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O'Reilly Opens Online Tech School

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the exams-are-today-and-you-didn't-study dept.

bl8n8r writes "The popular book author has started the O'Reilly School of Technology which offers online training and certification. "The O'Reilly School of Technology and the University of Illinois have partnered to offer Certificates of Professional Development in information technology and related skills." Among classes offered are Linux/Unix administration, Open Source coding, Java coding, C Programming and others."

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  1. "Hmong classes offered are Linux/Unix...." by jddj · · Score: 5, Funny

    Damn. More offshoring...

  2. Re:CEU? Why not for credit? by scott_mills_gray · · Score: 5, Informative

    Hi, I'm the director of this thing. Our goal is to eventually become accredited, but to do so we'll have to get some rules changed. There are a lot of rules that exist either because of the legacy of the classroom, or because of the limitations of the first generation of Learning Management Systems (LMS companies like Blackboard lobbied to get implemented.

  3. Big disappointment by matria · · Score: 5, Interesting

    I got the "web developer" certificate over two years ago; it was a sad waste of $1,700. I found numerous errors in every course, and had to patiently explain the error several times to my "mentor" before he finally realized what was wrong. I wonder if they've ever corrected the errors.

    And then the certificate itself is just a drab printout. I would have done better to fire up GIMP and make my own. Very disappointing.