e-Learning in Korea
Ph. D. Suh, Young Suhk, Executive Director Global Cooperation Research Center Korea Education & Research Information Service (KERIS) March 2010, Spain
Table of Contents
I
Introduction of Korea
II KERIS Overview III Development of ICT in Education
I. Introduction of Korea
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.)
Children Drinking Aid Milk ( 1954)
Education (General) 
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.
Current Status of ICT in Education Primary & Secondary Education
Students Use of ICT for Learning
98.2% of teachers use ICT for teaching
OECD PISA DATABASE 2006
(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%
Higher Education
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)
100
99.58
98.82
97.72
95 90 85
83.60
80 75
Korea
Finland
Sweden
Japan
Size and trends of budget of ICT in education in Korea • • •
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. 10 Billion KW
800 700 600 500 400 300 200 100
Source: Ministry of Education and Human Resources Development "Individual Items of Budgeted Revenues and Expenditures" (annual)
ICT Infrastructure at K-12 Schools 100% PC & Internet available in every classroom (99%: 2-10Mbps speed)
Buwon u-learning Model School
5.0:1 5.0 students share 1 PC 100% 1 PC per Teacher Teachers trained annually
33%
in ICT use in Education
2007. 12 by MEST
II. KERIS OVERVIEW
1. Vision & Goals Leading Innovator
Specialized Institution
in educational and technological changes through quality future forecasting
in resolving pending educational issues thru effective use of innovative technologies
Benchmarking Target to globally recognized institutions in applying ICT in education
Global Partner Contributing to Future Educational Development
Global Partner with best human resources and outstanding achievements
2. e-Learning Implementation Structure Ministry of Education, Science and Technology (MEST)
16 Metropolitan & Provincial Offices of Education (MPOE)
KERIS
Establish master plans and allocate budget at a national level
Implement policies & allocate budget at a local level Korea Education & Research Information Service - Support policy planning and implementation - Provide ICT-based educational services Schools
MKE MCST MOLAB Academia
Universities & Research Institutes
Industry
e-Learning companies
Primary & Secondary Schools
3. Brief History • • • • • • • • • • • • • • •
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
III. Development of ICT in Education
1. History and Progress Initial Infra Stage
ICT Utilization Stage
1996 ~ 2000
2001 ~ 2003
• ICT infrastructure in all schools - 1 PC : 1 teacher - Internet access to classrooms
• Content development & distribution - Standardization - Education Resources Sharing (ERS) Environment • Teaching & Learning Center
• Education information service system EDUNET • ICT literacy education
Master Plan I
e-Learning Stage 2004~2005
u-Learning Stage 2006 ~ present
• Cyber Home • Future education R&D Learning System - u-Learning • EBS video pilot project streaming content • ICT integrated • KEM as curriculum guideline on Korea educational • University e-Learning metadata for ERS Support Center
• e-Administration
NEIS • Teacher training for ICT use
Master Plan II
• Global Partnership for ICT in Education
Master Plan III
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路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).
3. Services & Initiatives
Promote e-Learning Support Policy-Making & Implementation
Facilitate e-Administration
Enhance Academic Resources Sharing
Expand Global Cooperation
Task 1: Support for Policy-Making and R&D Research and Evaluation  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
Future Education R&D To present a vision for future education by establishing
future education blueprint, model and strategy To enhance policy and system basis and promote e-Learning concepts Research Areas: R&D on new media, teaching and learning methods 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 future education
Task 2 : e-Learning Support for Primary & Secondary Education
Task 2: Educational Information Services 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
National Teaching-Learning Center-EDUNET • Integration of educational resources Teacher
Central Regional
Knowledge Warehouse
•Teachers •Head teachers •Librarians •Libraries
•Quality content service
Student
•K12 •College •Special
EDUNET 2.0
EDUNET Parents
School
•Facilitate information sharing of all stakeholders
Integrated search
•Children Edu. •Life-long Edu.
Community
Administrator •Principal •Supervisor •Policy makers
Collaboration
Facilitate cooperative learning (class to class, school to school)
No. of registered users: 5.8 million (100% of school teachers registered) No. of daily users: 490,124 (Dec.2008)
Cyber Home Learning System Reduce education
gap Reduce private tutoring expenses Enhance quality of public education
Cyber Teachers
Parent Tutors 1:1 Learning Management
Major Services Student-centered Blended education
Customized learning
Q&A
Level Assessment
Career counseling
Curriculum-based Supplementary
LMS / LCMS (KEM) Content Repository
Knowledge DB
Quality Assurance • Establishment of Comprehensive Quality Assurance System • Quality Certification of Educational Content • Evaluation of Distance Education & Training Institutes
Standardization • Promotion of e-learning standardization • Participation in international standard-setting activities • Establishment of IMS Korea
Digital Textbook Development • 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
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
Support for e-Learning in Higher Education - To share ICT infrastructure and educational resources - 10 e-Learning Support Centers established in 2007 - Korea Open CourseWare established in 2008
RISS (Research Information Service System) Univ. Libraries NII, Japan CALIS, China OCLC, USA Univ. Institutes Academic Societies
Professors
Union Catalog & Inter-Library Loan Korea Open CourseWare
Thesis & Dissertation
Journal Articles
RISS 2.0
Students
Librarians Video Lectures & Syllabus
Researchers & Others
Foreign Research DB
MEST, KEDI, KRIVET, etc.
Foreign Universities
e-Learning Support Center
Collect & Process
Produce
Cost-saving Effect
Utilize
Enhancing Research Capacity
KOCW (Korea Open CourseWare) Data Gathering 10 e-Learning Support Centers
OAI-PMH (Auto Gathering)
File (Offline Gathering)
KOCW Database
MIT OCW, USA
MERLOT, USA
Universities Article, Report, Syllabus
OCW Cyber Universities
Edna, Australia
Search Korea National Open University
SQI (Simple Query Interface)
STUDENT
NIME, JAPAN
Open API CORE, CHINA USER
Task 4: National Education Information System National Education Information System (NEIS) 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
Task 4: NEIS (2) - Services General Affairs (Payroll, Audit, Budget, HR Mgmt. for staff, etc.) Staffs (MPOEs, LOEs) School Affairs (Processing students evaluations, recording student activities and their performance, school accounting, etc.)
School Server Systems Academic Academic Academic Academic Affairs Affairs Affairs Affairs
NEIS
General Affairs G4C Service
16 MetropolitanㆍProvincial Offices of Education Statistics & Report
Teacher/Non-teaching staff (Schools)
Citizen/Parents
Civil Service (Home-Edu, Parents’ Service) (Online requirement and issuance of certificate, Getting information about their child’s school activities)
Code Index G4C Service
MEST
Statistics
Task 5: e-Learning Globalization Strengthening International Partnerships - OECD, UNESCO, World Bank - ISO/IEC SC36, IMS…
Sharing Experiences Reducing the Digital Divide Cooperation with e-Learning Partners - Int’l and joint seminars - Collaborative R&D: with W.B. & OECD Int’l e-Learning Expo & Conference
e-Learning Consulting - Infrastructure support - Training programs (with 16 MPOEs) 18 countries in 2009: Uzbekistan, Thailand, Dominican Republic, Colombia, etc.
MOU in Infrastructure Support: Gwangju – Sri Lanka
French-Korean Seminar on ICT in Education
Training Program for Iraqi Educators
e-Learning Consulting for Dominican Republic
http://www.elek.or.kr
http://www.elearningasia.net