Learning at home is great - the obvious advantages are that you an study at your own pace, and at times to suit your lifestyle. It's a lot easier to learn from home while still being able to deal with daily home activities. It becomes an issue of time if you have to jump in a car and drive to class somewhere. The requirements of sitting in a class environment can add stress to your already hectic scheduling which will than impact your learning.
You could just buy yourself a book on the subject, but that's not advisable as the quickest way to learn, because you will be staring at a lot of diagrams which will take a lot of effort to turn into the actual hand movements you'll need.
