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

Resident, Get more out of it! There are things the instructor passes on that a computer can not!

Resident. If you do a military course online, you'll have to fit it around your regular job. At least attending one in residence allows you to focus on the course "as" your job, rather than "in addition to" your job.

I would much prefer the resident. Going resident allows you to focus strictly on the educational aspects of the course so you can get the most from it. Trying to do things distance learning (DL) or split satellite/DL (such as the new method for ILE) allows for all sorts of different distractions. I had coworkers trying to complete their DL portion of ILE at the same time they are trying to perform and complete their key developmental assignment at the same time. There is only so much time in a day and something is not going to receive the focus and effort that it deserves. I am fortunate a slot opened up for resident ILE and that I did not have to take it through the satellite/DL method.

I've not had an opportunity to participate in online courses (other than SSD). I can see where certain administrative classes could work in this environment (PMCS, military writing, etc.) but for the most part find that participation, real time feedback, and networking are necessities of military training.

I prefer Resident courses. Better Q&A opportunities, networking capabilities, and better structure IMHO.

I would do resident. I only want to focus on that. In the Guard we do just about all of our Captain Career Courses distance learning. I don't think it is anywhere near as good as the resident course. I think it shows. It is not DL is bad but there are things you can't learn. Like when you are in class and you have side bar conversations about their tricks of the trade.

Resident!