Corporate and academic
curricula integration
@II.EDU.MK
Anastas Misev
Institute of Informatics
Faculty of Natural Sciences and Mathematics
University “Ss Cyril and Methodius”
Skopje, Macedonia
The possibilities
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More corporate curricula available
Universal and worldwide availability
Better workforce development
“Closing the digital divide”
Corporate curricula examples
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SUN Academic Initiative
CISCO Networking Academies
Microsoft IT Academies
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SUN Academic Initiative
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Oriented towards SUN technologies
Covering both HW and SW
Most useful for Java training
More details in last years’ WS
presentation
CISCO Networking Academy
• “Comprehensive e-learning program that provides
students with the Internet technology skills”
• Launched in October 1997 with 64 educational
institutions in seven states
• Today: more than 150 countries, over 1.6 million
students have enrolled at more than 10,000
Academies located in high schools, technical
schools, colleges, universities, and communitybased organizations.
• Standardized curricula
– http://standards.netacad-currdev.net/home/default.asp
The CCNA model
• http://cisco.netacad.net
• Training the trainers
• 3 levels
CATC
Regional
Local
Local
Regional
Local
Local
Local
GLN
• Blended learning environment
– Rich Media, promoting broad, media-intensive curricula for text,
video, audio, interactive, and animated content, all of which
address multiple learning styles and needs
– Course materials and assessments done on-line
– Practical, hands-on exercises done on actual equipment at labs
– Simulators and remote labs for practicing when equipment not
available
– Personalized Feedback, providing students and instructors with
information on each student's progress and proficiency level
• Prerequisites
– Institution with accredited curricula
– PC or MAC lab
– Internet connection
Courses and partners
• CCNA 1-4 (280h)
– Basic networking courses
– Suitable for high schools, universities
• CCNP 1-4 (280h)
– Advanced networking
– Technical university level
Courses and partners (2)
• Fundamentals of Network Security (70h)
– Suitable for specialized high schools, universities
(especially short 2-3 year studies)
• Fundamentals of Wireless LANs (70h)
– Suitable for specialized high schools, universities
Courses and partners (3)
• HP IT Essentials I: PC Hardware and
Software (70h)
– Partnership with HP
– Suitable for high school, non CS/CE universities
• HP IT Essentials II: Network Operating
Systems (70h)
– Partnership with HP
– Suitable for specialized high schools, universities
(especially short 2-3 year studies)
Courses and partners (4)
• Fundamentals of Java Programming (70h)
– Partnership with SUN
– Terminating by 01.06.2006
– Suitable for universities
• Fundamentals of UNIX (70h)
– Suitable for specialized high schools, universities
(especially short 2-3 year studies)
Courses and partners (5)
• Fundamentals of Web Design (70h)
– Partnership with Adobe Systems
– Terminating by 01.06.2006
– Suitable for high schools, non CS/CE universities
• Panduit Network Infrastructure Essentials
– Partnership with Panduit
– Suitable for technical high schools
Curricula Offerings 2005
2
Remote
Access
University
Security
College
1
Basics
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1
Advanced CCNP Trouble
Shooting
Routing
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WAN
Career
Enterprise
Networking
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Multilayer
Switching
CCNA
High School
UNIX
JAVA
Sun
Sun
2
3
Switching
Routing
Wireless
Career
SMB Networking
ITE 1
Fundamentals
Courses
HP
NIE
Panduit
Career
Network Installer
Basic IT Support
ITE 2
HP
Presentation_ID
System Admin
1120 Hours of learning
Software support / dev
© 2001, Cisco Systems, Inc. All rights reserved.
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Academy Curricula and
Certifications
Higher Education,
Technical University
Higher Education
Secondary Schools,
Colleges, University
SECONDARY SCHOOLS
CCNP 4
CCNP 3
CCNP 2
CCNP 1
Security
CCNA 3&4
Wireless
CCNA 1&2
IT Essentials I & II
Comptia A+ PC Hardware & Operating Systems
BSCI
Building Scalable Cisco Internetworks
ICND
Interconnecting Cisco Networking Devices Exam
BCMSN
Building Cisco Multilayer Switched Networks
CCNA
CWNA
CFSS+
Cisco Certified Network Associate
Certified Wireless Network Administrator
Cisco Firewall Specialist & Security +
BCRAN
Building Cisco Remote Access Networks
CIT
Cisco Internetwork Troubleshooting support
CIT
BCRAN
BCMSN
BSCI
CFSS+
CCNA
CWNA
ICND
Comptia A+
Microsoft IT Academies
• Designed to allow accredited academic
institutions to deliver to students a
premium education on the latest
Microsoft technologies
• Prepares students for academic
education tracks, rigorous Microsoft
certification exams, and for career
opportunities as IT professionals
Academy curricula
• Designed around Microsoft Software
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Operating System Software
Developer Software
Server Software
Productivity Software
• Requires yearly membership fees
• Depending on the model, instructors training
can be free
• Benefits in software licensing
Academy Levels
• IT Pro Plus
– designed to provide complete workforce development
resources to institutes offering career development from the
desktop to the IT professional for degrees or certifications:
IT Pro (MCP) and Microsoft Office Specialist certification.
• IT Pro
– designed to provide workforce development resources to
institutes offering career development in the IT profession
for degrees or certifications: IT Pro (MCP) only
• Office Specialist
– designed to provide benefits toward Microsoft Office
Specialist certification. This level does NOT include IT Pro
(MCP) benefits.
Levels of integration
• Loose integration
– Offering the courseware as additional, non required course
material
– Left to the students to choose
• Strong integration
– Offering the courses in the integral part as the whole or
including the courses in the integral part as parts of other
academic courses
• Independent offering of the courses out of the
curricula
– Open for students, but also for general public
Integration@II: SUN
• Loose integration
– Offered as supplement to the students of
the courses:
• Programming languages
• Data structures and algorithms
• Internet technologies (partly)
Integration@II: CISCO
• Strong integration
– The students of the courses:
• Computer networks
• Computer networks design
are offered an option to take the course according to the
CCNA program
• Independent offering of the courses to the general
public
• The new curricula will add two more courses from
the 3 year studies to the list:
• Wireless networks
• Wireless and mobile technologies
which will be accompanied with the Wireless LANs
Integration@II: Microsoft
• In the process of establishment
• Possible integration
– Strong for the subjects
• System software (partly)
• Networking operating systems (partly)
– Independent offering as additional courses
to the students, but also to the general
public
Experience@II
• Very positive!!!
• Example: CISCO
– When offered as option, all the students
choose to take CISCO curricula
– Small fee charged, covering only the
material expenses (manuals, cables,
connectors,…)
– Very high attendance, especially the labs
Experience@II (cont.)
• Three models used so far
– The first one (used with the first generation)
• Computer Networks given by our curricula
• CCNA 1 and 2 covered the whole course in Computer Networks
Design
– The second one
• Computer Networks given by our curricula
• Computer Networks Design covered mostly by CCNA 1 and 2, but with
additional course material
– The third one
• Computer Networks given as combination of CCNA1 and our curricula
• Computer Networks Design (will be given this year) as combination of
CCNA 2 and 3, with additional course material
• CCNA courses not included in the curricula offered as
additional independent courses
Final thoughts
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Positive experience so far
Positive feedback from the industry
“Ready-to-work” graduates
Big interest from the students
Include more industry curricula …
… but maintain the academic level