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BiASC awarded PREMIER PLUS recognition by Cisco Networking Academy

For the first time BiASC has been awarded a PREMIER PLUS award as an ASC and an ITC by the global management team of Cisco Networking Academy.

This status makes us part of the 5% of top ASC/ITCs in the world.

 

BiASC wants to continue the approach of building a Human Network, motivating people (teachers, students, educational institutions and other stakeholders) from the bottom up.

 

The next steps in 2021-2022 are:

• Teach excellent instructor training courses (within all Europe North with seven instructors from BiASC)
• Organize an impressive human networking day at Pairi Daiza in the spring of 2022
• Empower instructor training in Wallonia and Brussels by proposing a funded training project in a social economy setting: DigitalCity, Bruxelles Formation, Digital Wallonia, IFAPME, Techni/Techno

NetAcad Day May 2021 - Presentaties

Op 26 en 28 mei vond de Virtuele NetAcad Day plaats voor Nederlandstalige instructors van hogescholen, onderwijsinstituten en beroepsopleidingen. Op 26 mei komen belangrijke recente ontwikkelingen binnen NetAcad aan bod. Op 28 mei zijn er technische sessies in de domeinen (Cyber)Security, DevNet en DevOps. De sessies geven inspiratie voor de opleidingsstrategie van de toekomst.

In dit document vindt u de presentaties en video's van NETACAD DAY op 26 en 28 mei.

Presentaties

REIMAGINING EDUCATION - R. Bleeker - nl (26 mei)
Presentation (PDF): Download NetAcad Day Vlaanderen 26 mei 2021

Be The Bridge Award from BiASC to BIASC

Our international activities and collaboration with our members have resulted in a Be The Bridge Award from Cisco Networking Academy received on May 25, 2021.

NetAcad Day Belgium 2021

In Belgium NetAcad Day 2021 will be organized in two languages, Dutch & French. The aim is to inform Networking Academy Instructors and Co-ordinators of the evolution in the course content and the requirements in terms of competences and skills.

Dutch sessions are on Wednesday 26 May (PM) and on Friday 28 May (PM)
French session is on Thursday 27 May (PM).

Agenda

• Download Virtual NetAcad Day 2021 - Agenda

More information

• Français/ French
• Nederlands/ Dutch

 

The Bridge to Career Possibilities for People Everywhere

Aim: Be the bridge to career possibilities for people everywhere by providing the best workforce development program in the industry.

Cisco NetAcad will continue to develop new interactive course materials also for entry-level. “We need programs with a clearer pathway to good jobs, with
more nondegree courses and short-term options to build marketable skills”

The goal is to address the problems and opportunities of tomorrow:

• Responding to COVID related job displacement and reskilling needs.
• Hardening the global economy against hacking and increased cyber-attacks.
• Building a skilled workforce in Cybersecurity, Programming, and Networking.
• Fostering ICT knowledge and skills – when 90% of IT jobs are outside of the tech sector.

Verkenning "Interactief Digitaal Studiemateriaal" - CVO - 26 mei 2021

Op woensdagnamiddag 26 mei 2021 organiseert Belgian IT Academy Support Center vzw (BiASC) een verkennende infosessie voor CVO's over "Interactief Digitaal Studiemateriaal" voor kortlopende of langere IT-opleidingen.

In het volwassenenonderwijs gaan we een nieuwe tijd tegemoet waarin zich bijzondere uitdagingen aanbieden. 

Zowel voor het tweedekansonderwijs als voor de kortlopende opleidingen hebben wij via Networking Academy een heel aanbod van interactieve digitale lesmaterialen die niet commercieel getint zijn. Het gaat om meer dan 20 relevante cursussen, die voor een deel  via begeleide zelfstudie kunnen verlopen.

We willen graag uw aandacht vestigen op deze digitale opportuniteiten waarmee het volwassenenonderwijs een belangrijke rol kan spelen. De eerste stap is een interacitef webinar onder leiding van Nico Declerck, waarna desgewenst een volgende afspraak wordt gemaakt.

U kunt zich vrijblijvend inschrijven via dit formulier.

