I am all for doing self-paced IT training courses and having done one at home, for myself, in order to improve myself, I am thinking of recommending that my company start to do them as well. I loved the fact that I could work through the course material whenever I wanted to and at the speed that I needed. I could very briefly look at the material that I already knew or that I found easy and spend time working through the new material that perhaps was more difficult.
I used the IT training videos a lot and watched them several times and the replayed the parts which I needed to remember. I found it great and completed the course pretty quickly because it was set up in such a way that it made me look forward to the next time I had the opportunity to study some more. I am sure this would be a great way that my company could address the training needs of the staff without breaking the bank. I know that many peoples skills need updating but most departments cannot justify the cost of sending team members away on training courses and so these could be the answer.