e-Learning in Korea

Ph. D. Suh, Young Suhk, Executive DirectorGlobal Cooperation Research Center

Korea Education & Research Information Service (KERIS)

e-Learning in Korea

March 2010, Spain

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Notas de la presentación

Hola y bienvenido! (hello and welcome) Good morning ladies and gentleman. It’s my pleasure to have this opportunity of sharing Korea’s experience with you all. I’m Dr. Seo, Young Suhk from the Korea Education & Research Information Service, Korea. Currently, I am the executive director of the global cooperation and research center, KERIS.

Table of Contents

Introduction of KoreaI

Development of ICT in Education

II

III

KERIS Overview

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My presentation consists firstly of an introduction of Korea, secondly an overview of KERIS, followed by Development of ICT in education.

I. Introduction of Korea

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I will start off with a brief introduction of Korea in general.

South Korea (ROK) at a Glance

Area: 99.6 K Sq. Km (107th)

Population: 49.0 Million (26th)

GNI: US$ 971.3 Billion (FY07)

(GNI per capita : US$20,045)

Economy and ICT (World rank)

- OECD member economy in 1996- Economy (12th)

- Broadband diffusion (2nd)

- Home PC diffusion (3rd)

- DAC member (2009, Nov.)

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Officially known as the Republic of Korea, South Korea makes up roughly one half of the Korean Peninsula in East Asia. Its population of 50 million sits on 99,000 square kilometers, making it one of the most densely populated countries in the world. The country’s 971 billion dollar GNI makes it the world’s 12th largest economy, while its broadband diffusion and home PC diffusion rank 2nd and 3rd, respectively. In November last year, Korea was accepted as a Development Assistance Committee member country, and with it came the obligation to provide more official development assistance to developing countries.

Children Drinking Aid Milk ( 1954)

Formal Education- Elementary(6) -Middle(3) -High School(3) -Universities/Colleges(4)

- Primary & Secondary:

10,469 schools, 7.4M students, 310K teachers

- Universities/Colleges:

376 institutions, 3.3M students, 60K faculty members

Non-formal Education & Training- Public/private job training institutions; private tutoring institutions,

adult education centers; in-plant training institutions, etc.

Education (General)

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Formal education in Korea consists of 6 years of elementary, 3 years middle, 3 years high school and 4 years in Universities or 6-3-3-4 system. We have roughly 10 thousand primary and secondary schools with 7.4 million students and 310 thousand teachers. As for non-formal education, as you may know, numerous cram schools, private tutoring, and job training are available in Korea.

Primary & Secondary Education

Higher Education

Students Use of ICT for Learning

Current Status of ICT in Education

98.2% of teachers use ICT for teaching (KERIS, 2008)99.58% of students use ICT for class (OECD, 2006)

Students’ self-confidence using Internet in learning: 97.20% (OECD, 2003)

* Average of OECD members: 87.84%

Research Information Service System(RISS) users: 80% of faculty, 98% of graduate students(KERIS, 2008)

86% of univ. adopted e-Learning(2006)18 cyber universities(2008)

OECD PISA DATABASE 2006

99.58 98.8297.72

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Korea Finland Sweden Japan

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As one of the most connected countries in the world, ICT in education in Korea is widely used both in education and research fields. In primary & secondary education, 98.2% of teachers and nearly 100% of students use ICT for learning which makes Korea the top country in terms of the number of students that use ICT for learning. In regards to higher education Korea has 18 cyber universities and to date, 86% of all universities have adopted e-learning. Korea is the leading country in terms of the number of students that use ICT for learning.

Size and trends of budget of ICT in education in Korea

10 Billion KW800700600500400300200100

• Korea invested about 500million $ for ICT in education per year.• ex) 2001 : apportion 450 million $ to initiate ICT in Education project • But, ICT in education budget reached a peak in 2004 and has since been

on a gradual and persistent decline.

Source: Ministry of Education and Human Resources Development"Individual Items of Budgeted Revenues and Expenditures" (annual)

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In order to develop and sustain the current level of ICT use in education fields, the government of Korea, especially the Ministry of Education, has invested a substantial budget to ICT in education. In the last decade, the MOE of Korea spent an average of about 500 million US dollars on ICT in education.

