This study attempts to provide the basic materials needed to develop systematic
in‐service training programs that can be used to improve the quality and specialization
of the corporate human resources engaged in the e-learning field. In order to do so, the
researcher analyzed the job duties of corporate e-learning instructional designers. Based
on this job analysis, the job perception and in-service training needs of those engaged
in the corporate e-learning field were examined. The results of the job analysis, as well
as of the examination of the job perception of corporate e-learning instructional
designers and in-service training needs, can be summarized as follows:
First, a job analysis of corporate e-learning instructional designers was carried out by
dividing their tasks into four duty categories encompassing 20 sub-tasks. These four
categories were: planning, designing, developing, doing activities after course
development. As far as the job perception of corporate e-learning instructional
designers was concerned, the majority of the survey participants identified planning
domain as their most important job. What’s more, they identified course planning of
the actual process as the most difficult to actually implement. Furthermore, the
participants exhibited a tendency to identify the acquirement of the education needed to implement the tasks which they perceived as being important as being primordial.
Those with previous experience participating in job related to educational programs
tended to be more aware of educational needs than those who had no such experience