1. Korea’s e-Learning Experience in the Higher Education Sector
Updated on August 1, 2007
Knowledge & Information Infrastructure Division
Ministry of Education & Human Resources Development
Republic of Korea
Ministry of Education & Human Resources Development

2. E-Learning in Higher Education
Ministry of Education & Human Resources Development

3. Higher Education in Korea
Universities
- 184 four-year Universities (enrolment of 1.88 million)
Polytechnics
- 18 Industrial Universities (enrolment of 190,000)
- 1 Technical College (enrolment of 100)
Junior Colleges
- 158 two- to three-year Junior Colleges (enrolment of 850,000)
Others
- 1 Air & Correspondence University (enrolment of 280,000)
- 17 Cyber Colleges & Universities (enrolment of 56,000)
Ministry of Education & HRD

4. Major e-Learning Policies
Master plan to build an education network (Dec. 1988)
Established an education network and launched service (1991);
commissioned a commercial network (2001)
Comprehensive plan to promote e-Learning in higher education (Dec. 2002)
Established university e-Learning support centers and an administrative
information system (2003~)
Master plan to digitize information on educational environments (June 2003)
Established support centers for distant education and training at teachers’
colleges and set up an administrative education system(ERP)
HRD strategies to promote e-Learning (Dec. 2004)
Master plan to protect information for educational organizations (Aug. 2005)
- Established a cyber education security center (2006~)
Ministry of Education & HRD

5. Current Status of e-Learning at Universities
Rate of usage (2004) : National and private universities(97%), medium- to small-sized universities(68%), teacher’s colleges(40%)
480 universities operating e-graduate schools
- Sookmyung Women’s, Ajou, Sejong, Joongbu University, etc.
Distance education & training support centers at teacher’s colleges
- First opened at Gyeongin National University of Education in 2003
Helps utilize IT in teacher training, improve teaching methods and digitize contents
Boosting interest in e-Learning through the NURI project
- Helps enhance the innovation capacity of local universities
Expansion of e-Learning at universities
- Yeungjin College : Introduced e-learning for all students
Ewha Womans Univ. : Set up project to establish a distance education system
- Sungkyunkwan Univ. : Integrated cyber education and life-long education systems
Ministry of Education & HRD

6. Best Practices of e-Learning at Universities
Description
Jeju Univ.
Fosters e-communities between faculty and students through an integrated e-course support system
University
e-Learning support centers
Gyeongsang Univ.
Collaborates closely with businesses through an e-learning support system
Kangwon Univ.
Supports a local innovation cluster composed of the industry, military, public sector and local community
Chonna Univ.
Used e-Learning to merge with Yeosu University
Yeungnam Univ.
Maintains high effectiveness in developing contents and promoting course exchanges
Seoul Univ.
Promotes researches and educational e-communities by means of blog services
Public
Sookmyung Women’s Univ.
Operates a distance graduate school based on e-Learning
Private
Ewha Womans Univ.
Offers special programs to train e-Learning experts and female IT professionals
Wonkwang Univ., Kwandong Univ.
Offer blended and seasonal courses
Ministry of Education & HRD

7. Korea National Open UniversityII
Ministry of Education & Human Resources Development

8. Korea National Open University (KNOU)
Background
Recognized the need to actively respond to changes in modern society,
and build a lifelong learning system
History
Opened with five departments providing two-year college-level courses
1992. Introduced a college-based system
(established colleges for the humanities, social sciences, natural
sciences, educational sciences and general education)
Established the Open University TV (channel 47)
Launched an Open University satellite TV channel
2001. Established a lifelong education school with four departments and
a cyber education support center
Ministry of Education & HRD

9. KNOU Cyber Education Support Center
Responsible for promoting e-Learning at the Open University Supports course development for the lifelong education school and the Korea cyber campus - All courses at the lifelong education school are offered via the Internet - The Korean cyber campus increases e-learning effectiveness by enabling online course exchanges between 10 universities Builds partnerships with other educational organizations to develop contents for global exchange - Collaborates with the Korea Development Institute and the Korean Language Education Center of Seoul National University - Developed English contents for global exchange and posted them on the website of the Asia Association of Open Universities
Ministry of Education & HRD

