for your students.  The quality of the learning materials will undergo no change. All courses are highly interactive and rich in media, giving feedback to learners when it is required and allowing teachers to follow up individual students and classes.

Complete Course Catalog: Download English NetAcad Course Catalog - Sep 2023

Overzicht van interactieve cursussen op Skillsforall

Het online leerplatform Cisco Networking Academy biedt ruim 25 jaar verschillende cursussen en certificeringen op het gebied van netwerken, cybersecurity, programmeren en andere IT-vaardigheden. Vorig jaar is het nieuwe platform skillsforall.com gelanceerd. Dit bevat inmiddels tientallen cursussen, zowel voor de beginnende als voor de intermediate-IT’er.

 In dit artikel vind je een overzicht van het gehele Skillsforall aanbod. Klik op de naam van de cursus voor meer informatie. Meld je aan door te klikken op ‘Get started’.

Wil je binnen een school of opleidingsinstituut met Skillsforall werken Neem dan contact op. 

Als je als docent aan de slag gaat met het Skillsforall platform kan je een klas aanmaken met dezelfde fnctionaliteiten die je gewend bent vanuit het netacad.com platform. 

New Certifications, NetAcad & SkillsForAll Competence-Oriented Course Offerings 2023

Since the beginning of 2023 Cisco is moving to new certifications and new learning platforms. A new level with the name of Cisco Certified Support Technician (CCST) has been defined. With the creation of SkillsForAll the Cisco Networking Academy program is going to migrate to a new platform. The merger of NetAcad and SkillsForAll will be finalized in 2023.

The presentation below informs you about new interactive course offerings, learning pathways and new certifications related to the new courses:

• PDF: Download NetAcad_and_SkillsForAll_2023 (5)
• Google Drive: hyperlink (latest version)

Skills-to-Jobs Learning Platforms

SkillsForAll
SkillsForAll offers interactive courses for everyone interested in learning about the IT profession in a practical way.
You can enroll without being in a regular school. With SkillsForAll you can start learning IT competences and skills by doing.
Networking Academy
You can enroll in an educational institution or adult learning institute for Networking Academy courses to further develop your competences and skills and prepare for a professional career focusing on skills necessary for industrial certification.

 

 

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Networking Academy 2016 & Workforce of the Digital Economy

Networking Academy Globally
One Million current Networking Academy students
9500 Cisco Academies
20 000 Networking Academy Instructors

The Networking Professional

As major industries migrate their infrastructure to take full advantage of the Internet of Things (IoT), the role and skills required of a networking professional are evolving and more vital than ever because the network connects everything.

Sample Titles: Networking Technician, Network Analyst, Network Administrator, Network Engineer, Network Manager

Pathway through the Networking Academy Courses: http://honim.typepad.com/biasc/2016/10/pathway-to-become-a-networking-professional-course-progression.html

Security Administrator

As more people and things are connected to the network, security professionals are in high demand to develop and implement security infrastructure, recognize threats and vulnerabilities to networks, and mitigate security threats.

Sample Titles: Security Administrator, Security Engineer, Cyber Operations Specialist

Pathway through the Networking Academy Courses: http://biasc.be/2016/10/network-security-administrator-course-progression.html

Personality Type

• Problem-solver
• Always learning
• Like working with others

Strengths

• Strong balance of technical, teamwork and communication skills

Networking Academy Course Characteristics

• Each course has a good balance of written, multimedia, and interactive content
• Developing teamwork skills while doing simulated and hands-on activities
  
  

21st Century Skills

Breadth
21st Century Digital Skills: teamwork, communication, perspective, professional network, critical thinking, global understanding, project management, etc.
Many Disciplines: understand enough about related disciplines to work across boundaries and communicate effectively within cross-discipline teams
Many Systems: systems describe major services that impact quality of life, such as transportation, energy, education, food, and healthcare.

Depth
Deep in at least one discipline: ex. Networking, Security, Analytics, Nursing, etc.
Deep in at least one system: Systems are comprised of interconnected components of people, technology, and services. To understand a system deeply, one must know how it functions from the bottom to top in order to address challenges.

Networking Academy Curricula

The Networking Academy delivers a comprehensive, 21st century learning experience. Students develop the foundational ICT skills needed to design, build, and manage networks, along with career skills such as problem solving, collaboration, and critical thinking. Students complete hands-on learning activities and network simulations to develop practical skills that will help them fill a growing need for networking professionals around the world. These are some of the offerings of the Networking Academy:

• IT Essentials - IT Essentials covers the fundamentals of computer hardware and software and advanced concepts, such as security, networking, and the responsibilities of an IT professional.

• Entrepreneurship - The Entrepreneurship course teaches critical business and financial skills, attitudes, and behaviors to help students develop an entrepreneurial mindset that can empower them to improve their overall quality of life.

• Introduction to Cybersecurity - The Introduction to Cybersecurity course covers trends in cybersecurity and demonstrates the need for cybersecurity skills in various industries.