5.0 students share 1 PC5.0:1

1 PC per Teacher100%

Teachers trained annuallyin ICT use in Education 33%

PC & Internet available in every classroom (99%: 2-10Mbps speed)

100%

Buwon u-learning Model School

2007. 12 by MEST

ICT Infrastructure at K-12 Schools

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As a result, we have realized 100% availability of PCs and internet for each and every classroom. Also, 100% of teachers have their own PC. Based on infrastructure & content development, in order to promote ICT in education 33% of teachers train annually in ICT use in education. 5 students share one PC. Schools usually have computer labs which are specialized classrooms specifically for computer lectures. In particular, almost every house also has their own PC with internet nationwide and the Korean government provides some poor students with a computer. You can assume that 100% of Korean students have a computer and are very familiar with them.

II. KERIS OVERVIEW

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In Korea’s ICT in education policy and practice, KERIS has always been at the heart of policy planning, R&D, and investment since KERIS is a government funded organization which specializes in ICT in education from primary to higher education in Korea. With the KERIS overview, we will be able to grasp major initiatives in ICT in education in Korea.

in educational and technological

changes through quality

future forecasting

Leading Innovator

in resolving pending educational issues

thru effective use of innovative technologies

Specialized Institution

to globally recognized institutions

in applying ICT in education

Benchmarking Target

with best human resources and outstanding

achievements

Global Partner

1. Vision & Goals

Global Partner Contributing to

Future Educational

Development

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This is KERIS’s vision and goals KERIS is not only a leading innovator in educational and technological changes through quality future forecasting but also a specialized institution in resolving pending educational issues through effective use of innovative technologies. Further more, KERIS is globally recognized as a benchmark target for applying ICT in education. For instance, last year, about 441 people from 76 countries visited KERIS for consultation on ICT in education. KERIS is also striving to be a global partner with the best human resources and outstanding achievements. These 4 goals help KERIS contribute to the future of educational development.

2. e-Learning Implementation Structure

Industrye-Learning companies

Ministry of Education, Science and Technology

(MEST)Establish master plans and allocate budget at a national level

16 Metropolitan & Provincial Offices

of Education (MPOE)Implement policies & allocate budget at a local level

KERIS

Academia Universities &

Research Institutes

SchoolsPrimary & Secondary

Schools

MKE MCST

MOLAB

Korea Education & Research Information Service - Support policy planning and implementation- Provide ICT-based educational services

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These are the main organizations working together to implement e-learning successfully. First, the Korean Ministry of Education, Science and Technology establishes master plans and allocates budgets at a national level. Then 16 Metropolitan & Provincial Offices of Education implement policies and allocate budgets at a local level. KERIS act like a hub between the MEST and the 16 MPOEs and maintains close collaboration with each other, playing a critical role in supporting policy planning and implementation and providing assistance and information exchange for ICT-based educational services. KERIS also cooperates with related government bodies, research institutes, e-learning companies, and schools.

• Sep. 1996 : Launch of EDUNET• May. 1998 : Launch of RISS (Research Information Service System)• Apr. 1999 : Establishment of KERIS• Mar. 2001 : Launch of NEIS (National Education Information System)• May. 2002 : Completion of the ERS (Nationwide Educational Resources

Sharing System)• Dec. 2004 : Certification of KEM (Korea Educational Metadata) as KS• Dec. 2006 : ISO 9001 Certification of QMS for international e-learning consulting• Jan. 2007 : Received the UNESCO Prize for ICT Use in Education• Apr. 2007 : Received the IMS Learning Impact Platinum Award• Dec. 2007 : Launch of the KOCW (Korea Open CourseWare)

Launch of the Local Education Financial Information System• Feb. 2008 : Opening of the ECSC (Education Cyber Security Center)• Sep. 2008 : Start-up of the Uzbekistan Consulting Project• Nov. 2008 : Beginning of ‘Clean & Green Education’ campaign• Dec. 2008 : Launch of ‘Educational Information Publication (School info)’• Apr. 2009 : Start-up of FS for Colombia Education Informatization Project

3. Brief History

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KERIS has achieved so many noteworthy feats over a span of 10 years, but I'll only highlight a few of the most important ones. We received the UNESCO Prize for ICT use in Education and were awarded with the IMS Learning Impact Platinum Award in 2007. Based on ICT in education expertise we were able to participate in the Uzbekistan and Colombia ICT in education projects, which are part of Korea’s ICT in education ODA projects. With this global recognition and our accumulated experiences, the global cooperation and international partnership programs became one of our main business strategies that we hope will help bridge the international gap in ICT in education..

III. Development of ICT in Education

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The following section specifically relates to the development of ICT in education in Korea.

