{"id":18385,"date":"2009-12-09T22:14:10","date_gmt":"2009-12-10T02:14:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.bu.edu\/tech\/?page_id=18385"},"modified":"2026-04-14T14:26:38","modified_gmt":"2026-04-14T18:26:38","slug":"about","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/tech\/about\/training\/about\/","title":{"rendered":"About IS&amp;T Training"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Ongoing technology education is a valuable resource to the University community. From instructor-led classes to downloadable reference materials and interactive online courseware, training is provided in a variety of convenient formats. Topics cover areas that help make you more effective and efficient when working with today\u2019s technology.<\/p>\n<p>Classroom sessions are led by instructors with many years of experience in a variety of software offerings; they provide you the opportunity to ask questions of a real person in real time. Online training materials are a convenient and cost-effective option that save time, money, and paper \u2013 it&#8217;s available 24\/7 from any computer with a network connection.<\/p>\n<p>Most classes are on a first-come, first-served basis via online registration. Some classes, such as those for administrative mainframe systems, require additional security privileges and may require an access code from an electronic security device.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"\/tech\/about\/training\/\">Browse the training calendar<\/a> for current classes, or <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/tech\/about\/training\/online\/\">browse our online training listings<\/a> for self-paced options.<\/p>\n<p>You may also <a href=\"https:\/\/bu.service-now.com\/sp?id=sc_cat_item&amp;sys_id=6a10f8e287357a507826ea8d8bbb3562&amp;sysparm_category=ceb21d14db38445053c1d776489619f9\">reserve a training room for your own use<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ongoing technology education is a valuable resource to the University community. From instructor-led classes to downloadable reference materials and interactive online courseware, training is provided in a variety of convenient formats. Topics cover areas that help make you more effective and efficient when working with today\u2019s technology. Classroom sessions are led by instructors with many&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":0,"parent":20080,"menu_order":1,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/tech\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/18385"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/tech\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/tech\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/tech\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/8"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/tech\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=18385"}],"version-history":[{"count":50,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/tech\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/18385\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":161503,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/tech\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/18385\/revisions\/161503"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/tech\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/20080"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/tech\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=18385"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}