Learning platforms available for UC ANR employees

UC ANR has several learning platforms you can use to help you grow in any of four strategic learning themes: extension methods & delivery, building support, office & team management, or diversity, equity and inclusion.

Register for any of these platforms and access content important to your work and role at UC ANR and beyond. 

• You can learn from, teach, and collaborate with colleagues across the nation through Extension Foundation
• You can learn “the art of saying 'no'” from the National Center for Faculty Development & Diversity
• LinkedIn Learning has 16,000 high-quality on-demand courses in seven languages

We recommend looking at these top sources; we also have additional resources below them.

Extension Foundation (formerly eXtension)

Register here. As a UC ANR employee, you have free access to the Extension Foundation and Connect Extension. The Foundation partners with Cooperative Extension through liaison roles and a formal plan of work with the Extension Committee on

Organization and Policy to increase system capacity while providing programmatic services and helping Extension programs help U.S. Cooperative Extension make a more visible, measurable impact on location issues and scale and investigate new methods and models for implementing programs. The Foundation provides professional development to Cooperative Extension professionals and offers exclusive services to its members. See also Connect Extension where you can find a calendar of events, publications, and tools. There you can also post events you would like to share with our national members.

National Center for Faculty Development & Diversity

Claim your UC ANR account.

As UC ANR employees, all academics and staff have free access to the National Center for Faculty Development and Diversity. The NCFDD is the leading provider of professional development in higher education. Working with over 300 colleges and universities, as well as thousands of individuals in schools across the country, we are 100% devoted to supporting faculty members, postdocs and graduate students in making successful transitions throughout their careers. Refer to NCFDD for strategic planning, explosive productivity, work-life balance, and healthy relationship building by learning.

 

LinkedIn Learning
For your account contact ANR IT at help@ucanr.edu.

For many years, UC ANR has been providing employees with access to LinkedIn Learning. There you can access more than 16,000 high-quality, on-demand courses in seven languages as well as podcasts. Furthermore, you'll find certificate preparation courses developed in partnership with certificate providers so you can earn their professional certificate and showcase your mastery of in-demand skills to employers. There are courses representing each of UC ANR's learning strategies. 

 

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My UC Career

Create your account. As a University of California employee, you have free access to this online development portal, which

is available to all UC faculty, academic personnel, staff and students seeking to advance their careers. Six self-paced modules help users discover their internal UC career mobility options, highlight accomplishments, and identify how they can achieve their career goals within UC. In this portal you can

• View all UC opportunities
• Build a resume
• Create a pitch statement
• Network and research
• Build: Interview skills, decision making tools, negotiating on the offer

National Association of Extension Programs and Staff Development Professionals(NAEPSDP)

The mission of NAEPSDP is to improve communication and collaboration by discussing issues, needs and opportunities of

mutual interest and building and sharing resources; advocate for the profession by promoting its importance within the land grant system, enhance multistate efforts; develop, sponsor and promote educational training programs and activities that enhance sound program and staff development practices; and advance the professional status of program and staff development professionals by encouraging continuous professional self-improvement. Membership is paid by individual UC ANR units. Free learning opportunities offered, too.

Gartner

Create your account. Gartner, Inc. is an American technological research and consulting firm that 

conducts research on technology and shares this research both through private consulting as well as executive programs and conferences. Gartner provides actionable, objective insights to Education decision makers and their teams. They specialize in Applications & Software Engineering, Data & Analytics, Finance, Human Resources, IT infrastructure & Operations, Marketing. Here are examples of some of their offerings. Build a High-Impact Targeted Marketing Strategy

• Gartner Experts Answer the Top Generative AI Questions for Your Enterprise
• Building a Better Finance Strategy
• The Future of Marketing Organizations
• Cost Optimization Capabilities

 UC Learning Center (UCLC)

The UC Learning Center is the web-based learning management system (LMS) used across the University of California for

training and development. With the UC Learning Center, UC Davis Campus and Health and UC ANR users can register for in-person activities offered at UC Davis, as well as access online activities (eCoures, eBooks) and view their training transcripts. There are “how to navigate” instructions for both individual employees and people managers.

Collaborative Institutional Training Initiative (CITI)

The Collaborative Institutional Training Initiative (CITI Program) is a trusted standard in research, ethics, compliance and safety training, serving the training needs of colleges and universities, healthcare institutions, technology and research

organizations and governmental agencies. CITI fosters integrity and professional advancement of their learners. Besides many other learning opportunities, if your research funding comes from NIFA grants CITI provides you mandatory training in:

• Responsible Conduct of Research for Administrators
• Social & Behavioral Research - Basic/Refresher