Abstract
Open and distance education institutions such as Universitas Terbuka (UT) encourage independent learning among its students, which hopefully will lead to the ability of selflearning in the workplace. This is important so that graduates will meet the requirements of competence and performance in their job. Employer perception is imperative in assessing characteristics of independent learning skill, competence and performance in line with job requirements. This paper describes the perception of graduates and their immediate supervisors about competence and independent learning skill acquired during study which impacted on their job performance. The study finds that UT's graduates have adequately met the requirements needed in the workplace in terms of independent learning skill, competence and job performance.
Highlights
Independence is an important attribute to one’s personality. It is important in the learning process and it is a key achievement factor in studies and career
This paper will describe the perception of graduates and their immediate supervisors as a representative of employers to the learning independence gained during their study at Universitas Terbuka (UT), graduates’ competencies in the job and their overall performance in the workplace. This analysis is based on data from the UT tracer study conducted in 2009 involving graduates and their immediate supervisors
This period was selected because (1) current address of graduates were the same as in the UT database, (2) curriculum at the time of their graduation was relatively similar to the current curriculum, and (3) during that period, it was expected that there were some changes in both performance and careers of graduates in the workforce
Summary
Independence is an important attribute to one’s personality. It is important in the learning process and it is a key achievement factor in studies and career. In Open Distance Education (ODE), the notion of independent learning evolves. It is a learning strategy that fosters self-improvement through planned independent study by students under the guidance of an instructor. Independent learning empowers and teaches students to learn by themselves (William, 1995). Learners become motivated and trained in their responsibilities as well as in their learning ability (Broad, 2006)
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