• Cyber Home Learning System

• EBS video streaming content

• KEM as guideline on Korea educationalmetadata for ERS

• Content development &distribution- Standardization- Education

Resources Sharing (ERS) Environment

• Teaching & Learning Center

• e-AdministrationNEIS

• Teacher training for ICT use

u-LearningStage

e-LearningStage

ICT UtilizationStage

Initial InfraStage

1996 ~ 2000 2001 ~ 2003 2006 ~ present

Master Plan I Master Plan II

2004~2005

• Future education R&D - u-Learning pilot project

• ICT integrated curriculum

• University e-Learning Support Center

• Global Partnershipfor ICT in Education

• ICT infrastructure in all schools

- 1 PC : 1 teacher- Internet access

to classrooms

• Education information service system EDUNET

• ICT literacy education

Master Plan III

1. History and Progress

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Korea’s progress in ICT in education can be divided into 4 stages which started in 1996 with the initiation of infrastructure building in schools. During this stage, teachers were provided PCs with internet access. Also, EDUNET, a comprehensive Teaching-Learning national portal, began its service. The Second stage was the ICT utilization stage. After initial completion of infrastructure, the focus shifted from infrastructure to software, learning content, and standardization for better circulation and sharing of the available educational materials. The third stage, known as the e-learning stage, saw the inception of the Cyber Home Learning System. CHLS is a type of afterschool cyber class. And KEM, Korea Educational Metadata, became a national standard. We're currently in the Ubiquitous learning stage. As you know, the world is moving towards a ubiquitous-oriented way of thinking when it comes to technology. Korea is leading this development by investment in future education R&D collaborations such as the u-learning pilot project.

2. Key Factors for Success

Firm support and involvement of top administrators in education

Build core competence of organizations- Information Centers at provincial education offices- Every school has an ICT teacher & Homepage

Implement user-oriented policies- Teachers : National Teaching-Learning Center·EDUNET- Students, Parents : Cyber Home Learning System, EBS e-Learning Project

Apply monitoring & evaluation system- Annual evaluation with consulting Service

Collaboration among government bodies- MEST, MKE, MCST,& MOL Cooperation

Allocate appropriate financial resources- Budget support : $300M for 5 years(2001~2005).

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Korean ICT in education progress has depended on several key success factors throughout the years. We need to give special attention to the following factors. Factors ranging from firm support and involvement of top administrators in education, appropriate financial resources, a monitoring and evaluation system, collaboration among government bodies and also user friendly policies.

3. Services & Initiatives

ExpandGlobal

Cooperation

Facilitatee-Administration

EnhanceAcademic Resources

Sharing

SupportPolicy-Making &Implementation

Promotee-Learning

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Our major tasks are built upon 5 pillars, namely policy making support and implementation, e-learning promotion, academic resources sharing enhancement, e-administration facilitation and global cooperation expansion.

To implement Field-oriented Basic Research and Policy Assessment To Suggest Quality Policy Alternatives to Pending Issues - Drawing up a blueprint for education informatization projects- Conduct timely research to support major government policies - Increasing customer satisfaction through research project process

innovation - Study national ICT master plans- Issue white paper and periodic journals

Task 1: Support for Policy-Making and R&D

Research and Evaluation

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One of our main tasks is to support policy-making and R&D. This is done not only by implementing field-oriented research and policy assessment, but also by suggesting quality policy alternatives to pending educational issues. For these research and evaluation tasks, we draw up blueprints for educational informatization projects, and compile and publish a white paper and quarterly journals.

Future Education R&D

To present a vision for future education by establishingfuture education blueprint, model and strategy

To enhance policy and system basis and promote e-Learningconcepts

Research Areas: R&D on new media, teaching and learningmethods and learning environment, effectiveness of e-Learning,

- Conduct international collaborative studies- Operate u-Learning model school pilot projects- Presentations and forums for sharing a vision for futureeducation

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Because technology is always changing, we need to continuously conduct research in order to keep up with current trends One of the numerous tasks include conducting R&D for future education models and strategies. These research areas encompass R&D on new media, innovative teaching and learning environments, and e-learning effectiveness.

Task 2: Educational Information ServicesTask 2 : e-Learning Support for Primary & Secondary Education

EDUNET and e-Learning Services- EDUNET, educational portal to support teaching-learning

activities since 1996- Support for teachers

Cyber Home Learning System- Internet-based learning support service - To complement school education - To enhance self-directed learning capabilities

Digital Library System

Quality Assurance & Standardization

Digital Textbook Development

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The 2nd main task can be described as e-learning support for primary and secondary education, mainly through EDUNET, Cyber Home Learning System, and Digital textbook development.

