Re: Anyone use Oracle Simulators (Technology-Based Training CD-ROM)?

I'm biased, because as an Instructor, I get paid to make the training room learning experience fun and enjoyable.

But in any case, I found the simulators deeply, deeply boring. I was as likely to have become Pope as to actually have learnt anything about Oracle as a result.

That said, it really all depends on what the people you hope to get trained up using these things are like. Everyone is a bit different: some people like to learn on their own from books; some need the interaction and hands-on approach of Instructor-led training; others can benefit hugely from this TBT stuff. Yet others only need a real database to hack to death with their experiments. I'm firmly in the second camp, and always have been, though the fourth also has its merits. You and your colleagues may be differently-wired, and lap the TBT stuff up.

I think the real point I'd make is that you don't (or shouldn't) buy training on the cheap. You buy what the trainee can best benefit from, and what works best.

Regards
HJR "Richard A Papaj" <papaj_at_acsu.buffalo.edu> wrote in message news:aajmpv$1cm$1_at_prometheus.acsu.buffalo.edu...
> We're considering the purchase of the Oracle 8i Simulator Library
> (Technology-Based Training CD-ROM) from Oracle Education. It includes
> Database Administration Packs 1-3, Backup & Recovery Pack 1, Performance
> Tuning Pack 1, and Network Administration Pack 1.
>
> The Simulators apparently throw different "real world" scenarios at you
that
> you as a DBA need to resolve. It's self-contained (i.e. it doesn't run
> against a real database). The cost for the library is $3,600 according to
> Oracle Education's web site and includes a perpetual license for 1-5
users.
>
> Does anyone have any experience with these? Is it effective/challenging?
> Is it a decent training tool? Would it help with DBA certification
> preparation? Is it worth the money?
>
> Thanks in advance for any feedback,
> -Rick
>
>
Received on Mon Apr 29 2002 - 17:20:37 CDT