Re: Oracle CBT/Training Videos

From: Jonathan Gennick <gennick_at_worldnet.att.net>
Date: 20 Dec 1998 04:35:34 GMT
Message-ID: <367f7b6c.29075105@netnews.worldnet.att.net>

On Sat, 19 Dec 1998 13:23:36 GMT, moors_at_pacific.net.sg (Moorshidee B A Kassim) wrote:

>Has anyone here used Oracle CBTs and/or training videos?

I tried one lesson from the SQL CBT that Oracle sells. Mostly I did this to see what they were like.

>How effective are these CBTs and/or training videos?

I got _very_ frustrated _very_ quickly. It was all I could do to finish the first lesson. By the time I was done, I was about ready to toss the CD out the window<g>. Mostly this is because the CBT is very rigid about your response when, for example, it asks you to type in a SQL statement. Your answer may well be correct, but if you put a carraige return in the wrong place it gets counted as incorrect. In addition, there were actually a couple outright errors in the CBT.

I prefer hands-on traininig with a real, live instructor to a CBT course. I also find reading the manual, or a good book, to be both faster and more effective -- for me.

Jonathan Received on Sat Dec 19 1998 - 22:35:34 CST