From Schweser: http://www.schweser.com/cfa/products/premium.php 16-Week Online Class Attend class from the comfort of your home or office—anytime, anywhere! Our expert faculty helps make sense of the CFA curriculum by explaining topics and relationships within the reading material. Start, stop, and rewind archives of all classes at your own pace for additional review OR Schweser Video Instruction Video instruction makes it convenient for you to receive expert instruction anytime, anywhere, on the topic of your choice! Discover the relationship within the material and make connections beyond what you would by relying solely on reading the CFA curriculum. Video Instruction is available on CD or online I see one difference that, the online class is obviously conducted on a computer, while the video instructions is available on discs and online. But in terms of content, length…etc, are there any differences? Thank you all who respond!
I did the video instruction but I was really on the fence between the two when I signed up for L2. The video class is good because you get great instructors instead of the class (in whatever city) where you may not get the best instructor. I am unsure on the content of the online class, but the video were CD’s (you couldnt watch them on DVD player, only on your computer) and it opened a screen showing the instructor in the corner along with the slides (which it comes with a book of all the slides). I also liked the video’s as you didnt have to follow the class schedule and could go through the material as fast as you wanted. I am pretty sure the class had one topic each week. I thought it was good to reinforce and get someone walking you through the process… Passed L2…
Heard that the Online Class is not as detailed as the Video Instruction. If someone has a different experience please share. I will go with the Video Instruction mainly because of the flexibility!