Wondering if anyone else has run into this issue when trying to create and run a course using the "new" CompTIA official hosted labs (really just the old rebranded Learn on Demand (LOD) labs).
I do not want to build out the lab environments locally and want to use a cloud provider; for a number of pragmatic reasons.
However; CompTIA and LOD have stated the following;
1. They make you (the instructor) PAY for lab access.
-- Charging instructors for access - when we are being an advocate for a vendor, one that brings paying students every term is simply misguided and wrongheaded.
2. Will only provide 30-day complimentary access to the labs
-- 30 days does no one any good.
-- Here is the real world… instructors need year-round access to content to build/revise courses.
-- AND.... after that, you have to pay.
Here is the real world as I see it - Instructors need year-round access to content to build/revise courses.
I like to use a certification vendor's "official resources" so I was happy when CompTIA stated they were "creating a new environment" but instead found that they simply rebranded the old LOD labs.
Due to this "policy", one is forced into to support other vendors; vendors that understand what instructors go thru ( and there are a lot of them).
It is just shocking that this is the official CompTIA stance, with the assumption being that its about money ( always about money). I assume they have to pay LOD for anyone's lab access, including the instructor...well if this is the case, perhaps someone at CompTIA should renegotiate this contract for those of us in the trenches providing a revenue stream.
I do not want to build out the lab environments locally and want to use a cloud provider; for a number of pragmatic reasons.
However; CompTIA and LOD have stated the following;
1. They make you (the instructor) PAY for lab access.
-- Charging instructors for access - when we are being an advocate for a vendor, one that brings paying students every term is simply misguided and wrongheaded.
2. Will only provide 30-day complimentary access to the labs
-- 30 days does no one any good.
-- Here is the real world… instructors need year-round access to content to build/revise courses.
-- AND.... after that, you have to pay.
Here is the real world as I see it - Instructors need year-round access to content to build/revise courses.
I like to use a certification vendor's "official resources" so I was happy when CompTIA stated they were "creating a new environment" but instead found that they simply rebranded the old LOD labs.
Due to this "policy", one is forced into to support other vendors; vendors that understand what instructors go thru ( and there are a lot of them).
It is just shocking that this is the official CompTIA stance, with the assumption being that its about money ( always about money). I assume they have to pay LOD for anyone's lab access, including the instructor...well if this is the case, perhaps someone at CompTIA should renegotiate this contract for those of us in the trenches providing a revenue stream.
