Don’t miss the opportunity to attend a great custom combined SQL BI course. We combined both the 6235 and 6234 3-day BI classes to make one 5-day class. The classes are normally $1,495 each, as a combined 5-day class it’s only $2,495.  Contact us about our special promotional offers that can discount this class to $1,500!

This custom combined course is targeting both SQL 2008 integration services and analysis services. Join us the week starting November 28th, 2011.  This class will be taught in-house by our very own Daniel Cogswell. Dan brings real world deployment and hands on SQL experience to this class instructor led class. He’s an expert on the subject matter and is sure to bring you valuable information.

Not local? Get ask how you can attend this live class via our RCI, Remote Classroom Instruction model. Get the same great instructor-led training experience from your home or office.
Course Outlines:
MS 6235: Implementing and Maintaining Microsoft SQL Server 2008 Integration Services

MS 6234:Implementing and Maintaining Microsoft SQL Server 2008 Analysis Services

To register contact, Eric Sokolowski at 800-831-8449

You can now attend any level 2 or higher class, LIVE from your desk! Attend from your home or office!

In our ongoing support of green training solutions we bring you a remote option to attend our classes. Save travel time and help the environment by attending remotely. Classes are 100% LIVE and include interaction with our instructor. You are receiving the same instruction and content that you would in-house at our South Burlington, Vermont location. Online Live, Live from your desk!

Watch the short video below to learn more.

Contact KnowledgeWave for more information or to register for a class.

Dan St. Hilaire, VP of Operations, Gives a tour of KnowledgeWave’s remote classroom instruction facilities. RCI rooms allow us to offer a wide array of training that otherwise wouldn’t be available. For some specialty classes, often the class registrations are too few to cover the cost of a top-notch, highly skilled instructor. In the past, this would have meant we had to cancel the class.

But with RCI, we can run classes that we never could have before. Our run rate for these classes is nearly 100%. Students find them an exceptional experience, because they get the benefits of a live classroom experience, but without the problems of a live class, such as distractions from other students.

Learn more about RCI instruction.

The value of a live, instructor-led training experience is undeniable. If the instructor is a competent teacher who knows how to engage adult students so that they understand and retain the material, live classroom training offers the most bang for your training buck.

But it’s difficult to give workers time out of the office and the price of gas will probably never drop below $3.50 per gallon again. If you need highly specialized training, there may not be a training facility anywhere near you that can meet your needs. Online training looks like the solution.

Part of what makes this decision difficult is that people are not aware of what online training really consists of or what forms it can take. Here’s a quick breakdown of the kinds of online training. Some of them might be new to you.

The 6 Types of Online Training

• Web pages with text information for learning courseware instead of a printed book. The web pages contain explanatory material, step-by-step instructions, and screenshots.
• Ebook courseware, with explanatory material, step-by-step instructions, and screenshots.
• Interactive learning with audio, video, and clickable elements onscreen like quizzes.
• Screencasts, which are recorded video of onscreen actions in a software application, usually with voice-over narration.
• Webinars, which often consist of a shared group environment online for chat, audio, video, and whiteboard. These can be participated in live when they run or watched as recordings after the live event.
• ILEs, which are interactive learning environments. ILEs offer a comprehensive learning program that often incorporate all of the above methods. Whereas the above methods are often paid for as individual products, ILEs are often purchased as a recurring membership.

Classroom training is still the most effective because of the live, dynamic interactions between the students and the instructor. Except for live webinars, this interaction does not exist in any of the other online training methods mentioned above. However, there is a solution that offers the best of both worlds.

Remote Classroom Instruction

In Remote Classroom Instruction (RCI), A student take a class where by using a regular conference call, two monitors, and some special software, the live classroom experience is gained. The student only has to travel a short distance to an RCI-enabled training facility. If such a facility is set up within a company, no travel is required at all.

So Which is Better?

One size does not fit all. It depends on your needs.

• Generally, live classroom training is better for beginners or students who are below-average in their computer and internet skills.
• For intermediate and advanced students, online learning such as can be found in an ILE is extremely cost- and time-effective.
• For advanced technical classes, the sophistication of the questions and discussions needed to learn point to remote classroom instruction as the best method.