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Ednei P. de Melo
We also face this dilemma here in Brazil. Some educational institutions don't offer CompTIA courses precisely because they lack local language translations (at most, the "IT Essentials" course on the Netacad platform). In fact, wouldn't it be interesting to focus exam translations only on the most popular languages (English, Spanish, French, German, etc.) and promote support for unofficial translations of course materials? &;-D
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Effectiveness of Simulated Software Labs vs. Live Lab Environment.

Gregory Childers
Working in professional adult education, I struggled to do any labs with the students because of time restrictions. I had five eight-hour days to go through the lecture and class discussion, and rarely had time for additional lab work, unless it was outside of class hours. As a workaround, I did as many live demonstrations as possible, or I would show short videos on a topic.

Professional adult education, unfortunately, is more about selling classes than adding value. Butts in seats and returning students were more important than legitimate learning.
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In-Class Exercises

Rick Butler
Lab Manuals that are tied to the traditional publishers like Cengage, Pearson, and others. Using those lab manuals as a guide and building them up, to me have created some great examples. Even if the lab manuals are deprecated in terms of test version, they're still very valid. Get a stack of 'em and just use them in the classroom, would be a good hacky way of getting going there.
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Effectiveness of Simulated Software Labs vs. Live Lab Environment.

Rick Butler
I think *everyone* here would prefer that live lab environment. The things that I've noticed is that in live environments, you have real problems that sometimes need to be fixed - which is a learning experience in of itself. Plus it's live fire - with all the functions intact.

Sim environment, for me, is a mixed bag. For example, I'm wading through the CertMaster Perform for SecurityX now - and the first lab - well, my browser hated it (running Linux Mint and Edge). So these kinds of hiccups are typical of the sim environment - things that you wouldn't normally see in the field.

But I'll re-iterate - live is ALWAYS better, IMAO.

/r
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Effectiveness of Simulated Software Labs vs. Live Lab Environment.

Eric Z
Hi everyone,

I’m curious about your thoughts and experiences regarding lab environments. Personally, I prefer a live lab environment (even though it can be expensive). From my experience, learners trained in live labs tend to feel far more confident when working in live environments compared to those who only use simulated software labs.

While simulated labs are effective for certain tasks, I’ve noticed they often fall short in giving learners hands-on experience with setup, installation, and troubleshooting—especially for A+ and Network+.
Ideally, I think a combination of both approaches works best, if possible.

What’s your approach? Have you noticed a similar difference in learner outcomes between simulated labs and live labs?

Thanks in advance for your insights!
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What Machine Learning Libraries Are You Betting On in 2025?

vasundharainfotech
Hi all,

I’ve been exploring some of the newer machine learning libraries gaining traction this year, and I came across this article that outlines a few promising ones for 2025:
Top Machine Learning Libraries in 2025

It mentions familiar names like PyTorch, TensorFlow, HuggingFace, but also highlights tools like JAX and ONNX, which seem to be growing in adoption.

I’m curious to hear from the community:
  • What libraries are you currently using for ML projects?
  • Have you adopted any newer ones recently that you’d recommend?
  • Are there any you think are overhyped or underappreciated?
I’m particularly interested in workflows for NLP and deploying lightweight models to production, so any insights there would be awesome too.

Looking forward to learning what others are experimenting with, thanks!
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Certification Languages

BrianFord
rene said:
Hi everyone!

I teach a variety of certifications like RHCSA, LPIC, AWS and would like to add CompTIA courses to my teaching skills. However, most of my students would also appreciate having the exam in their native language.

Does anyone know how we can support CompTIA in creating exams in different languages?

I am a native German speaker. I am also fluent in Japanese. This means I can provide some translations.

best regards,
Rene
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Many CompTIA exams are offered in multiple languages. The very popular Network+ N10-009 is offered in
  • English
  • German
  • Japanese
  • Portuguese-Brazilian
  • Spanish-Modern
I hope this helps.

Brian
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Rick Butler
rene said:
Hi everyone!

I teach a variety of certifications like RHCSA, LPIC, AWS and would like to add CompTIA courses to my teaching skills. However, most of my students would also appreciate having the exam in their native language.

Does anyone know how we can support CompTIA in creating exams in different languages?

I am a native German speaker. I am also fluent in Japanese. This means I can provide some translations.

best regards,
Rene
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Demand usually drives these things. If there is an uptick in the number of people calling for it, then I can see CompTIA investing the time and money into creating materials in different languages. I would say any language would effectively become its own project in terms of development - so the CertMaster materials, as well as the certification exams would probably be treated as a separate effort.

I can see the 'chicken and the egg' problem here - if CompTIA isn't developing in, say Polish, then we won't see a huge number of Polish folks taking the exam - notwithstanding how many countries around the world are teaching English at an early age anyway, lowering the demand for other languages.

I'm not sure if CompTIA would consult out translation work or if they hire those folks out with some deep NDA's...probably something very similar to the SME program.

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rene
Hi everyone!

I teach a variety of certifications like RHCSA, LPIC, AWS and would like to add CompTIA courses to my teaching skills. However, most of my students would also appreciate having the exam in their native language.

Does anyone know how we can support CompTIA in creating exams in different languages?

I am a native German speaker. I am also fluent in Japanese. This means I can provide some translations.

best regards,
Rene
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