Online courses from VMware

[admin]

User kwajalein asked how online training works at VMware. There are actually two different kinds: live online training and self-paced online training.

Self-paced online training is called "Web-based training" or "eLearning" by many folks. These are online-only courses consisting of guided demonstrations and (in most cases) interactive simulations. You'll find these in our regular course catalog, marked with this icon:

Some of these courses are free, and others have a fee associated. For all those with a fee, users get 90 days of unlimited access.

Live online training is a delivery option for many of our instructor-led classes: an alternative to travel. These courses have the same lectures and labs as our in-person instructor-led training. The lectures and discussions take place through a Web- and tele-conference, and the lab exercises are done using the same remote access to hardware that our in-person classes use. Live-online courses are listed in our course catalog together with the in-person public deliveries of the same course, such as these listings for Install and Configure.

Up until now, all our live online training has worked on the same daily schedule as our in-person training: four days of lecture and labs, scheduled contiguously. This summer we'll be introducing an option in which people can choose to do some or all of the course on weekends or before and after their regular workday. Stay tuned for more information on that.

[cheeko]

Brian,

While I i love the possibility to take your courses online, I would have expected them to be (way) cheaper than the sitting-in-a-class-with-an-instructor approach. That doesn't seemt to be the case.

VI3 - Install and Configure V3.5 in New York: US$ 2695.5

VI3 - Install and Configure V3.5 Online: US$ 2695.5.

Any thoughts on this?

Cheers,

Hannes

[admin]

Yes, that's correct: live-online classes are priced the same as in-person classes. (On the other hand, self-paced online classes (eLearning) are indeed substantially cheaper.)

Live-online classes and in-person classes use the same instructors, the same course materials, the same server and Storage Area Network hardware, and the same registration infrastructure. These are the major components of the cost to VMware of delivering any instructor-led class, live-online or in-person.

For an in-person class, we do have to rent a classroom, and that does add a cost. But it pales in comparison to the cost of the other items.

We strongly believe that live-online classes have the same value for participants as do in-person classes, with the added convenience of not having to travel.

[admin]

Another thing to think of is that live on line classes typically use two instructors to teach the class.

[azn2kew]

If some modules of Self-Paced Online training is free would that meet the VCP exam prerequisite? or Self-Pace online is for personal knowledge only not fully design like VI3.5: Install & Configured course? If we pay the rest of the fee for Self-Pace Online training, would we be eligible to sit for VCP exam this way it might be cheaper for those who already work with VMware products on a daily basis.

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Regards,

Stefan Nguyen

iGeek Systems Inc.

VMware, Citrix, Microsoft Consultant

[admin]

Sorry, the only courses that satisfy the course requirement for VCP are those with a hands-on component: live-online or in-person instructor-led. I do hope to change this in the future, but it won't happen in 2008.

[Brianck]

Plus requiring people to take the course reduces the on-rush of brain-dumped people from being certified and makes the VCP more valuable.

Brian K, VCP :smileygrin:

[cheeko]

It's good to hear that something is going on with the possibilities to get trained and probably also the way to get the VCP for already expirienced people. Thanks for this.

@ the Poster above: Even if it's gonna be repeated over and over again, i cant see a value increase of the VCP cert just because the ($$$)-course is a requirement. I saw as many unqualified VCPs as i saw unqualified MCSEs ...

[Brianck]

I think you still will have some "braindump"people but not as many as the MCSE,,,

[jimbo2010]

Does the quality of an online class compare to an actual class?

Thanks,

Jim

[scott28tt]

The student experience is similar to attending in class, you lose in terms of the level of interaction with the other students and the instructor, but the content is the same and the labs are the same...

Scott.

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[JestMe]

I would be interessted to know if the self-paced online-training courses meet the training requirements regarding becoming certified?

Thanks

Chris

[admin]

The self-paced online courses do not, but the live-instructor online deliveries of qualifying instructor-led courses do. This is because of the fact that students in the latter two do the same hands-on lab exercises.

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[JestMe]

Brian

Thanks for the quick response re the self-paced online classes. You must be virtualized

I had hoped that the self paced training would now be acceptable. The online classes are a good thing in that they save travel time and costs. However, they still require taking time off from the job, which is something I am unable to do.

Do you know if there are any other alternatives being discussed?

I actually took ESX3 training though I never took the test.

thanks again.

Chris

[scott28tt]

Hi Chris,

Assuming your VI3 course was official, you would qualify for VCP4 certification if you took the 2-day What's New class, but it still has to be an instructor-led version to qualify for certification. Every VCP has had to meet the associated training requirement.

Scott.

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