National Teaching-Learning Center-EDUNET

•Quality content service

Facilitate cooperative learning (class to class, school to school)

• Integration of educational resources

Central

Regional

School

Integratedsearch

CommunityKnowledgeWarehouse

Collaboration

Teacher Student

Parents Administrator

•Teachers•Head teachers•Librarians•Libraries

•K12•College•Special

•Children Edu.•Life-long Edu.

•Principal•Supervisor•Policy makers

EDUNET

No. of registered users: 5.8 million (100% of school teachers registered) No. of daily users: 490,124 (Dec.2008)

•Facilitate information sharing of all stakeholders

EDUNET 2.0

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Everyone is probably more than familiar with Google. EDUNET is a search engine like Google, for education purposes. EDUNET which is a national teaching-learning center provides an environment for information exchange between teachers and students or between students and students. You can download many educational materials like online lectures or video clips for free. In fact, EDUNET was established in 1996 so it has had more than 10 years to accumulate a very large amount of available data. That's why 5.8 million registered users at EDUNET and 100% of teachers use it. Let me show you a short video clip about EDUNET to help your understanding of the service.

Customized learning

Major Services

Q&A LevelAssessment

Careercounseling

Cyber Teachers1:1 Learning Management

Reduce education gap Reduce private tutoring expenses Enhance quality of public education

Student-centered

Blended education

Curriculum-based

Supplementary

Parent Tutors

LMS / LCMS (KEM)

Knowledge DB

Content Repository

Cyber Home Learning System

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Cyber Home Learning System is a kind of online after-school class for elementary and middle school students. Teachers can help students online after school and students can also study with cyber teachers or cyber tutors online. It provides many online contents for mandatory subjects like mathematics, science, and Korean. It's major services are to customize learning, ask questions, evaluate academic levels, and provide career counseling. CHLS was actually launched to cut down private education expenses. Korean families place a very high emphasis on education. This passion has led to soaring private education costs and most students are forced to go to private institutes to get extra lessons. Another main positive impact of CHLS is to reduce the education gap between urban and rural areas. Some rural areas lack sufficient educational infrastructure but CHLS provides equal access to private education. I’ll show you a video clip about CHLS which will explain it further.

Quality Assurance

• Establishment of Comprehensive Quality Assurance System • Quality Certification of Educational Content• Evaluation of Distance Education & Training Institutes

• Promotion of e-learning standardization • Participation in international standard-setting activities• Establishment of IMS Korea

• A recent initiative for educational innovation • Development of DT for 6 subjects for grade 5 (Korean, Social Studies,

Science, Music, English, Math), 4 subjects for grade 6 (Korean, Social Studies, Science, Math), and Level-Differentiated English DT for grade 3 ~ 6

• Application of DT by 112 pilot schools and establishment of infrastructure

Standardization

Digital Textbook Development

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As you all know, there is a massive amount of data available on the Internet, but its accuracy and reliability are not always guaranteed. To counter this issue, the Korean government established a quality assurance system by monitoring and evaluating many online contents. In addition, we promote e-learning standardization and participate in international standard-setting activities. One of our more exciting and innovative educational developments is the digital textbook. When most of us went to school, we carried a backpack full of text books. Thanks to the development of digital textbooks, that experience will soon be a thing of the past. A small tablet PC will substitute for the heavy text books. KERIS started developing digital textbooks in 2007, and last year we conducted a pilot project among 112 schools. However, as of now more evaluation in the field is needed to determine their effectiveness in the classroom. This video will give you some more details.

Task 3: e-Learning Support for Higher Education

Research Information Service System (RISS)- To provide web-based research information services

for researchers, professors, students, and other academic user groups

- Launched in 1998- Research information exchange system among

all universities and related institutions in Korea

- To share ICT infrastructure and educational resources- 10 e-Learning Support Centers established in 2007- Korea Open CourseWare established in 2008

Support for e-Learning in Higher Education

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The 3rd task is to support e-learning for higher education with RISS and KOCW.

Professors

Students

Researchers& Others

Librarians

ForeignUniversities

Utilize

RISS (Research Information Service System)

Collect & Process

RISS2.0

Union Catalog &Inter-Library Loan

Thesis & Dissertation

Journal Articles

Foreign Research DB

Video Lectures& Syllabus

Korea OpenCourseWare

Cost-saving Effect Enhancing Research Capacity

Produce

Univ.Libraries

NII,Japan

CALIS,China

OCLC,USA

AcademicSocieties

MEST, KEDI,KRIVET, etc.

e-LearningSupport Center

Univ.Institutes

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RISS is a research information sharing system. There are a lot of resources at different sites and from different nations, so it takes a long time to research specific information. RISS integrates diverse and dispersed information for academic users. With its union catalog, inter-library loan and other services, it is possible to access comprehensive research data in any library nearest to the users, which in return, enhance researchers’ capability and efficiency. This video may give you a better understanding of what RISS is about.

