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Zebra12
Joined: 18 Jan 2006
Location: Ottawa
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 Posted: Thu Dec 14, 2006 10:44 pm Post subject: Post-interview Protocol |
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I'm wondering about the usual (or unusual!) post-interview protocols/procedures here in Korea. I had a good interview two weeks ago, with three Korean and one American (Visiting Prof.) at the Korean Advanced Institute for Science & Technology (KAIST). We discussed my academic research interests, and work background (i.e., which is excellent, albeit not entirely at the universty [instructional] level per se etc.; having conducted research in hypermedia and communications etc., and inter'l CMC lab links in NA, Japan and Europe. They asked me about salary--saying that it was negotiable in this case...I said that a ball-park figure--above 35 million--would be reasonable. But, that working in a new university environment, that sought to build programs based on the MIT Media Lab model--interested me more than the monetary end of the arrangement. I indicated (based on their suggestions) that the formal English instructional work, could be easilly linked to the design of a new communication course at KAIST: which supports the design of an [online] 3D collaborartive Knowledge-Building site...linked to labs at the University of Toronto; PITT: UCLA; and Bilbao, Spain.
They were fairly well-informed about global [virtual] educational develpments, as Bill Buxton (University of Toronto prof and, the current Chief Scientist at MicroSoft), had just given them a long-winded lecture on the new transdisciplinary-based learning strategies, etc. (Also, the current President of KAIST is the Head of Industrial Engineering at MIT.)
I'm interested in attending a few other interviews in the near future...and well aware of the time and/or immigration constraints. So, just seeking some insights from fellow expats who ar currently in South Korea. With respect to ethical (professional standards), I'm now well aware that Korea follows its own 'drum-beat'--based on reading the various threads in this forum.
I'm currently teaching (without any problems) in the EPIK programme.
Your thoughts and suggestions are appreciated. Cheers/James  |
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ttompatz
Joined: 05 Sep 2005
Location: Kwangju, South Korea
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| Posted: Fri Dec 15, 2006 12:28 am Post subject: Re: Post-interview Protocol |
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| Zebra12 wrote: |
I'm wondering about the usual (or unusual!) post-interview protocols/procedures here in Korea. I had a good interview two weeks ago, with three Korean and one American (Visiting Prof.) at the Korean Advanced Institute for Science & Technology (KAIST). We discussed my academic research interests, and work background (i.e., which is excellent, albeit not entirely at the universty [instructional] level per se etc.; having conducted research in hypermedia and communications etc., and inter'l CMC lab links in NA, Japan and Europe. They asked me about salary--saying that it was negotiable in this case...I said that a ball-park figure--above 35 million--would be reasonable. But, that working in a new university environment, that sought to build programs based on the MIT Media Lab model--interested me more than the monetary end of the arrangement. I indicated (based on their suggestions) that the formal English instructional work, could be easilly linked to the design of a new communication course at KAIST: which supports the design of an [online] 3D collaborartive Knowledge-Building site...linked to labs at the University of Toronto; PITT: UCLA; and Bilbao, Spain.
They were fairly well-informed about global [virtual] educational develpments, as Bill Buxton (University of Toronto prof and, the current Chief Scientist at MicroSoft), had just given them a long-winded lecture on the new transdisciplinary-based learning strategies, etc. (Also, the current President of KAIST is the Head of Industrial Engineering at MIT.)
I'm interested in attending a few other interviews in the near future...and well aware of the time and/or immigration constraints. So, just seeking some insights from fellow expats who ar currently in South Korea. With respect to ethical (professional standards), I'm now well aware that Korea follows its own 'drum-beat'--based on reading the various threads in this forum.
I'm currently teaching (without any problems) in the EPIK programme.
Your thoughts and suggestions are appreciated. Cheers/James |
Don't mean to hijack your thread but wasn't it KAIST who got slammed by the labor board last spring over irregularities in pay and severance?
You might want to hunt for a bit more info if you do get a contract offer and BEFORE you sign on the dotted line.
Now back to the regularly scheduled programming. |
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