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01-15-2015 10:42 AM |
Gentlepeople, I think it's perfectly safe to say that all of these certification programs are created by professional instructional designers. In the right contexts, e.g. Oracle-oriented training in an Oracle shop, Red-Hat-oriented training in a Red Hat shop, all of them might be "wunnerful, wunnerful." (Pardon me, Lawrence [Welk] ...)
But, notice that I said, training. Not, certification.
"Continuing education" is a wonderful and important thing. I've spent many evenings for many years teaching that very thing. But it isn't the same thing "to pass the test that would be given at the end of the course," than "to take the course, sit in the classroom, and learn from both the instructor and your fellow students." And, as many a 4-year college graduate has painfully discovered, "a diploma don't mean squat" unless you cause it to become an asset for you. (Just as many other people have done quite nicely without one.) "It's what you do, not what you have."
Determine what it is that you want to learn, why you want to learn it, and all of the options you have. (For instance, in USA, the community-college system is still alive and well.) Your employers probably do have programs that will defray the costs, such as they are. Don't put your hopes in a piece of paper .. no matter where it came from .. that might become a dart-board.
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