At this company, competencies are determined for each individual job. One of the interviewees from the company expected that computer skills will be added as core competencies in the future. Employees will need to have technology competencies because more jobs are requiring computer use. The company hires many employees who hold a high school degree, although instructional designers are required to have a master's degree even to be granted an interview. To meet the training level of the employee base, instructional designers usually build a tutorial as the first module in training programs.
Tutorials teach users how to navigate and operate the technology of the course.
This government health agency has a national distance learning headquarters and training network. The network relies on the agency s expertise and technology to disseminate information to public health officials. The audience is primarily public health workers throughout the country. The network uses live satellite classes to inform and educate thousands of public health workers. The director, field director, and project manager were interviewed.