For example, a faculty member may desire the training and be willing to teach a class on overload or for continuing education to free up funds for the training. The first author of this paper received his commercial training in this way. The first series of courses taught by the first author were attended by five staffers from the university Academic Computing Department. They have now become a resource for training faculty and students. The second problem is that teaching such a course requires significant and sometimes redundant equipment.
Lecture is an important but secondary element for a successful class.
A LAN is obviously needed, but the problems exceed this requirement. The course is to be for LAN management, not LAN use. This requires invasive and potentially fatal system operations being performed by students. It is very difficult to use a production LAN for this course. Using a production LAN for the course would have demanded constant attention from the LAN Administrator, the second author.