There are some really good and very acceptably priced teaching sites out there.
I use some of them freqently for a selected period of time, some occasionally and some are on my list of permanent use.

My current top Commercial sites

  1. cartoonsmart.com The best resource for learning cartoon drawing and all things flash

  2. lynda.com A wide range of software topics explained in video

  3. The Gnomon Workshop A great resource for hands on training

  4. Safari Books Online Read your books online and always the most recent versions

  5. Tuts+ A variety of stunning free, and commercial tutorials for illustration, 3D, webdesign and Photoshop

  6. Screencasts Online Mac tutorials Very clear tutorial videos on wide range of Mac software topics

The web obviously is a great resource for learning. I have learned a lot from great sites out there and I want to share the ones that I think worked out great for me.

Some of my current favorites

  1. 3D World

  2. gnomonology

  3. zbrush classroom

  4. vue d'esprit free tutorials

  5. colacola (I love WWII war planes)

  6. Box Modeling a Car

  7. Illustrating "a scanner darkly" technique

  8. Flash 3D

For a more extensive list visit my personal bookmarks page here (external link...)
This is a list of some of my most used software in day to day business

  1. Adobe CS 4

  2. Cinema 4D

  3. Vray for Cinema 4D

  4. ZBrush

  5. Apple Final Cut Studio Pro mac only

  6. Grid Iron FLOW

  7. Modo

  8. Rapid Weaver mac only

  9. Maxwell Render

  10. Quicksilver mac only