JOURNÉE VIRTUELLE NETACAD 2021

Organisation : Cisco NetAcad + BiASC
Cible : Académies Cisco francophones de Belgique
Date : 27 mai à 14h00 via Webex
Inscription en ligne: https://forms.gle/oin45gP9aDfTNWdr8
Hyperlien Webex: https://biasc.be/2021/05/journ%C3%A9e-virtuelle-netacad-27-mai-2021.html

Cisco NetAcad et le BiASC organisent une session d'information au cours de laquelle les dernières mises à jour de NetAcad vous seront présentées.
Une session pratique suivra pour vous parler de la sécurisation des réseaux, de DevOps, ainsi que de DevNet (Infrastructure as Code).
Nous comptons sur votre inscription.

DATE ET HEURE
Mercredi 27 mai de 14h à 16h.

GROUPE CIBLE
Ce webinaire s'adresse aux coordinateurs et instructeurs qui veulent être à l'avant-garde et s'intéressent aux nouveaux développements et aux meilleures pratiques dans le monde de NetAcad.

AGENDA
14h00 Tendances et évolutions de Cisco NetAcad -- Armand Leblois, Fabian Restiaux
14h30  Cyber Security versus Network Security  -- Marc Delmotte
15h00 Infrastructure As Code & Démonstration pratique -- Pierre de Fooz

INSCRIPTION (GRATUITE)
Afin de garantir votre participation, voulez-vous remplir le formulaire.
Ce n'est qu'après votre inscription que vous pourrez accéder à la session en direct. Un hyperlien vous sera envoyé.

Après la pause estivale, nous prévoyons de poursuivre avec des ateliers approfondis.

VIRTUELE NETACAD DAG - 26 en 28 mei 2021

Organisatie: Cisco NetAcad & BiASC
Doelgroep: Cisco Academies in Vlaanderen en Brussel
Data: 26 mei en 28 mei
Inschrijving: Na registratie krijgt u de hyperlinks naar de online sessies doorgestuurd van zodra deze ter beschikking zijn.
Hyperlinks online meetings: http://biasc.be/2021/05/netacad-day-vl-meeting-links-26-28-may-2021.html 
 
Cisco NetAcad en BiASC nodigen u en uw collega's uit om deel te nemen aan de virtuele NetAcad Day 2021. Hieronder volgt de voorlopige agenda.  
 
AGENDA 26 MEI -- Vlaanderen
14:00 uur -- Sessie voor specifieke doelgroepen op aanvraag of uitnodiging

15:00 uur -- Officiële Kick Off - Rik Bleeker, Yvan Rooseleer
15:15 NIEUWE TRENDS + HARD EN SOFTWARE - Willem-Jan Derks
Presentatie: Download NetAcadDayPresentatieWJBiASC
15:45 PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT OPPORTUNITIES - Semyon Ovsyannikov 
16:30 BLIK NAAR DE TOEKOMST - Yvan Rooseleer

AGENDA 28 MEI  -- Vlaanderen + Nederland
Brede en gedetailleerde keuzesessies tussen 15 en 17 uur
De keuzedelen 2 en 3 hebben een gemeenschappelijke start en daarna is er een splitsing in twee groepen. Bij de inschrijving hoef je alleen de gewenste praktijksessie te kiezen.

Keuzedeel 1
A 1500-1545 Toetsen met Packet Tracer introductie - Cees Bruurmijn
B 1600-1700 Toetsen met Packet gevorderd - Cees Bruurmijn

Keuzedeel 2 
C 1500-1545 DevNet Associate (Martijn Rotteveel)
    - D 1600-1700 Praktijk Infrastructure as Code, Ansible, Jenkins & Docker - Yvan Rooseleer
    - E 1600-1700 Praktijk Python, JSON & REST APIS - Arie Twigt

Keuzedeel 3
F 1500-1545 NetAcad Security Portfolio - Semyon Ovsyannikov
    - G 1600-1700 Praktijk CyberKill Chain detection & Mitigation - Liesbeth Kenens, Gunther van Landeghem
    - H 1600-1700 Deep dive Networking Security course - Semyon Ovsyannikov

Na de zomervakantie gaan we verder met instructor training en workshops.

Inschrijving: Na registratie krijgt u de hyperlinks naar de online sessies doorgestuurd van zodra deze ter beschikking zijn.
Wij raden aan deel te nemen aan de twee dagdelen.

