The purpose of this study was to examine the moderating effects of social network
accessibility on the relationship between informal learning activities and learning transfer in
the after-school teachers. This study surveyed after-school teachers in Incheon region from
October 10, 2012 to November 2, 2012, so that 493 of them was gotten as valid data. The
survey instrument was composed of three main parts measuring the levels of informal
learning activity, social network accessibility, and learning transfer of the respondents,
including demographic information part. Data was analyzed by the methods of exploratory
factor analysis and hierarchical regression analysis.
The results of this study were as follows: First, informal learning activity had positive
effect on learning transfer among after-school teachers. Second, social network accessibility
had moderating effects on the relationship between informal learning activity and learning
transfer among after-school teachers. Especially, of three variables of social network
accessibility, learning with other person was only variable moderating the relationship
between informal learning activity and learning transfer. Based upon these results, several
suggestions were made to improve after-school teachers’ expertise and enhance the quality
of after-school education.