The Cisco Networking Academy
Program employs an innovative e-learning
model with cutting-edge online management tools. Technology
is not only the subject matter, but also the means by which
a single program is consistently administered worldwide.
The program is a proof point in the efficacy of e-learning.
Cisco also uses e-learning
to train our workforce on new products, programs and initiatives.
Cisco President and CEO John Chambers says that e-learning
is the Internet's "next killer application."
- A Web-Based
Curriculum encourages new ways of learning, permits
students to access content
on demand from multiple remote locations, proceed
through lessons at their own pace, and view video and
visual explanations of technology.
- Internet-Based
Community provides a forum for shared intelligence
among educators, allowing teachers around the world to
compare best practices and most effective techniques for
teaching specific lessons.
- Frequent Online
Testing enables Instructors to assess student comprehension
and retention to determine if learning is taking place
and to make program refinements. These education management
tools provide built-in accountability, a theme of growing
importance for educational institutions worldwide.
- Virtual
Classrooms provide interactive, Web-based opportunities
to communicate with geographically dispersed learners.
Additional training and support is provided to the Academy
Instructors around the world via Virtual Classrooms or
web-based lessons.
- Online Instructor's
Guide is a comprehensive teaching resource which provides
lesson plans for every lesson, as well as laboratory exercises
for hands-on experience. The Instructor’s Guide is
constantly evolving to reflect recommendations from the
instructors and improvements in teaching methods.
- Workplace Learning
Initiative features a Web site that is equipped with
search and matching functions that links Networking Academies
and channel partners (to provide schools with free or
steeply discounted equipment) in one centralized location.
Networking Academies can find
channel partners interested in offering hands-on opportunities,
and channel partners can search for Academies with students
that match needed skill sets, experience and location.
For more information on
e-learning, visit SmartForce,
the world's largest e-learning company. Also, visit Cisco's
e-learning
homepage.
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