10. KNOU Cyber Education Support Center
Organization
System
Operation
Team
Administration
Contents Development
- e-Learning Contents Design and
Development
- Design and Multi-Media Development
- e-Learning System Quality Management
- e-Learning Teaching-Learning Support
- Training Support for Professors and
Teaching Assistants
- Planning, Administration,
Budget Compilation
- Lifelong Education School System Operation
- Korea Cyber Campus System Operation
- Lifelong Education Center System Operation
- Courseware System Operation
- College System Operation
Cyber Education
Support Center
Ministry of Education & HRD

11. Cyber University
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Ministry of Education & Human Resources Development

12. Background and History
- Changes in people’s perception of work : from lifelong jobs to lifelong careers
- Social changes placing more value on ability than academic backgrounds
- Need to acquire new knowledge and technology and develop individual abilities
- Provision of re-education opportunities through lifelong education
Major Developments
- Four-step Educational Reform Measure ( )
     • Step 1: Built infrastructure for an open education and lifelong learning society
• Step 2: Proposed bills on the credit bank system, distance education & home schooling
     • Step 3: Proposed the establishment of a “central lifelong education center”
    • Step 4: Set directions and tentative plan to legislate the Lifelong Education Act
- Test-operated a cyber university (March 1999 – Feb. 2000)
- Legislated the Lifelong Education Act (Aug. 1999); licensed cyber universities
- 17 cyber universities in current operation (15 four-year universities and 2 two-year colleges)
Ministry of Education & HRD

13. Number of Enrolled Students and Graduates
(number of students, as of 2007
Classification (Year of Establishment)
Year of Establishment
Admission Quota
Enrolled Students
Graduates
Four-year universities
Youngnam Cyber Univ.
2001
600
532
215
Sejong Cyber Univ.
1,300
3,595
1,219
Kyunghee Cyber Univ.
2,400
6,694
2,557
Korea Digital Univ.
2,500
6,706
2,539
Open Cyber Univ.
1,000
1,505
968
Seoul Digital Univ.
3,000
9,747
3,395
Seoul Cyber Univ.
1,800
7,123
3,196
Korea Cyber Univ.
1,650
4,243
1,923
Hanyang Cyber Univ.
2002
2,200
8,164
1,358
Busan Digital Univ.
2,103
729
Wonkwang Digital Univ.
700
2,462
605
Hansung Digital Univ.
2,958
702
Daegu Cyber Univ.
2,495
766
Gukje Digital Univ.
2003
750
1,944
384
Cyber Univ. of Foreign Studies
2004
1,350
3,147
140
Total 15
21,450
63,418
20,536
Two-year colleges
Yeungjin Cyber College
800
1,866
1,591
World Cyber College
2,652
3,330 2
2,100
4,428
5,081
23,550
67,846
25,617

14. Contents Development and Operation
Provision of support for content development at cyber universities :
2,200 million KRW ( ), 2 billion
Government-sponsored content development for cyber universities
Innovative educational technologies
Year of Development
Developed Contents
2003
15 types including “web 3D cyber space modeling”
2004
10 types including “World English for 21C”
2005
10 types including “Leadership in the 21st Century”
2006
10 types including “Child Teaching Methods (365 Days of Child Care Centers)”
2007
5 types including “Ubiquity & Privacy”
Ministry of Education & HRD

15. Evaluation of Cyber Universities
17 Cyber Universities all Evaluated in 2007
Classification
Contents
Goal
Improve conditions for cyber universities
Promote the quality of distance education
Enhance school accountability & public confidence
Target
17 cyber universities
Supervisor
Ministry of Education & Human Resources Development
Assessment Committee(professors & e-learning experts)
Results
Results are disclosed to the public
Grades are rated on 4 levels : A, B, C, D
(A-level universities are given incentives; C & D levels are re-assessed the following year)
Ministry of Education & HRD

