ICT Policy for Education Oct 31, 2006 Washington. D.C., U.S.A JuSung Jun, Ph.D. Senior Researcher Korea Education & Research Information Service

Table of contents National ICT Policy for Education I 2017-04-26 Table of contents I National ICT Policy for Education II Major Policy Issues III Shared Vision

National ICT Policy for Education I

5.31 Education Reform (1995) Systematic Approach to Restructure the Entire System Building an Open Learning Society: “Edutopia” - Curriculum Reform (the 7th Curriculum) - Deregulation & School Governance Reform (“Hak-Un-Wi”) - Increase in Public Financing (GNP 5%) - Incorporation of ICT into Schools & Classrooms

ICT in Education Master Plan (1996) Phase Period Focus 1 1996 -2000 Infra building 2 2001-2005 Infra utilization for e-Learning System upgrade 3 2006-2010 supplement public education Lifelong education

Stages of Applying ICT in Education Initial Infra. Stage ICT Utilization e-Learning u-Learning 1996 ~ 2000 • National Teaching-Learning Center · EDUNET • ICT Literacy Education 1PC per 25 Students 2001 ~ 2003 • Education Resources Sharing System 1 PC per 7 Students 2004 ~ 2005 • EBS e-Learning Project • Cyber Home Learning System 1 PC per 5.5 Students HRD for knowledge based society Personal Mobile Device UMPC 2006 ~ • u-Learning Project u-Korea Lifelong Learning Society

e-Learning Initiatives 2017-04-26 e-Learning Initiatives Administration Operation Support Major Services National Teaching- Learning Center/ EDUNET Cyber Home Learning System Digital Library System Research Information Service System National Education Information System Central Government MOE&HRD KERIS KICE KEDI KRIVET KISE Oversee policy Provide guideline Regional Government 16 MPOEs Regional Educational Institute Education Training Institute Develop and supply service Next, I will discuss Korea’s major e-Learning services. Initiatives like the National Teaching Learning Center EDUNET, the Cyber Home Learning System and Digital Library are operated in Korea. The Ministry of Education & Human Resources Development oversees policy and provides guidelines. The 16 Metropolitan & Provincial Offices of Education develop and supply these services. Finally, schools provide services to the end users Principle Research Department School Provide service to users

Buwon u-Learning Model School 2017-04-26 K-12 schools Ratio of students : PC (1st in Asia) 5.5:1 School connectivity (97.1%: 2Mpbs speed) 100% Buwon u-Learning Model School 100% Teachers were provided with personal computer 25% Teachers trained in ICT integration training annually Pls link this with school visit The ratio of student:PC is 5.5:1, #1 in Asia. 100% schools are connected and amongst them, 70.7% enjoyed the speed of 2Mpbs Every teacher was given with NB/PC. Over 25~ 33% educators are trained annually to promote the effective use of technologies The internet utilization rate is 64.1% of the population and the 89.9% use it at home. 

Current Status of ICT in Education Primary & secondary education (2006. 08) - EDUNET (5.45 million subscribers) - Cyber Home Learning System (1.60 million) Higher education (2005. 12) - 90% of public Univ. & 70% of private Univ. adopted e-Learning Rolling-out Stage Growth of e-Learning in school & industry Business education (2005. 12) - 48.7% of large firms & 13.1% of small firms adopted e-Learning Lifelong education (2005. 12) - 17 cyber universities (5,5000)

Major Policy Issues II

Supplement & Reform Public Ed. thru ICT Integration of existing programs Integrate EDUNET, Cyber Home Learning System, EBSi Form “e-Learning Research Center” Customize for teachers Strengthen teachers’ IT utilization ability Provide e-Learning consulting Launch “Preparing Tomorrow’s Teachers to use Technology” Supplement & Reform Public Education Active participation Parents’ active participation “No Wall in School” project thru parents, teachers, community cooperation Cyber ethics and morality Foster gifted students A comprehensive and collaborative educational system for the gifted through e-Learning at national level

HRD through e-Cluster e-Learning cluster Of Academe, Industry, Research Support Research Information System University’s e-Learning center & regional strategic industry collaboration to cultivate specialists Cooperation between academe & Industry for R & D and specialists University-industry collaboration through e-Learning centers Knowledge in both education & IT Offer e-Learning related courses in graduate level Gain competitiveness of universities through credit bank system Individualized learning through e-Learning Train e-Learning Specialists Establish e-Teaching & Learning System

Employable Skills through ICT Specialization & Diversification Institutionalized Support Learning Society Military HRD Incentive for specialized course Support consulting Coop. between gov’t & univ. for R&D Tax benefit for e-Learning Credit bank Customized according to career and job information Use e-Learning in innovation work Use government officials’ training e-Learning based teacher training Provide learning opportunity to soldiers -distance learning -cyber university

Unite Provinces through e-Community Support the disadvantaged Form e-Community Support regional Innovative Industry e-Lifelong School Relate with other projects for the disadvantaged Support alternative schools, etc. thru e-Learning e-lifelong learning system for the dropout Combine with offline education Develop regional e-Learning portal Promote regional e-Learning committee To regional innovation center for education National ICT Infra. Learning Infra. Promote e-Learning based lifelong learning society

Monitoring & Evaluation Six Successful Factors Capability of Organizations Monitoring & Evaluation System Firm Support, Involvement Of Top Administrator Appropriate Budget Allocation Collaboration Among Institutes User-oriented Educational Policy

Shared Vision III

e-Lifelong Learning Society Development of National Human Resources 2017-04-26 Lifelong Learning for ALL through ICT e-Lifelong Learning Society Development of National Human Resources through ICT Improve Quality of Education Promote e-Learning Globalization Develop Human Resources Strengthen Vocational & Career Education Create Regional Integration

2017-04-26 Thank You