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IT Academy upcoming training and events
July 14, 2022
Hosted by the IT Staff Development team, Yale’s IT Academy consists of a robust speaker series, recommended online training offerings, and learning events to support the professional growth and staff development of Yale’s IT community.
Developer Lunch and Learn: How Assistive Technology is Used
On Tuesday, July 19, from noon – 1:15 p.m., join the Digital Accessibility team for a session on How Assistive Technology is Used.
Learn about different assistive technologies and how people use these tools to access and interact with the websites and apps we create.
- Pre-register for the July 19 Lunch and Learn training in Yale’s Training Management System (TMS). Zoom link available
Weekly Dynatrace Training
- Weekly Enablement Sessions - Tuesdays, 11:00 a.m. - noon, via Zoom
- Bi-Weekly Coaching Sessions - Second and Fourth Thursdays, 2:00 - 3:00 p.m., via Zoom
Tech Talks
August – September 2022
“Practical Guide to Seeing and Not Knowing” with Justin Berry, Critic at the Yale School of Art and Core Faculty at the Yale Center for Collaborative Arts and Media.
Wednesday, August 3
3:00 - 4:00 p.m.
When it comes to technology and innovation most of us look to the present and extrapolate on what we already know in order to predict the future. This works fairly well in the short term, mostly because predictions based on what we already know tend to reinforce each other. At the same time, the future is, by its very nature, grounded in the unknown.
In order to understand what a technology is likely to become, it is important to understand what it actually is. By referencing the way that a photographer takes pictures, I would like to talk about what it means to set aside our preconceptions and try to look without seeing and to see without knowing. Sometimes the best way to arrive at a meaningful answer is to stop asking questions.
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“Non Fungible Tokens (NFT) Security and Privacy” with Morrow Long, Principal Security Officer & Director of Engineering & Forensics
Wednesday, September 7
3:00 - 4:00 p.m.
Join Morrow Long who will discuss what NFTs are and are not, how they are related to cryptocurrency and the blockchain(s), both the security and privacy issues around NFTs, whether they possess any intrinsic or extrinsic value and whether it is safe to use, buy, sell, or invest in NFTs.
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“From Telecommunications to Unified Communications” with Leonard Welch, Director of Telecommunications
Wednesday, September 21
3:00 - 4:00 p.m.
Please join Leonard Welch, Director of Telecommunications, who will present a review of the evolution of telecommunications and the introduction of new Unified Communications applications soon to be available at Yale.
IT Academy staff development training resources
- Check the IT Academy Event Calendars and TMS IT Staff Development pages(login through Yale’s VPN may be required) for additional details on future Tech Talks, InfoSec Chats, Café IT, and other IT events and training.
- A myriad of training courses and opportunities are available on Yale’s LinkedIn Learning website, and It’s Your Yale Learn and Grow Calendar.
- If you missed a past Tech Talk, InfoSec Chat, or Café IT event, most were recorded and are available either through the IT Academy Speaker Videos Microsoft Stream Channel or via the IT Staff Development (Public) Box folder.
View our IT Academy Curriculum web page to search and find courses, trainings, speaker series videos, and more. Use the filtering capability to find trainings supporting our ITS Organization Priorities, IT Competencies, IT Academy Goals, IT Roles, and by topic. We welcome input and other trainings to add to this tool, please contact paul.gruhn@yale.edu.