The Effect of Online Training on Employee’s Performance

The new telecommunication technology has opened educational opportunities to learners who are having difficulty participating in traditional instruction. Enhanced educational technology has played a critical role in professional development of employees in the business field, as online distance learning instruction is one of the popular options for so many instructional designers in business. This study sought to determine the effect of online distance-learning instruction on employees’ learning achievement those who took a training program of online distance-learning instruction and those who did not. Since many factors will affect employees’learning achievement, this study also explored the effect of self-efficacy, gender, computer experience, and socioeconomic status, on the learning achievement of employees in a Taiwanese manufacturing company. Additionally, this study investigated students’satisfaction with online distancelearning instruction. The major findings were that learning achievement was similar for online distance learning and traditional face-to-face instruction. Also, it showed a significant relationship between self-efficacy and learning achievement. An implication is that a judicious embedding of self-efficacy consideration is the design and implementation of online distance learning courses might well enhance learning achievement.