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Professional IT Training : Cisco Networking Academy & Skills For All

Cisco Networking Academy Learning Experience
Cisco Networking Academy is a worldwide professional IT Training program for students and teachers. The platform is managed by Cisco, but there are also other participants like Python Institute, CompTIA and Linux Professional Institute. Here is a short video about Networking Academy on YouTube

Future Workforce Orientation
The aim is to prepare students for the future workforce with hands-on,  professional interactive courses about relevant topics in IT infrastructure, Cybersecurity, Automation and Coding. Most courses are problem-oriented focusing on IT skills.

Networking Academy Website for Members
If you are part of a licensed Cisco Networking Academy you wil get access to the interactive course materials via your teacher. The website https://netacad.com not only gives you access to more than thirty professional courses, but also give you advice and tips about finding interesting projects, internships and jobs. It is necessary to be officially registered by your teacher to get access to the NetAcad website.

Skills For All 
Moreover, part of the Networking Academy introductory course materials are free for everyone to start learning IT skills. The website https://skillsforall.com/ offers you a number of introductory security and IT infrastructure courses that will give you an introduction into relevant IT topics for future professionals.

Industry Experts
All courses and resources are from industry acclaimed Cisco Networking Academy and developed by industry experts.

List of Courses
Cisco Networking Academy list of courses and background in formation: https://www.netacad.com/
Skills For All Catalog: https://skillsforall.com/catalog

Industrial Certification

After completing the courses it is possible to take part in certification exams that prove your knowledge and skills by the industry.
More information and examples about different certifications you can find here.

Digital Badges

At the Cisco Networking Academy all people are empowered with career possibilities. Digital badges help learners showcase specific skills and knowledge to employers, provide them with a verifiable, trusted credential and help recognize instructor and academy milestones. 

Currently NetAcad badges are available for the following courses:

CCNA Introduction to Networks - Switching, Wireless, and Routing Essentials - Enterprise Networking, Security, and Automation
CCNP Enterprise: Core Networking
CCNP Enterprise: Advanced Routing
CyberOps Associate
Network Security
DevNet Associate
IT Essentials
Networking Essentials
Cybersecurity Essentials
Introduction to Cybersecurity
Introduction to IoT
Introduction to Packet Tracer

More information about Digital Badges: Download Badging Overview

 

 

Formation et accréditation d'instructeurs NetAcad 2021-2022

Il y a trop peu de formateurs en informatique dans l'enseignement et dans les centres de formation pour adultes.

Vous voulez enseigner la mise en réseau, la sécurité, DevNet ou Python ?
Devenez instructeur informatique dans le programme Networking Academy !
C'est gratuit, à distance, international, pris en charge et amusant !
Inscrivez-vous ici : https://app.smartsheet.com/b/form/57945e07b3da4bc492eee80c6ddc54fc

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

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

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

Tips & Tricks for NetAcad Instructors

In the recent presentation from IPD Week you will find a lot of useful tips and tricks:

• How to request help from the support desk?
• How to report an error in Packet Tracer?
• What to do if you discover an error in a course or in a test?
• How to generate course certificate?
• How about certification discounts?

Powerpoint Presentation
PPT: Download NetAcad Wizard_Tips & Tricks Oct 2020

More references
NetAcad FAQ Page: https://netacad.com/portal/faq-page

 

NetAcad New Course Experience

All Cisco Networking Academy are migrated to a new user experience. However, only the learning management system is changing; the course content, hands-on labs and exams remain the same. The plan is to migrate every NetAcad course to the new environment by End October 2020. 

ADVICE: If you are keen on using the new course experience, create the course when the actual course has been migrated.

The new experience courses provide a cleaner and more unified user experience. There are more possibilities for instructors to customize content. Also, there are better ways to prevent cheating during exams have been put in place.

Main elements of the new course experience tour

• Introduction to Navigation
• Adding and Editing Content
• Tours and Tooltips
• Marking Students Complete
• Hiding and Revealing Content
• Advanced Quiz Settings
• New Quiz Question Types
• Adding Custom Assignments
• Grading Assignments
• Taking the Pulse with Polls and Surveys
• Fostering Collaboration

Self-guided video tours: https://www.netacad.com/portal/content/self-guided-tour

Presentation: Download NetAcad New Course Experience

REMARK
Legacy experience courses end on 31 July 2021. There is no way to extend the course. You have to recreate a course if it needs to be used after 31 July 2021.

NetAcad possible learning outcomes

NetAcad awareness that different instructors value possible learning outcomes differently

For example, there are cognitive (planning, analyzing, thinking), affective (emotional, social), and kinesthetic (physical hands-on, movement in a networking space) aspects to designing, configuring, and troubleshooting networks.

Networking Academy Overview for Educators

 

Many new Cisco Networking Academy courses and updated versions are arriving between now and the next academic year. The presentation Overview-networking-academy-for-educators gives you a description of the Cisco Networking Academy portfolio:

• Course Overview from beginner to expert
• Resources for teachers and instructors
• Resources for students
• Talent Bridge Program
• Jobs with employers around the world
• Support and marketing services
• Instructor Training

Remote Hands-On Labs for Academy Students

Marc's Home Lab

Access for Cisco Academy students

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Quite a number of Cisco Academy Instructors have been working on hardware lab access solutions so that students are able to experience working with real equipment and solving real problems. Marc Delmotte has provided his students with all the equipment necessary for the CCNA and Security courses. Marc is an instructor Trainer in Belgium who also teaches full-time in higher education.