• CCNA Routing and Switching - CCNA Routing and Switching provides a comprehensive overview of networking concepts and skills. It covers network applications to the protocols and services provided to those applications by the lower layers of the network. This curriculum has an emphasis on practical application, work-force readiness, and soft-skills development.

• CCNA Security - CCNA Security introduces the core security concepts and skills needed to install, troubleshoot, and monitor a network to maintain the integrity, confidentiality, and availability of data and devices.

For more information on the latest offerings, go to the Networking Academy website at www.netacad.com.

How To Become An Academy

Cisco Networking Academy is an IT and career skills development program licensed for free to not-for-profit institutions worldwide. More than 9000 institutions in 170+ countries have joined the Networking Academy and become a force for change in the global economy since 1997. Together, we are building the workforce of tomorrow.

To become an instructor, you must work for an institution with an academy. Your school’s academy contact will provide you with a login to access the learning platform.

URL: https://www.netacad.com/get-started/educators

Cisco Networking Academy Membership Guide v3.0

This document identifies the framework and support mechanisms for participating in the Networking
Academy community, including the various options institutions have for engaging in the community and managing academy success, and the policies applicable to all members.

It also identifies a number of program requirements  and policies with which participants in the Cisco Networking Academy program must comply.

Download NetAcad Membership Guide v3 May2014

Become an Academy

TYPES OF ACADEMIES

• CISCO NETWORING ACADEMY / FULL CURRICULUM
• CCNA ROUTING & SWITCHING + CCNA SECURITY
• SMALL ACADEMIES / CCNA ROUTING & SWITCHING
• SMALL ACADEMIES / ITE / CCENT
• LIGHTWEIGHT / STARTERS / ADDITIONAL COURSES

AGREEMENTS

In order to become a Cisco Academy you need two agreements, one with Cisco, one with an ASC (Academy Support Center)

==> Online Form Become a Cisco Academy

For more information

Yvan Rooseleer
<[email protected]>
+32 474 56 45 76

BiASC First Support Contact

Whenever a Cisco Academy has a question or a problem to solve, BiASC should be your first point of contact.

We are developing a list of contact professionals and advisors to support BiASC members. The present list of experienced Cisco Academy Professionals for you to look at is under the Contact link on this website.

 

Academy Policies

This information is taken from the New Networking Academy Membership Guide

Compliance with applicable Cisco Networking Academy policies is required for member institutions. Failure to comply with these policies may result in the termination of a membership agreement and loss of membership privileges and access.

BiASC Activities 2014: ASC + ITC + ARC

These are the main activities of BiASC for the year 2014

1. Studying, researching and preparing new IT curricula for academies*
2. Onboarding: supporting new and existing academies*
3. Providing Academy Orientation: informing and advising academies*, trainers and instructors about evolutions and new trends both in the domain of IT and in Pedagogy
4. Organizing and attending international conferences about evolutions and new trends both in the domain of IT and in Pedagogy
5. Training teachers and instructors
6. Promoting new and helpful resources
7. Aligning international courses with local curriculum; Adapting and Translating course materials
8. Accrediting instructors to teach protected curricula
9. Collaborating to improve the teaching and learning of IT
10. Sponsoring competitions for IT students in the field of innovation, creativity and entrepreneurship

*Academies are university colleges and other educational institutions

Instructor Checklist

Below is a link to a checklist for Cisco Networking Academy instructors. This checklist can be helpful to new instructors preparing to teach a Networking Academy course for the first time, but is also a helpful quick reference for all instructors and partners preparing for classes.

URL: http://training.netacad.com/instructor_checklist.pdf

• Getting Accredited to Teach a Course
• Setting up the Classroom
• Instructional Resources

 

Cisco Academy Membership Agreement

For your information here is the text of the Membership Agreement. Please note that only the latest version is legally valid.

Welcome to the Cisco Networking Academy. This agreement governs your Academy’s participation in the Cisco Networking Academy.

The Networking Academy Membership Guide for Cisco Academies (“NAMGCA”) describes the benefits, roles and responsibilities of Cisco Systems, Inc. or its subsidiary responsible for distribution in the country in which you are located (“Cisco”) and your Academy.  The NAMGCA forms part of this agreement, and will be made available to your Academy by Cisco. Your Academy should review the NAMGCA carefully before agreeing to participate in the Cisco Networking Academy.  By accepting this agreement your Academy agrees to comply with the NAMGCA. As the Cisco Networking Academy evolves, changes to the NAMGCA may be appropriate.  Cisco will exercise reasonable efforts to provide advance notice to your Academy of any major changes to the NAMGCA.

Cisco provides all resources, course materials, services, websites or other deliverables “as is”, without warranty of any kind (as far as Cisco is permitted to do so by law). Further details are set out in the NAMGCA.

