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Training and Certification Quarterly Planning

This page details the work we'll do on developing training and certification materials for our members and community in the coming quarter, how you can give your input on that work and our reaction to that input.

We have three objectives in publishing our quarterly planning:

  1. We want to be transparent about the work we are doing
  2. We want your input on that work and our planning, and we want to document that input and let you know if and when we can add your suggestions to our planning
  3. We want an open dialogue with members and the community on developments around learning and development

We launched this initiative in Q1 2022 and are open to improving what we publish here and how we do that. So let us know if there are ways we can better present our plans.

We will update this page as our activities progress and continue to share updates on RIPE Labs, on the RIPE NCC Membership Discussion and RIPE NCC Services Working Group (WG) mailing lists, and at RIPE Meetings and other events.

Q1 2025 Plans

Last updated: 16 December 2024

Item 1: Updating and adding new e-learning animations and videos

In response to steady feedback, we are adding and updating videos throughout the RIPE NCC Academy, adding accessibility options and sharing available on multiple platforms.

Status: In progress

Item 2: User journey implementation

Based on the feedback from the community and members received during the Needs Assessment and Usability Tests conducted in 2023, we will work on improving the user journey when accessing L&D's pages, information, and services with a holistic approach.

Status: In progress

Item 3: Development of an 'Internet Measurements' e-learning course

We are developing a new e-learning course for the RIPE NCC Academy about Internet Measurements, and how RIPE Atlas and RIPEstat can be used for those measurements.

Status: In progress

Item 4: Development of an 'Advanced IPv6' e-learning course

We are developing a new IPv6 Advanced e-learning course for the RIPE NCC Academy to help learners design an IPv6 infrastructure to deploy IPv6. This course focuses on building IPv6 networks from scratch or based on existing IPv4 networks.

Status: In progress

Item 5: New certification exam

We will create a new certification exam to assess the knowledge of being an LIR, following the LIR Fundamentals e-learning course added to the RIPE NCC Academy in 2024.

Status: In progress

Community Input on Planning

We want the community to contribute to our plans and suggest additional work items. In 2024, through two RIPE NCC Academy home page surveys we have gathered useful feedback on the naming of our new LIR Fundamentals e-learning course, the importance of a certification on the topic, as well as the topics to focus on for our 'Internet Measurements' e-learning course.

We have also added a survey to the RIPE NCC Academy and social media related to the BGP learning path in which we ask the community for input regarding the level and topics of future content related to BGP. Similarly, we have added a poll in the RIPE Database course to ask learners for input related to updates to the RIPE Database course and their interest in specific topics/technologies.

We were also present at the RIPE 89 event to conduct learning needs assessments and usability testing. The insights were used as part of the 'User Journey Implementation' project.

Archived Quarterly Plans

You can find our plans from the previous quarters on this page. The Q1 2025 plans will be archived once we publish the Q2 2025 planning.