We're a local computer training institute. Most people who walk in want to use a computer for something specific: a job, a shop, college, or simply not having to ask someone else every time a form has to be filled online.
So we teach the way you'd learn from a good senior at work: show it once, then let you do it while we watch and help. Every class has time at a computer, and every course ends with work you've made yourself.
Our students range from school-leavers and college students to homemakers, shopkeepers and working professionals picking up a new skill. Some start from zero. That's fine. That's what the beginner courses are for.