Korean Educational Development Institute(KEDI)

Korea’s distance training institute has been in operation since 2000 with the aim of improving the quality of teachers. Without the restrictions of time and space, on-line learning in Korea has enjoyed a steady numerical growth in participation, accommodating over 600,000 teachers every year. On-line learning, however, has its fare share of problems as there is a possibility that the educational effectiveness of on-line learning could be lower than that of face-to-face training. Moreover, some institutes are poorly operating their on-line learning programs. In response to such drawbacks, the Korean government has been making efforts to enhance the quality of on-line learning for teachers since 2006 by conducting an overall assessment of distance training institutes for teachers. This study is a comprehensive analysis of the government’s evaluation on distance training institutes to increase their on-line learning program quality for teachers. Based on the analysis, three measures have been outlined for the improvement of on-line learning with the expectations that these suggested changes will assist in enhancing the quality of on-line learning for teachers in the future.