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

1. Table of contents National ICT Policy for Education I
Table of contents I
National ICT Policy for Education II
Major Policy Issues
III
Shared Vision

2. National ICT Policy for
Education I

3. 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

4. ICT in Education Master Plan (1996)
Phase
Period
Focus 1
Infra building 2
Infra utilization for e-Learning
System upgrade 3
supplement public education
Lifelong education

5. 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

6. e-Learning Initiatives
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

7. Buwon u-Learning Model School
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. 

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

9. Major Policy Issues II

10. 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

11. 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

12. 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

13. 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

14. 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

15. Shared Vision
III

16. e-Lifelong Learning Society Development of National Human Resources
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

17.
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