Do you prefer to attend resident Military courses or distance learning Military courses if available?

Resident. Do you remember the old correspondance course shenanigans when multiple people took the same paperback classes and shared answers? All we need is more computer saavy cheaters and hackers being promoted faster than they should be. I have become very suspicious and untrusting in my old age.

Resident, you can network, and you can ask instructors real time for clarifications.

Yes CW4 (Join to see) resident training is much better for all involved than correspondence training especially when the training and curriculum involves different branches and/or military services. I went through Resident training for basic and advanced infantry and was able to work with officers from many nations in the process - we even heard a "discussion" between at Egyptian LTC and an Israeli LTC who fought on opposing sides during the 1973 Arab-Israeli war.
Even if you are in the Reserves, resident including regional training team provided courses is the way to go. I went through U.S. Army Command and General staff School (CGSC) which is a multi-discipline and branch course with members of many different branches. We were able to cross-pollinate and those of us who were combat arms were able to train the doctors, lawyers and others [no Indian chiefs though :-)] without tactical or operational experience on what we had learned through training and experience.
Another benefit to resident training is that students can help train the trainers by sharing their experience in operations and with equipment or materiel with the class and the trainers.

I think resident courses are better since you can go there and actually focus on what you're supposed to be doing. Distance learning, while convenient and beneficial, tends to open you up to constant distractions.

ANYTHING that would have gotten me out of the office!

CW4 (Join to see) When you are a resident to get to do some networking with your peers.

I've always preferred resident as the demands for time anywhere near work just made the learning more difficult.

Synergy is much better and getting to know others in the field at the watering hole doesn't hurt either.

I prefer distant courses. it allows me to work and in free time I can do the course, that may be because of my work area. there are only about 4 of us at any given time and on being gome makes a bigger load for everyone. I personnaly don't like leaving for 2-3 weeks to do a course especially one that I don't believe in very much (such as Corporals course or Sergeants course) and leave my brothers hanging picking up slack that I left behind.

I have done both but prefer resident as it gives saturation learning.

I think in general (definitely true for me) we pay more attention to resident courses. When I am in a classroom I am focused on the task at hand. When I am completing any distance learning course I tend to be multitasking and not getting as much from the material.

I do like the flexibility of distance learning but learning most definitely suffers at least for me.