New NetAcad Instructor Test Drive

If you are new to Networking Academy and you might want to become a NetAcad instructor, the Test Drive gives you all the experience needed.

What is the “NetAcad Test Drive” Offer?

An opportunity for any educator to become a “Prospective Instructor” in a few clicks and minimal registration
Explore Netacad platform, courses and resources
Learn from Instructor Professional Development (IPD) trainings
Try teaching students
Learn about Netacad from inside as a previous step to becoming a Cisco Academy
Try, explore, experiment and… make decision later!
No obligations, no commitments!

More information for new instructors:

• Download Instructor Experience Test-Drive_SO_AL

Workshop by Tom Cordemans - IPD WEEK - May 2021

During the IPD Week on 5 May 2021 Tom Cordemans will be demonstrating best practices to teach about network security. 

Tom says: "Learning protocols can be hard and sometimes boring. By using the hacker's perspective you can tackle the learning process in a different way. Let's find out. We'll use DHCPv4 as an example." 

We encourage all instructors to take part in Tom's workshop. Tom is an instructor in higher education both in Bruges and Brussels. Moreover, Tom is an active advisor for BiASC. 

Diving into networking protocols by using the hacker’s perspective

Class Archiving

• Class “archiving” happens 3 months after the end date. Means class access is not possible, but Course details page contains student roster, final cumulative course grate, certificate of completion
• All Canvas classes must be concluded by July 31, 2021 and later will be “archived” with NO possibility to be recovered. Instructors must back up  any data (gradebooks, customizations, files) from such classes manually, if needed
• Current max. class length is 12 months for student classes and 6 months for instructor classes. Default class length is 3 months, but can be adjusted.  Means that current max. class availability period is 15 months (12+3).
• Netacad HelpDesk normally can help to unarchive some classes by request. Note that old Canvas classes will be impossible to unarchive after 15 September 2021, this is a no return date for Canvas classes.

Networking Academy Maintenance - Image & Hardware Support

All Networking Academy instructors can request access to download IOS images directly from Cisco as part of the NetAcad Maintenance program.  Please keep in mind that in order to download IOS images, the instructors will need to log in with their NetAcad login details. 

Networking Academy Maintenance - Image & Hardware Support
Instructions are provided further below on how to download IOS images directly from the “Networking Academy Maintenance - Image & Hardware Support" document, located on the Cisco NetAcad site. As a reminder, we recommend that users always verify the most current list of the IOS covered under the program before downloading IOS.   In addition, this document will take you directly to the download URL.

Networking Academy Maintenance IOS Download Guide
Another very useful document is the "Networking Academy Maintenance IOS Download Guide". Page 2 will explain how to download the correct IOS.

How to locate the necessary information
Please find below the steps to follow to locate these documents:

1. Log In into the Cisco Networking Academy site – www.netacad.com
2. Click on the 'Resources' tab
3. Click on 'Marketing and Program Resources'
4. Click on 'Equipment Information'
5. Under the 'Networking Academy Maintenance' section, click on the blue 'NetAcad Maintenance' link
6. Scroll down and locate 'Networking Academy Maintenance - Image & Hardware Support'

Software products that are not listed are not covered and should not be downloaded or used by academies. Back-end auditing will be used to verify conformance to this policy.

Webex Education Community

URL: https://community.cisco.com/t5/webex-for-education/bd-p/disc-education

Install the Cisco Webex Education Connector in Your Learning Management System

It is possible to install the Webex Education Connector in Canvas by Instructure, Blackboard Learn, Moodle, Brightspace by D2L, Schoology, or Sakai using Learning Tool Interoperability (LTI). The Webex Education Connector integrates Cisco Webex Meetings and Webex into your Learning Management System (LMS).

More information: https://help.webex.com/en-us/n77zrcq/Control-Hub-Site-Administration-Install-the-Cisco-Webex-Education-Connector-in-Your-Learning-Management-System

Online Professional Develoment for NetAcad Instructors

The February IPD Week is over with a collection of high quality sessions.  The next IPD Week is from 3 to 7 May.

If you missed some of the sessions, you still have till 14 March to review the recordings/download materials and have your participation hours counted for the certificate of attendance.