16. Financial Support for Cyber Universities
Average 1.2 hundred million KRW in funding for 3 universities graded at
the distinguished level in evaluation (2007)
Universities and Programs that Received Funding
- Kyunghee Cyber University: globalization of KHCU
• Cyber Korean language & culture in Japanese, Chinese and English
• Online TTE(Teaching Through English) program
• International core-competency for government/local officials
Seoul Cyber University: courses and programs for the elderly
Hanyang Cyber University: cross-over education system for lifelong learning
Ministry of Education & HRD

17. University e-Learning Support Centers
Ministry of Education & Human Resources Development

18. University e-Learning Support Centers
Major Goals
- Develop learner-centered e-Learning communities
* Share learning resources through LMS/LCMS
- Reduce the gap of educational quality between regional universities
Share human resources through e-clusters composed of industries,
universities and research institutions
- Reduce costs of hardware and software
Ministry of Education & HRD

19. Promoting e-Learning in Higher Education
Higher Education e-Learning Activation Project
- E-Campus VISION 2007
- Plan to establish e-Learning support centers at universities
Seven regional centers involving 95% of all universities and colleges in the
regions were established in 2006
Unit: one million KRW
( ) refers to US dollars in million
Classification
2003
2004
2005
2006
2007
Total
No. of Centers 1 1 3 2 3 10
Budget
817
(0.8)
813
(0.8)
2,139
(213)
2,139
(213)
2,819
(281)
8,727
(872)
※ 1 million Korean won = approx. 1,000 US dollars
Ministry of Education & HRD

20. Status of Centers by Region(2003~2006)
Year
Region
Univ.
Specialized Areas
No. of Univ. in Region
No. of Univ. Participating
’03
Jeju Island
Jeju Univ.
Global Free City and tourism
6(3)
‘04
Busan, Ulsan, South Gyeongsang Province
Gyeongsang Univ.
Industry-University collaboration (e-clusters)
46(23)
39(20)
‘05
Gangwon Province
Kangwon Univ.
Development of military human resources
20(10)
Gwangju, South Jeolla Province
Chonam Univ.
Cultivation of future global CEOs
39(17)
36(15)
Daegu, North Gyeongsang Province
Yeungnam Univ.
Support for the needy
54(30)
40(19)
‘06
North Chungcheong Province
Cheongju Univ
Creation of e-clusters for
bio-agriculture
16(5)
North Jeolla Province
Chonbuk Univ.
Traditional culture, environment and welfare
21(10)
※( ) refers to the number of two-year colleges
Ministry of Education & HRD

21. Major Tasks & Visions for e-Learning in Higher Education
Ministry of Education & Human Resources Development

22. Vision for e-Learning in Higher Education
A New Paradigm in Higher Education
Resources
Obstacle removal
Learners
Teachers
Teaching-Learning Resources
Teaching-Learning System
Secure digital teaching-learning resources
Develop contents to foster future global leaders
Develop models for next-generation
teaching-learning
Manage records of learning (e-Portfolios)
- Train Professional Human Resources
- Enhance the University System
Establish a resource sharing system
Ensure and approve e-learning quality
Sharing System
Ministry of Education & HRD

23. Major Tasks for e-Learning in Higher Education
e-Learning as a new educational paradigm
- Facilitate a knowledge revolution through the timely acquisition, creation and
sharing of knowledge
e-Learning as a major driving force for national competitiveness
Build a lifelong learning society by enhancing national learning capacity
Fostering industry-academia cooperation through e-Learning
Promote active participation of businesses in cooperating with universities,
developing high technologies and training human resources
Ensuring better quality of e-Learning
- Recognize best practices in contents development, quality assurance, etc.
Ministry of Education & HRD

24. Thank you e-Learning Korea
Ministry of Education & Human Resources Development