Skillsoft, employee online learning

May 25, 2018

University Relations

Question 1: Why has the UA system discontinued the subscription to SkillSoft? I was hoping to take some of the lessons or assign them to staff, but now that option seems closed to us.

Question 2: How does UAF plan to encourage and support professional development without resources for continuing education? Recent changes to the UAF training platform have seen the disappearance of valuable free resources such as SkillSoft and Lynda.com. Budget constraints have made it difficult for some departments to support travel to conferences or other educational opportunities. It would be a great benefit to UAF staff to offer a broad (and free) professional development platform. This may also serve to increase employee morale.