On Friday 18 March 2011 08:36:03 Lisi wrote: > On Friday 18 March 2011 07:56:38 Sean Gibbins wrote: > > Hi All, > > > > I'm not sure how newsworthy this is, but since the question of basic > > Linux training courses that crops up from time to time I thought I'd > > pass it on. > > > > It appears that the Open University are now offering a module that > > explores the basics of Linux system administration, and that can provide > > students with LPIC-1 certification as well as counting towards an OU > > degree. > > I have done this course. Sysadmin doesn't feature at all. And it is > nearly useless for LPIC-1 unless you do considerable additional work. > > > The article: > > http://lxer.com/module/newswire/view/149152/index.html > > > > The course: > > http://www3.open.ac.uk/study/undergraduate/course/t155.htm > > > > On the face of it that looks like pretty good value. I haven't got any > > experience of this particular course, but having studied other OU > > computing courses can vouch for the quality of the training materials > > and instruction. > > I too have done other OU courses and found them excellent. This one is > lousy. The material is poor and full of errors and the instruction avowedly > non-existent. It is internet based and so there is no such thing > as "training materials". The first unit is simply a rehash of MS > advertisements. It is aimed very low (GCSE) - and it hits its mark! > > The final test is a test of an individual's skill with graphics and WP, not > Linux. Most of the instructions are specifically for Windows computers. > The one assignment has to be handed in in MS doc format, and you are > penalised if the formatting is not to their liking. odt is not accepted, > nor is pdf. > > > The LPIC aspect of it is not straightforward, i.e. completion of the > > course doesn't appear to automatically provide you with certification, > > it seems it is something you need to optionally request through CompTIA* > > who are working with the OU to provide the training. > > They wish! That is simply not correct!! They have negotiated a reduction > in the fee for CompTIA for those who do the course, but the voucher must be > bought immediately and used within 6 months. That is _all_ the > co-operation between them, and they even took weeks to deliver on that. > > In addition, their entirely internet based course is run on so little > bandwidth that it was like being back on dial-up. > > Far from being good value, it is ludicrously over-priced for what you get. > > They are thinking of running another follow-on course and have asked what > support there would be. I though that you must have seen an advertisement > for that, since it may well cover sys-admin. > > Anyone on this list has nothing to learn from this course, since I imagine > that all everyone here can install and use Linux. Unless you have never > used VB. You might learn something about that. > > Lisi > > > -- > Please post to: Hampshire@mailman.lug.org.uk > Web Interface: https://mailman.lug.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/hampshire > LUG URL: http://www.hantslug.org.uk > --------------------------------------------------------------
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