Check out the new FSX Provider video on WDI’s Future Skills Exchange (FSX), our interactive, web-based platform that connects New Yorkers seeking courses, apprenticeships, credentials and assessments directly to the education and training providers who deliver them.
WDI is providing the platform without charge to all education and training providers as well as learners, job-seekers and employers. Currently, FSX holds over 600 courses from across New York, with a goal of adding thousands more in 2021. We’re also getting good press coverage of the platform.
How Did FSX Evolve?
With so many of us in workforce and education talking about the future of work and the need to continuously develop and upgrade one’s skills, there didn’t seem to be an easy, transparent way for someone to locate, compare and connect to individual courses, short-term credential training or even apprenticeships.
FSX has the ability to function much like a Yelp for learners, allowing the learner to sort through all of the options available and connect directly to the provider of that training to get additional information or enroll. Ordinarily, trying to find that information used to require searching across all higher education websites. By contrast, FSX allows learners to search by location, cost, remote versus classroom and other filters, opening up a range of opportunities as well as the ability to compare and make the best choice for a learner’s skill pathway.
FSX is now live and we are in the first phase of launching. We are currently working with educational institutions, training providers, and apprenticeship programs all across New York State to support them in loading their content onto the platform. We are focusing on non-credit, skills-based and workforce-oriented education and training offerings, as well as stackable credentials and microcredentials. If you know of any education and training providers who should be included, let us know at FSX@wdiny.org.