I think the best advice is: "Take an IT training program that you can practice on every day at work". There is no better and faster way to solidify your knowledge on a specific subject than implementing/debugging it in your own organization.
If your organization is mostly based on Windows Server, train on that. If Linux, take a Linux training program.
If you really want to learn on other platforms, build your own network at home based on those. Some investment in hardware may be required depending on what you want to learn.
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While I do agree that having the material available for review up until you're ready to certify is great, I still prefer classroom training to self-paced.
When in a classroom environment, you're able to devote yourself more fully to what you're learning. You also have an instructor, who has the same goal as you - making sure you learn the material to the best of your ability.
Self-paced training, by contrast, can be difficult. For one, we all have a hundred distractions that assail us at any given time. I can't count the number of times I've started self-paced training, only to have to put it down to take care of something more immediate. "I'll get back to it tomorrow" never seems to work out. Also, if you are stuck on an issue, or have questions, you don't always have the resources there to ask, as you do in classroom settings. Some material is, as one of my former instructors was fond of saying, "dry as a popcorn fart". Sometimes it takes the ability of a good, human instructor to bring the material to life.
When in a classroom environment, you're able to devote yourself more fully to what you're learning. You also have an instructor, who has the same goal as you - making sure you learn the material to the best of your ability.
Self-paced training, by contrast, can be difficult. For one, we all have a hundred distractions that assail us at any given time. I can't count the number of times I've started self-paced training, only to have to put it down to take care of something more immediate. "I'll get back to it tomorrow" never seems to work out. Also, if you are stuck on an issue, or have questions, you don't always have the resources there to ask, as you do in classroom settings. Some material is, as one of my former instructors was fond of saying, "dry as a popcorn fart". Sometimes it takes the ability of a good, human instructor to bring the material to life.
As a longtime trainer, I know that most training is not used, which means it quickly is forgotten. The main reason training is not used is because students return to a work environment where the lessons are not known and thus are not supported. I?ve found two things turn this around: (1) Making sure that the students? bosses also receive the same training at the same time, and (2) Providing follow-up with the students on the job to coach and mentor them through initial difficulties applying the training concepts and techniques until they develop the proficiency and confidence to continue using them on their own.
On the job training is extremely valuable. Your boss will love, it's paid for by the company and you acquire valuable skills that can take you places in the future.
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