Technical Training and Development
UCLA offers many technical training resources intended for both technical and non-technical personnel. The list below is intended as a good starting point for the most popular of these.
ONLINE TRAINING
- Lynda.com offers basic online training for all skill levels on a wide variety of commonly used applications and operating systems. This is currently available for free to all UCLA faculty, staff, and students.
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Microsoft IT Academy is a new online training option
thatthat’sisbeingexpectedprovidedtobybetheavailableUCLAinHelpMayDesk2011.Consortium. Itwill offeroffers online training modules onvariousmost Microsoft products for both general users as well as IT professionals.More info to follow. - Skillsets IT Online offers in-depth technical classes for IT specialists. OIT has purchased a number of vouchers in the past and can provide further details on the quality vs cost of this option. Contact Jackie Reynolds for future information.
INSTRUCTOR LED TRAINING
- Campus Human Resources has a variety of training classes, workshops, and seminars. Some that are particularly relevant to IT staff and management include: Supervisory Certificate, Management Development Certificate, Management Training Workshops, and Management Skills Assessment Program. Two very popular Career Development Programs are the year-long Staff Enrichment Program (SEP) and Professional Development Program (PDP).
- UCLA Extension offers a wide variety of courses including a large number specific to computers and technology (some online). They also offer an new eight-course Certificate in Information Technology Management. UCLA staff gets a 25% discount on these classes.
ADDITIONAL RESOURCES
- UCLA has free online access to many O’Reilly and Associates tech books.
- UCLA has a Gartner Research Portal providing Gartner membership benefits to all of UCLA.