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05-22-2012 18:54
'Smart education' transforms Korean schools
This is the second in a three-part series on Korea’s innovative education programs that have drawn much attention from educational policymakers around the world. — ED.
By Na Jeong-ju
As Korea’s top educator Lee Ju-ho put it, “smart learning” has become the key word for education policymakers around the world who are seeking new methods of teaching for tech-savvy youngsters.
To lead the trend, Korea has increased investment in setting up a digitalized learning environment at schools nationwide based on state-of-the-art technologies offered by leading information technology firms, such as Samsung and KT.
The traditional school system is based on reading, writing and arithmetic and takes place in a classroom using textbooks containing limited information.
On the other hand, smart education, utilizing digital textbooks and the Internet, expands the classroom to museums, cultural relics, parks and any other places outside the classroom and school. Educational activities that were administered only during limited school hours can be engaged in whenever students want, through online classes and cloud computing services.
Under the bold smart learning initiative, the government plans to digitalize hardcopy textbooks, reference books, dictionaries and other teaching materials for elementary schools by 2014. The following year, all middle and high school students will take lessons using digital textbooks and online materials on computers, smartphones and other digital devices.
By 2015, all schools in the country will provide wireless Internet access to enable cloud-based educational services, by which students and teachers alike will be able to connect to the Web and utilize information whenever they want. Students will be liberated from the physical limitations of the classroom and be able to access information stored on a central server, rather than on each device.
In addition, students will not have to carry heavy backpacks because the school provides tablet PCs for individual use. Digital textbooks will allow students to conduct realistic but virtual experiments while sitting in the classroom.
Ministry officials say the measure will help students enhance their learning efficiency, lower household expenditure on educating children as well as reduce the demand for private tutoring.
The new learning environment will not only make it easier for teachers to prepare lectures and meet pupils’ academic needs, but also simplify evaluation of students’ academic abilities.
The ministry said it will promote online lectures and transform paper-based tests to Internet ones in the long term.
The government plans to spend more than 2 trillion won over the next three years to build the necessary infrastructure and purchase personal computers and other digital devices for teachers and students.
A number of countries have shown keen interest in Korea’s smart learning technologies. Lee has engaged in active diplomacy with the rest of the world, especially less-developed nations, to promote Korea’s unique smart education solutions. By spurring the convergence of technology and education and sharing this knowhow with other countries, Korea seeks to establish a reputation as an educational powerhouse in the digital era, Lee said.
It is difficult to predict exactly how this type of learning will unfold in the future because technology is rapidly evolving. In an industrialized society, cramming standardized knowledge in a uniform manner could be meaningful, but today, each individual needs different types of knowledge. This is why it is necessary to provide learning materials tailored to each student’s needs and achievement levels, according to the ministry. |
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