| Program Objective:
Offer a high quality, effective training that’s convenient for employees to use, and cost efficient for departments and agencies to purchase. |
The New York State Technology Academy is pleased to offer the Empire KnowledgeBank eLearning Portal. This on-line program offers thousands of high quality courses & eBooks to state professionals seeking professional development opportunities, certification preparation, college credit and continuing education units. This training site may be accessed 24x7 from anywhere with a PC and internet connection.
The Technology Academy is encouraging all agencies to participate in this
exciting opportunity to provide cost effective training to employees.
eLearning Offerings:
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bookmarked links to learn more about each program offering:
Basic Course Library (Skillsoft) - Desktop, Professional Development & Information Technology
Books 24x7 - Desktop, Professional Development & Information Technology
Additional Libraries:
Compliance - Human Resource compliance, Harassment, and HIPPA
Healthcare Industry: Care2Learn - For health care professionals
Environmental, Health & Safety - HAZWOPER, OSHA, DOT and more
Red Vector - For design and construction professionals
Basic Course Library (Skillsoft)
Each user license includes a total of over 3000 course titles including:
Information Technology: 1200+ courses covering networking, programming, operating systems, web development, security, mainframe, project management and more. Training covers software industry certification paths offered by Microsoft, Cisco, IBM, Novell, Security Professional, CompTIA, ITIL, etc.
Professional development: 1200+ courses covering management, leadership, personal development, Communication, customer service, HR/organizational development, project management, and more! Many provide continuing education units (CEU), college credit, and are aligned with the following professional tracks: NASBA, PMI, Six Sigma, HRI, etc.
Desktop software: hundreds of certified courses on PC basics, basic/advanced Microsoft Office, Crystal Reports, browsers and more! Training covers Microsoft User Specialist certification track.
View course lists, outlines & a certification matrix here
Important site and course resources included:
- Mentoring (tied to certified courses) – live chat and email access to subject matter experts
- Job Aids & Skill Briefs – printable tools (take-aways), resources and executive summaries
- Certification study guides and test prep exams
- Course assessments
Environmental, Health & Safety
Each user license includes a total of over 125 course titles.
Courses cover a variety of subjects including environmental, safety & health – many are aligned with OSHA requirements.
View course lists & outlines here.
Each user license includes a total of over 40 course titles.
Courses cover a variety of subjects including Human Resources, harassment, HIPAA & Health.
View course lists & outlines here.
Each user license includes a total of over 11,000 titles.
On demand reference library offering full length books on Information Technology, Desktop Software, Professional/Personal Development, Management/Leadership, Communication, Training & Development and more from publishers like Prentice Hall, McGraw Hill, Wharton School, Microsoft Press, Cisco, IBM, O'Rielly, Sams, Que and more.
Each user license includes a total of over 150 course titles.
IBM, zOS 1.10, Operations, Application Development, CICS, COBOL, DB2, iSeries, Tandem and more…
View course lists & outlines here
Each user license includes a total of over 1,000 course titles.
Courses that offer continuing education units for Architects, Engineers, Contractors, Interior Designers, Land Surveyors, Landscape Architects, Building Inspectors and other professionals.
View course accreditation list
View NY-Engineer CEU courses here
View NY-Building Inspector CUE course list here
View NY-Architect CEU course list here
View NY-Land Surveyor CEU course list here
View LEED CEU course list here
Note that individual course titles are not available – please refer to NYS Tech Academy price lists for library cost information
Healthcare Industry: Care2Learn
Each user license includes a total of over 500 course titles.
Courses that offer continuing education units for Healthcare professionals; nurses, therapists, aids, counseling, dietary, administrators, etc
View course accreditation list