CHAPTER 4: WEB BASED EMPLOYEE LEARNING AND DEVELOPMENT

Thursday, 6 December 2012

Web based employee learning and development is a very easier topic to understand. This is because, I can feel the situation of learning since I am a student. Learning is the continuous process that never ends until we died. Nowadays, from the primary schools until the higher level of education included the organizations, they already used internet as their learning medium and it will give the benefits to learners and also the educators (Nam and Smith-Jackson, 2007). In the HRIS class, the presenters were presented about an overview, component, advantage and disadvantages, and also the application of this topic. So, I would like to share what I learn in class about this topic. 

According to Ozer et al (2003), web based learning can be happened in various type of learning style likes text, graphics, audio, video, animation, and simulation. The methods used can help the learners easier to memorize and also can make the learning more interesting. In organization, the learning process will happened during the training session and the transfer of learning will be happened after the training. From the knowledge that employees gain, it can help them to improve themselves either in terms of the skills or knowledge to apply in higher position. 

The advantages of using online training are the employees can learn any information that related their job at any time as long as they have the internet access. Besides that, the manager no need to give the training on that since the learners can access from the online. In addition, it can help the learners becomes more independent to find with their own. 

However, every pro must have its own cons. Web based learning also bring disadvantages to the organization. First, in the system have a limited in terms of employee assessment and feedback. When the employees not understand what they read in the online learning, they can ask the question in the feedback session but the admin will not directly answer the question. So, the employee should wait for the answer. Second, if the internet slows, the employee will hard to access the information smoothly.

As we can see the learning and development is very crucial part. So, in the future, if I am a HR Manager, I will make sure that all the staff will get the enough training in order to develop themselves as the productivity’s employee. (400 words)

Reference 

Nam. C. S and Smith-Jackson. T. L. (2007). Web-Based Learning Environment: A theory-Based Design Process for Development and Evaluation. Journal of Information Technology Education, Volume 6.

Ozer. T, Kenworthy. M, Brisson. J.G, Cravalho. E. G and McKinley. G. H (2003). On Developments in Interactive Web Based Learning Modules in a Thermal- Fluids Engineering Course. Int. J.Engng Ed. Vol. 19, No. 2, pp. 305-315. Printed in Great Brain.