Oracle Computer-based Training Course?CBT Or Computer Based Training .

Q: -Has anyone used Oracle computer-based training course libraries? I am interested in the Oracle 7 Database Administrators Course Library. I am currently working with Oracle 6. I would like to know how the course organized and how useful it is. Also, how comprehensive is the training course compare to the real training class. Is there any hand-on exercise provided? I don't want to buy a course that make you feel as reading a book. Any commments and experiences are appreciated. -Anyone would know a good training course and get a certificate for Web Programming or Web Design such as Dreamweaver, Flash, Photoshop etc... through computer based training? I was wondering what's the difference between CBT and the Interactive Tutorials. Anyone care to comment or give good advise?

A:-I haven't taken the system admin CBTs but I have taken some others, and I strongly recommend taking the classes live if you can. Particularly the sysadm classes: the instructors will give you 'leassons learned' that the CBTs won't. Of course, there may be some difference between instructors, but the ones I've had have been fantastic. -Have you ever seen some of the materials that Hands On Learning from the Boston area has produced with Oracle. They encompass video, text, test and hands on exercises and are quite well received. Give them a shout for some detailed info if you like at 617-272-0088. -You can spend years gaining medical degrees and never be able to succeed as a doctor. You don't learn to be a doctor getting certified for X-Rays. First you need chemistry, then biology, then a bunch more of the nuts and bolts. If your aim is to become a professional commercial web designer, you need to know HTML inside and out FIRST. Then you add Java scripting and CSS (styles) skills. Now you are ready to learn how to adapt Perl and ASP scripts

to perform various tasks. That's just the bare bones mechanical skills. Now you need to polish your knowledge of colors, composition, and graphics. Then you go back and take some English composition classes. No amount of pictures will compensate for not being able to write well. Before any of the sites you build will sell products well, you also need a good background in marketing and multi-media presentations. When you have four or five *profitable* sites in your portfolio (pretty and fancy gimmicks do not count), then you are ready to play with DreamWeaver to speed things up a little. Even then, you'll need HTML skills to clean things up and do the final polishing.