Useful and Challenging Characteristics of Web-Based Training: Comparing Perceptions of U.S. and Korean Employees
Employees who participate in web-based training (WBT) often have perceptions of course effectiveness that differ from course designers. The focus of this presentation is to report those characteristics of WBT that employees of two major corporations, one in the US and one in South Korea, indicate as helpful or challenging to their success. The purpose of this study is to investigate the components of the WBT that employees recognize as helpful in their learning process and the components of WBT that students identify as challenging. To guide this research, there are three primary research questions: What WBT components do US and South Korean employees recognize as helpful in the learning process? What WBT components do US and South Korean employees recognize as challenging? How do perceptions of WBT differ among US and South Korean employees?
Competence via the web
With the rapid growth and technical development of the internet, the interest in distributing education over the web has increased greatly during recent years. Educational systems and industry see the possibilities for more flexible and cost efficient solutions. At the same time, the internet industry is sensing a new market. The challenge lies in producing competence for the individual student through good teaching, while at the same time using technical solutions to create added value via the net. This article gives a short background to the new possibilities in distributed education over the internet, and discusses various factors for success in competence development efforts. The discussion focuses on the different aspects of educational design of web-based educational material.
Gender Politics and Research: Male and Female Violence in Intimate Relationships
This article reviews a wide range of research reports on male and female violence in intimate relationships and highlights the political nature of domestic violence research. The authors review incidence and prevalence-based research that uses quantitative surveys and illustrate how quantitative, family-focussed researchers tend to ignore the political and social context of domestic violence and the complex issues of gender and power. The authors argue that understanding the complexities of domestic violence requires clear definitions of what constitutes domestic violence and multi-method approaches to research, using a combination of quantitative and qualitative methodologies.