 | Classroom | TLCC |
| Quality | Varies widely depending on instructor and course materials. | Consistently very high quality; TLCC's course developers and instructors are all certified experts in their fields. |
| Convenience | Must travel to classroom at their schedule, not yours. | Courses can be taken whenever you want on your home or office computer; there's no need to be on-line when taking the course. |
| Range of topics | Good, but slow to release new advanced topics. | Excellent. TLCC offers a wide range of developer courses - from Beginner to Advanced, for Notes/Domino and WebSphere. User courses for Notes are also available. |
| Learning effectiveness | Can be very good, but class moves at the pace of the slowest "vocal" student . | High retention, many real-life activities and demos. Courses are taken at yourpace and can be saved for future reference. |
| Hands-on activities | Usually has hands-on activities. | Loads of hands-on activities. All demonstrations and activities are done using the software you are learning (Notes or WebSphere Studio.) No simulations are used. |
| Instructor support | Available during the class only. | All courses come with on-line instructor support for up to 1 year from the start of the course. |
| Cost | Usually about $400 per training day. | As low as $105 per training "day," TLCC's courses typically cost 50%-75% less than classroom training! |