Re: Education vs manuals

As I teach Oracle at a university I can tell you what my experience is with my students ... basically those that already have the basics learn well from books and CBT. Those that are trying to get an initial understanding learn better from classes. But to a great extent ... it depends on the individual. The problem with books and CBT ... is that you can't ask for clarifications or restatements.

Daniel Morgan

John Russell wrote:

> On Thu, 17 Jan 2002 16:27:39 -0000, "George Barbour"
> <gbarbour_at_csc.com> wrote:
> >Oracle is a good and essential product.
> ...
> >It has a very large and successful education and training arm.
>
> Yes, that's an interesting division, with sharp people spread all over
> the world.
>
> I'm curious how the cost/benefit analysis works for enrolling in a
> course or purchasing an online training product as opposed to
> purchasing a manual. What are the advantages people find that make
> the extra cost worthwhile? Some possibilities I can imagine are:
>
> - Availability of pre-tested systems to work through exercises.
> - Tutorial (step-by-step) nature of material.
> - Access to instructor to answer questions.
> - Better focus or completeness of code examples.
>
> I'm also curious about the differences in purchasing and
> authorization:
>
> - Are course enrollments usually funnelled through a company's
> education coordinator, while manuals are purchased by individual
> employees?
> - Is it easier to sign up for a course because that money comes from
> an education budget, while the cost of a manual might come out of a
> department's budget?
> - Is it standard practice to run everyone in a department through the
> same CD-based self-study course, while a manual on the same topic sits
> on one person's bookshelf?
>
> John
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Received on Thu Jan 17 2002 - 12:12:01 CST