KOCW (Korea Open CourseWare)

Search

KOCW Database

MIT OCW,USA

MERLOT,USA

Edna,Australia

NIME,JAPAN

CORE,CHINA

OAI-PMH(Auto Gathering)

Data Gathering

File(Offline Gathering)

OCW Article, Report,Syllabus

SQI(Simple Query Interface) Open API

STUDENT USER

10e-LearningSupport Centers

CyberUniversities

Universities

KoreaNational

OpenUniversity

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Another good example of the support systems that KERIS provides is Korea Open CourseWare. Perhaps you know of MIT's OCW. MIT OCW provides their lectures online for free. Similarly, KOCW provides online lectures in collaboration with national and international cyber universities. Of course it is also free. We are all fully aware of the red-hot debate surrounding OER (Open Educational Resources) in the educational sphere. The purpose of this system is improving the competitiveness of university education by establishing an educational contents sharing system. We are currently collaborating with national and international cyber universities and its e-learning support centers to offer a reliable service.

Task 4: National Education Information System

Web-based online education administration system

To enhance efficiency and transparency of educational administration

To provide quality services to the public

Participants: about 11,000 schools, 182 LOEs,

16 MPOEs, KERIS and MEST

National Education Information System (NEIS)

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NEIS is a web-based education administration system. It was launched in 2006 to enhance the efficiency and transparency of educational administration.

General Affairs(Payroll, Audit, Budget, HR Mgmt. for staff, etc.)

School Affairs (Processing students evaluations, recording student activities and their performance, school accounting, etc.)

Civil Service (Home-Edu, Parents’ Service)(Online requirement and issuance of certificate, Getting information about their child’s school activities)

Staffs(MPOEs, LOEs)

Teacher/Non-teaching staff(Schools)

Citizen/Parents MEST

CodeIndex G4C Service

Statistics

NEIS

General Affairs

G4C Service

School Server

Systems

Academic Affairs

Academic Affairs

Academic Affairs

Academic Affairs

16 MetropolitanㆍProvincialOffices of Education

Statistics & Report

Task 4: NEIS (2) - Services

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We believe NEIS is beneficial for everyone, but especially for teachers because in addition to teaching, they handle many administrative tasks. NEIS makes educational administration more convenient and efficient by saving time and money and reducing work hours. �For instance, in the past, applying to university required a visit to campus or direct mail applications. Nowadays, NEIS allows students to apply directly online wherever they are. Let’s watch the NEIS video clip.

Sharing ExperiencesReducing the Digital

Divide

Task 5: e-Learning Globalization

e-Learning Consulting- Infrastructure support- Training programs

(with 16 MPOEs)

Strengthening International Partnerships- OECD, UNESCO, World Bank

- ISO/IEC SC36, IMS…

Cooperation with e-Learning Partners- Int’l and joint seminars - Collaborative R&D:

with W.B. & OECD

18 countries in 2009: Uzbekistan, Thailand, Dominican Republic, Colombia, etc.

Int’l e-Learning Expo& Conference

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Last but not least is our e-learning globalization efforts. As one of the leading countries in ICT in education, the Korean government has tried to reduce the digital divide and share its e-learning experiences by strengthening international partnerships with international organizations such as the OECD, UNESCO, World Bank as well as developing countries. Moreover, we are collaborating with our e-learning partners by hosting international seminars, conferences, and exhibitions. We must continue to seek ways to make positive contributions to the global society and use our cumulative knowledge and experience for the betterment of education and learning as a whole.

MOU in Infrastructure Support: Gwangju – Sri Lanka

e-Learning Consulting for Dominican Republic

French-Korean Seminar on ICT in Education

Training Program for Iraqi Educators

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These are some pictures taken from our global collaboration projects and initiatives.

http://www.elearningasia.net

http://www.elek.or.kr

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Every September, we hold the e-Learning Asia Conference and Expo, which is by far the biggest event in Korea in terms of ICT in education and is participated in by 3 ministries in Korea. Although we have “Asia” in the title, it is a truly international event and we welcome any of you to join this event and share your knowledge and experience this coming September. We are currently calling for papers. For further details, please refer to our event homepage.

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