Advantages and prospects of internet technologies when organizing remote business training for company personnel
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Authors: Tendikov Ayan, Kazakh-American Free University, Kazakhstan
Madiyarova Elvira, D. Serikbayev East-Kazakhstan State Technical University, Kazakhstan
Akhmetova Dina, Serikbayev East Kazakhstan Technical University, Kazakhstan
In the existing epidemiological and economic situation
in the world many companies have to give up on conducting in-person business
trainings for their employees in favor of remote versions. This form of
organizing business trainings allows conducting simultaneous preparation of
human recourses independent of remoteness from training center.�
Three main [1] types can be distinguished among distance
learning technologies (DLT): cases, telecommunications and Internet
technologies.
Table 1. Comparative characteristics of distant training
technologies
Comparative table demonstrates that the Internet DLTs
comprise all advantages of case and telecom technologies.
Ideally, own portal needs to be organized in a company
for implementation of distance business trainings, similarly to methodology of
organizing this type of learning at universities. However, in case of absence
of this type of portal, as well as absence of possibility for large time and
labor expenses for its development, all necessary parameters of distance
learning can be implemented by combining the workflow on various Internet
platforms.
The most prominent examples were selected below (figure
1) [2] after analyzing the most popular Internet applications for DLT on the territory of Kazakhstan and CIS countries (Table 2).
Figure 1. Examples of the most popular Internet platforms for DL
Table 2. Brief description of distance learning platforms
After researching the possibilities as well as target
audience of the most popular Internet platforms for organizing distance
business trainings, we concluded that the most suitable Internet platforms are
Moodle and WebTutor.
Modular Object-Oriented Dynamic Learning Environment
distributed by General Public License. Moodle was translated to more than 100
languages and supports more than 1500 plug-ins allows to fully implement
diverse feedback in the form of monitoring and reporting for various parameters
[3]. Disadvantages - it is installed only on one's own server, requires skills
in web-development for administration.
Business complex WebTutor.ru is created and supported by
Web Soft company - development of electronic educational courses and distance
learning systems [4]. This modular HRM-platform allows not only to build
learning, but also all HR processes: competency assessment, automate selection
and primary preparation of human resources. WebTutor.ru has wide possibilities
of integration with company business processes. Disadvantages are complexity of
the system, financial expenses for the purchase of the system and its
administration.
In addition to all of the above specialized platforms
for organizing employee training, we can especially single out systems for
organizing massive open online courses (MOOC)[3]. A massive open online course is
an online course aimed at unlimited participation and open access via the web [5].
This type of organization for staff development is
characterized by freedom of access and voluntary participation of students in
them. That is, MOOCs are aimed at training any person, the choice is made by
the listener.
MOOC are most in demand in the university environment,
as a means to increase the competence of teachers and students [6]. However,
analysis of the list of possible MOOC courses, many of them are quite relevant
for the staff of organizations. In particular, for example, you can find a
sufficient number of MOOC courses in business, personnel management,
programming, economics.
As experience shows, the most popular MOOC platforms
among Kazakhstani audiences are: Coursera, Stepik, Intuit, Lectorium.
Table 3. Advantages and disadvantages of MOOCs for
organizing business trainings
Thus, one of the economical options for improving the
qualifications of employees is to choose suitable MOOC courses for company
personnel and recommend their passage to staff.
Lastly, selection of the Internet platform for the
organization of business trainings in a distance format is done by a company
itself, weighing all pros and cons of each system. However, it is worth noting
that one of unquestionable pros of distance form of conducting business
trainings is significant decrease of expenses by reducing traveling, transport
expenses and expenses to rent offices, by absence of production downtime during
learning period [7]. Moreover, in conditions of forced economic challenges and
isolation, millions of people and many companies continue uninterrupted
learning process, in doing so showing perspectives, advantages and productivity
of distance form of advanced training.
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