The following provisions (a)-(c) govern your treatment of personal information of Academy and Cisco Networking Academy participants (i.e. employees, students, instructors, administrators, or any other of your Cisco Networking Academy participants) (“Cisco Networking Academy Participants”) provided to or otherwise obtained by Cisco from your Academy in connection with the Cisco Networking Academy:

a) By entering into this agreement, your Academy will ensure that Cisco Networking Academy Participants have given their unambiguous consent, to the processing of their personal information by Cisco:  (i) from within and outside of the European Economic Area and those countries deemed to have adequate data protection laws in connection with processing the personal information; and (ii) in accordance with Cisco Networking Academy Privacy Policy, as amended from time to time and located here.

b) Your Academy agrees to comply with:  (i) applicable data protection laws and regulations, including your Academy’s obligations as data controller under those laws and regulations; and (ii) Cisco’s Networking Academy Privacy Policy located here.

c) Your Academy shall defend, indemnify and hold harmless Cisco and its officers, directors, employees, shareholders, customers, agents, successors and assigns from and against any and all loss, damages, liabilities, settlement, costs or expense (including legal expenses and the expenses of other professionals) as incurred, resulting from or arising out of your Academy’s breach of applicable laws relating to the treatment of personal information, including any claim for the unauthorized solicitation, collection, storage, forwarding, or use of personal information.  As a condition to such defense and indemnification, Cisco will provide your Academy with prompt written notice of the claim and permit your Academy to control the defense, settlement, adjustment or compromise of any such claim. Cisco may employ counsel at its own expense to assist it with respect to any such claim; provided, however, that if such counsel is necessary because of a conflict of interest of either your Academy or your Academy’s counsel or because your Academy does not assume control, your Academy will bear the expense of such counsel.  Cisco shall have no authority to settle any claim on behalf of your Academy.

Your term of membership in the Cisco Networking Academy is three years (36 months), commencing when you click “accept” this agreement.  Either Cisco or your Academy may terminate this agreement without any liability to the other party for any reason or for no reason by providing at least thirty (30) days’ written notice to the other.  Either party may refuse to extend or renew the three year- term for any reason or no reason.

Cisco Academy Membership Guide

Download Membership Guide for Cisco Academies v I

Publication date: January 25, 2012

All instructional, quality, and administrative staff at Cisco Academies should be familiar with the policies in this document. 

Starting a VMware vITA Academy

NASC & BiASC are Regional VMware IT Academies helping you to set up your own VMware IT Academy.

Starting your own WMware IT Academy requires the following steps as the VMware Academy coordinator designated by your educational institution:

• Academy Coordinator fills out the NASC/BiASC registration form:
  Link to VMware Regsitration Form 
• After  registration the Academy Coordinator informs <[email protected]> and <arie @biasc.be>
• The Academy Coordinator is then granted access by VMware and registers future VMware instructors
• Future instructor completes VMware Academy Instructor Training
• VMware instructor starts teaching VMware courses

What to do in more detail?

1. The academy coordinator registers the academy by filling out the online registration form.
   Link to VMware Regsitration Form  
2. NASC & BiASC will forward your vITA membership details to VMware.
3. You will be granted access by VMware within five days after forwarding.
4. The academy coordinator then registers local candidate instructors according to the procedure at the following weblink: http://communities.vmware.com/docs/DOC-15017 
   Every instructor needs to be recorded separately. Before taking training all instructors need to be recorded.
5. Completing instructor training is essential to be able to start a student course at your own institution. After conluding Instructor Training from Regional Academy NASC & BiASC authorizes you to teach students classes. You can take the official VCP Certification exam with a discount voucher,but VCP certification is not required to teach student classes.

Apart from in-person instructor training, also remote blended learning using Telepresence and/or Webex or self-study using elearning materials are possible. No VCP voucher is offered in case of self-study.

Online Form For New Academies - Cisco

It's possible to register your new academy directly on the Netacad Website

Online Form For New Academies - Netacad Site

New Netacad Agreements - All happening now

As the result of the Cisco Networking Academy Evolution process all Cisco Academies in Belgium have two agreements, one with Cisco and with with an ASC. Here is an illustration of the Academy Parnter Model: Networking Academy Partner Model

[1] Agreement with Academy Support Center (ASC) -- PER COUNTRY

In every country Cisco has established agreements with at least one Academy Support Center (ASC). An ASC acts like a regional academy previously. Every academy needs an agreement with an ASC. All Belgian Networking Academy Contacts have received an invitation by email from BiASC between 25 April and 10 May.

[2] Agreement with Cisco -- GLOBALLY

During May all Cisco Academy Contacts will also receive an email informing about the renewal of the agreements of academies with Cisco itself. It is necessary to accept the agreement if your academy wishes to continue.

The agreement process looks like this:

Networking Academy Backgrounds - Rich Learning Environments

Here is a presentation offering an overview and some backgrounds about the Networking Academy rich learning environmnet which has grown better and better over the years.

PPTX:  Download Netacad-Rich-Learning-Environment

PPT:   Download Netacad-Rich-Learning-Environment

PDF:  Download Netacad-Rich-Learning-Environment