- Understanding HTTP using Wireshark and Curl
- Network Infrastructure as a Code
- Packet Tracer 8 Physical Mode in CCNA 7.02
- Are you a NetAcad Wizard? Part 2
- New LMS Demo: Recent Enhancements
- Data Privacy, How concerned are you?
- Network Automation using Ansible Part 2 : Roles and Variables
- Streaming Telemetry for Network Infrastructure
- DevNet Associate: Filtering JSON Data (30 min)
- DevNet Associate: Generating JSON Data (30 min)

You can find all the resources here: https://cs.co/ipdcourse21 (login required)

VMware Academy Program Information Webinar

For the VMware Academy program a series of webinars have been created to inform or update academies. There is a choice of optional dates between March and August 2021

VMware IT Academy program information webinar

This webinar will be a great refresher about what institutions can expect when partnering with VMware through the IT Academy program.

Topics of the presentation are:
- What VMware does
- What the IT Academy program offers
- How these offers are made available
- Who is able to partner with the IT Academy program
- How to join the IT Academy program

Here is the registration link: https://VMware.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_J1Uha0hUQSSyvdvCUd1qtA

VMware IT Academy onboarding webinar

In this webinar we will be helping approved academic institutions find their way into the VMware IT Academy program.

Topics we'll discuss are:
- Our program partners
- Program resources (licenses, courses and vouchers)
- Portal subscription
- Train the Trainer

Here is the registration link: https://VMware.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_TfHeFMD7T-ys0yqjCSZE3g

New Networking Academy Course Catalog -- January 2021

Networking Academy offers professional training courses aiming to be product-neutral, skills-oriented and also problem-based. There are several types of course offerings:

• Explore Courses: starting points to explore opportunities with digital skills 
• Career Courses: equip students with real job skills for entry-level positions
• Practice: learning tools, hands-on labs, interactieve experiences

The latest description of the Networking Academy courses can be downloaded here:

• English: Download English_NetAcad_Product_Catalog_01.31.2021
• French: Download French_NetAcad_Product_Catalog_01.31.2021

CiscoLive Networking Academy Day - March/April 2021

Being part of Networking Academy gives instructors, teachers and ICT coordinators multiple opportunities per year to follow up the trends in the world of IT Infrastructure and Security, and how to implement it. Depending on your situation you may wish to register for one, two or three days. 

30 March - Networking Academy Day

This year the CiscoLive Networking Academy Day will take place on 30 March 2021.

• Keynote session from 2:30 to 4:30 PM CET 
• Technical Session on from 5 to 6 PM CET

The topics are relevant and inspiring for all active  and future  Cisco Academies. The Networking Academy day is (freely) accessible to anyone related to our program or who wants to learn more.

• Register for Academy Day Keynote
• Register for Academy Day Technical Session
• When registering, you will have access to the CiscoLive NetAcad Webex Event.
  Registrants will receive automated confirmation and a place blocker in their agenda for the sessions they registered for.

31 March and 1 April

• Cisco Live contains free and paid sessions, and are a great opportunity for Instructors that want to attend more in-depth technical sessions. 
• Register for CiscoLive Sessions

Full details and registration links are available on the event website

URL: https://netacad.cventevents.com/event/03cac226-6c80-4527-a0dc-5c005d7cc253/summary

Webex Accounts for NetAcad

All NetAcad instructors that teach Cisco Career and Training (CCT) courses are eligible to receive a Cisco Networking Academy Webex account. CCT courses include: CCNA, CCNP Enterprise, CyberOps Associate, DevNet Associate and CCNA Security. Instructors that started a Cisco Career and Training class on or after July 26, 2020 and who currently do not have an existing WebEx account associated with their NetAcad profile email will be granted a NetAcad Webex account.

More information

URL: https://www.netacad.com/portal/resources/professional-development/instructor-resources-virtual-learning

Python & JSON Workshop -- IPD Week - 25 FEB 2021

Which Python skills do you really need in order to teach DevNet Associate or Emerging Technology Workshops? Attend the webinar during Cisco NetAcad IPD Week on 25 February.

Registration for the Python & JSON Workshop online session
URL: https://1040239.netacad.com/courses/1058892

Cisco NetAcad Instructor Training Program - Feb-Apr 2021

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From February until April 2021 more than 200 Instructors will be introduced to new technology courses about relevant IT skills.
For more information contact Yvan Rooseleer <yvan.rooseleer@biasc.be>