Marc Delmotte, ITQ, NetAcad Coach and Cisco Academy Instructor

J'ai mis en ligne 3 labos accessibles à distance par les étudiants en CCNA et en CCNA Security. Je peux encore améliorer le système, mais cela fonctionne déjà très bien.  Les étudiants semblent enchantés. L'amélioration porterait sur une automatisation du planning des labos, car cela me prend beaucoup de temps…

BiASC recognition by Cisco Networking Academy

BiASC is grateful having received a new recognition by Cisco Networking Academy.

 

Webex taking you one step further in online learning and teaching

At BiASC, PXL and HOWEST we have started experimenting with specific hardware to improve online teaching. Sensational!
Additional Webex Support: URL: https://www.netacad.com/learning-never-stops

Webex Teams and Webex Meetings are cloud applications that can be used with nearly all computer systems, portables, tablets and smartphones.

Using the extra devices that are available gives some extra touch that works very well in a professional education environment.

We believe that the video and sound quality should be nearly perfect, because we are distance education professionals.

Here is the complete list of available professional devices: URL: https://projectworkplace.cisco.com/en-us/devices

BiASC favours the Roomkit Plus

More pictures of Webex Devices
URL: https://projectworkplace.cisco.com/en-us/workspaces

Great workspaces to teach and collaborate online

Webex for Education

Now is the time in which online education is more relevant than ever. NetAcad members from BiASC are entitled to use a full Webex admin account (up to a maximum number that we are able to provide). Equally, all other educational institutions can use a free full access account until the end of the current academic year.

URL: https://www.webex.com/webexremoteedu.html
Contact: Michel Assink, massink@cisco.com, +3227785404

Advise for Newcomers and Deep Dive Webinar

This page gives basic information for newcomers along with a video reference to a deep dive explanation of the major components of the Webex ecosystem. 

NetAcad instructors who have been using Webex for distance learning are attracted to this very useful collection of open standard communication and cloud collaboration tools. Webex Teams & Meetings offers all the possibilities that you get from other well known cloud applications. Only in Webex all the tools are integrated.

Participants can join a meeting with a desktop or laptop computer, a tablet or even a smartphone.

Open Standards and Integration
Webex is a combination of functionalities that you find in apps like WhatsApp, Messenger, Skype, Zoom, Dropbox, Adobe Connect ... Moreover, Webex is offering a very intuitive screen sharing, annotation, chat and polling tool. The elegant whiteboard application allows instructors to explain design concepts with the use of visual representations. Meetings can be recorded and all the necessary files can be up- and downloaded. Webex facilitates integration with calendar applications Microsoft Exchange, Office 365, Google Gmail. 

Start simple, step by step 
For group meetings and online classes we advise you to use the Webex Meetings tool with your students. This is the most simple for all participants. For small group or individual coaching we advise Webex Teams, in which students can also collaborate without a teacher.

Below is a Beginner's Guide in three languages:

• English: Download 2020-03-02_Webex_eschool_v1.0-eng(1)
• français: Telecharger 2020-03-02_Webex_eschool_v1.0-FR(1)
• Nederlands: Download 2020-03-12_Webex_eschool_v1.3-Dutch(1)
• Additional information on Cisco NetAcad - URL: https://www.netacad.com/learning-never-stops
• Related information: https://honim.typepad.com/biasc/2020/03/webex-free-remote-teaching.html

A video has been created for you giving background information for professional and educational usage of Webex
We particularly advise to watch the part starting at time 16:24 until 45:54

 

NetAcad Content Quality & Learning Engineering

A quality professional education program needs more than just content. Cisco Networking Academy is based on education research, learning engineering, innovative media animations  and much more. Soon, you  will even get a 3D learning experience. Contact us to learn the future of learning.

IPD Week for Cisco Academy Instructors

Four times a year online webinars are organized for Cisco Academy Instructors. In 2019-2020 the webinars will focus on the new program updates and inform you about technical issues. You will be invited by mail and through other media. Please register to be updated and learn about the new technology evolution.

IT Academy Show & Exploration Day | 23 MAY 2019

IT Academy Programmes

from multiple IT providers

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On 23 May BiASC will inform all interested academy instructors from the Benelux about new IT Academy Programs in the domain of IT Infrastructure.
REGISTRATON LINK: https://goo.gl/forms/QBUZQnvKAYy1Cg392

The following IT Academy Programs will be presented, and you will learn how to get access to study materials and to hands-on labs for your students:

• Amazon Web Services Academy
• Cisco Networking Academy
• Palo Alto Networks Cybersecurity Academy
• RedHat Academy
• VMware IT academy
• CompTIA
• Linux Professional Institute (LPI)

Also statistics of Pearson Vue certification exams will be made available.

Date: 23 May 2019
Location
Odisee UC --- rue d'Assaut/ Stormstraat 2 --- 1000 Brussels ---- Polyvalent Auditorium 2215
Start: 14pm
End: 18pm

REGISTRATON LINK: https://goo.gl/forms/QBUZQnvKAYy1Cg392

FOSDEM Open Source - Brussels - 2 & 3 February 2019

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

• Cisco provides all of the WLAN hardware and manages the wireless network at FOSDEM.
• Linux Professional Institute (LPI) has a stand at FOSDEM.
• LPI Linux Certification exams have been scheduled on Saturday afternoon and Sunday morning.