온라인 불교교육에 대한 학습자 요구도 분석: FGI를 중심으로

Abstract

The purpose of this study is to examine learners’ needs related to online Buddhist education. For this purpose, focus group interviews were conducted and analyzed with seven learners who participated in online Buddhist education. Learners’ needs related to online Buddhist education were centered around ‘motivation to use online Buddhist education,’ ‘experience of participating in online Buddhist education,’ and ‘support needed to increase the field usability of online Buddhist education.’ From the ‘motivation for using online Buddhist education’, ‘desire to study Buddhism’, ‘acquiring psychological stability’, ‘communication with believers’, ‘desire to live a spiritual life’, and ‘strengthening accessibility to Buddhist content through non-face-to-face’ were derived. From the ‘experience of participating in online Buddhist education’, ‘various teaching methods through online’, ‘use of various class contents’, ‘progress-oriented classes’, ‘specific classes’, and ‘communication in non-face-to-face classes’ were derived. From ‘Support needed to increase field usability of online Buddhist education’ to ‘Need to improve system for non-face-to-face classes’, ‘Development of highly attractive non-face-to-face content’, ‘Development of communicative small group activity classes’, ‘Instructors and learners’ ‘Strengthening communication among students’, ‘Need to systematize non-face-to-face Buddhist curriculum’, ‘Need to evaluate online classes’, and ‘Need to consider non-face-to-face counseling’ were identified. This study is significant in that it contributed to deriving directions for the composition, content, and methods of online Buddhist education and diversifying Buddhism-related research methods by conducting a needs analysis of learners.