Cisco is the world's leading provider of Internet equipment. Cisco provides the most extensive network hardware products, Internet operating system (IOS) software, network design and implementation, and other professional technical support. 1997 the first Cisco network college was established in the United States. Through cooperation with colleges around the world, Cisco's education and training have been greatly improved. Net? Now it has spread to 15 1 countries, and there are 10088 Cisco Network Technology Institutes in the world, with 426,089 students and 22,939 teachers participating in the project. How did Cisco achieve such a large scale?
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First of all, Cisco chose to cooperate with colleges and universities, complete the training with the help of social forces, and provide the necessary network equipment to the cooperative colleges and universities for experiments. These online colleges should follow the principle of non-profit, and the tuition fees collected can maintain the normal operation of online colleges. In this way, using huge social resources, Cisco Network College quickly spread out. Because the tuition is cheap, students who are interested in online careers prefer Cisco Network College.
Secondly, Cisco provides necessary teaching materials, courseware, training and other content to network colleges all over the country free of charge, and upgrades it every three months. With the rapid development of the network industry, new technologies emerge one after another, but quite a few training institutions can't guarantee that the courses can be like this? Fresh? Therefore, Cisco Network College has become the best choice for students.
Third, the rapid development of the network industry in 2 1 century has attracted many young elites from all over the world to join the network industry, and the legend of the network industry has also inspired young people. This has created a huge demand space for network technology, and traditional education is difficult to complete. Network technology is updated too fast, and traditional education is difficult to adapt. Through e-learning, Cisco has formed a complete online teaching system, including online teaching materials, on-site tutors and perfect interactive functions, which are well received by students. In order to support the development of Cisco Network College, Cisco established the Cisco Education Foundation. In the past few years, Cisco has invested as much as $200 million to support online colleges.
Learning characteristics
Cisco Network Technology College Program is a comprehensive e-learning program. It is divided into ten semesters, which teach students the Internet technology skills that play an important role in the global economy. Network Technology College plans to provide web-based content, online assessment, student performance tracking, hands-on experiments, teacher training and support, and help students prepare for industry standard certification.
Cisco Network Technology College is scheduled to be launched on 1997, and now more than 8,000 network technology colleges have been established in 50 states of the United States and 130 countries. More than 6.5438+0.6 million students from middle schools, universities, technical schools, organizations and other educational institutions around the world are studying these courses.
Time, geographical location, social economy and race will all become obstacles for people to receive education and improve themselves, and the Internet can eliminate such obstacles. E-learning can effectively cover underdeveloped areas and war-torn areas around the world.
Cisco cooperated closely with the international organization * * * to introduce the network technology institute project to the last developing country. So far, Cisco has promoted the network technology college project in 28 of the 48 least developed countries in the world. In addition, Cisco and Cisco Learning Institute, together with their partners, help to increase the number of female students in the network technology college program through the gender initiative program.
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The courses of Network Technology College are jointly developed by education and network experts, and meet the national standards of American mathematics and science and practical work skills requirements (SCANS). Through training, students can not only learn math, science, problem solving, reading and writing skills (these are the key skills to succeed in the current changeable economy), but also have the ability to cooperate effectively with people from different backgrounds.
Network Technology College plans to teach students all-round knowledge of Internet technology skills from elementary to advanced, and help them prepare for industry standard certification, including: cisco certified Network Support Engineer (CCNA), cisco certified Senior Network Support Engineer (CCNP) and Network+ certification.
The courses of Network Technology College are also constantly expanding, adding subjects funded by leading enterprises in IT industry, such as Unix basic courses funded by Sun Microsystem and Web design basic courses funded by Adobe Systems, so as to improve students' sales ability.
The educational ecosystem will organize companies together, which will not only improve the education level, but also become a business model in the era of Internet economy. Cisco actively cooperates with schools, colleges, commercial organizations, non-profit organizations, international organizations, associations and government agencies.
Ecosystem partners include:
Adobe Systems, ADTRAN, CompTIA, Digital Island, Fluke, Microsoft, Oracle, Panduit Corporation, Siemon Company and Sun Microsystems.
Other alliances include: Communication Workers (CWA), International Youth Foundation, Organization of American States, United Nations Development Programme and World Bank Group.
development prospect
IT is estimated that there will be nearly 1 10,000 IT jobs in the United States in 20001year, and there will still be more than 400,000 vacant jobs by the end of the year. According to ITAA's survey report, in the next three to five years, IT and non-IT companies will have greater demand for "professionals with network and network-related skills".
Cisco Global Learning Network ensures that students all over the world can enjoy the benefits of e-learning through scalable, reliable and secure distributed networks. Personalized education provided through this network also has an evaluation function based on the Internet, thus providing students, teachers and administrators with immediate feedback on their achievements.
Through curriculum development, equipment purchase and training, Cisco has invested more than $654.38+200 million to create and promote e-learning programs. This plan is changing people's learning style and bridging the digital divide.
Cisco overview
In fiscal year 2008, the revenue was $39.5 billion, and there were more than 65,000 employees worldwide.
In 2009, Fortune magazine ranked 57th among the top 500 enterprises in the United States.
Business Weekly? Top global brands 100 in 2008? No. 17
More than 300 Fortune 500 companies such as Wal-Mart and ExxonMobil are successful customers of Cisco.
Wealth? The most respected enterprise in the world?
There are 16 branches in China with more than 3,400 employees.
By the middle of 2008, the total investment of R&D in China will reach 654.38 billion USD+550 million GBP.
Invested 700 million US dollars to stimulate the innovation of many local enterprises in China.
Elected for three consecutive years? The most respected enterprise in China?
Awarded by 2 1 century newspaper group for four consecutive years? China's Corporate Citizen of the Year?
In June 2007, 5438+065438+ 10, Cisco announced that it would commit to invest160 billion USD in China in the next three to five years.
In June 2008, Cisco announced that it would invest 300 million yuan to support post-earthquake reconstruction in Sichuan.
In September 2008, Cisco officially became a senior sponsor of the network system and network solution of Shanghai World Expo.
20 10 1 Cisco announced the establishment of Greater China.
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