Prof. Heuiseok Lim presented on Korea's innovative smart classes and the outcomes and concerns regarding their implementation. Korea has high rates of tertiary education attainment and spends over 4% of its GDP on education. The use of ICT in education is widespread in Korea, with over 80% of households having internet access and PCs and over 75% using smartphones. Several smart class solutions were introduced using smart devices, digital textbooks, online classes and assessment, and cloud-based platforms. However, concerns include the huge costs of implementation and maintenance, uncertainty about effectiveness, and potential side effects of increased internet and smartphone use.

1. Mobilearn Asia 2013
Innovative Smart Classes in Korea
: Outcomes and Concerns
Presented by Prof. Heuiseok Lim
Dept. of computer science education
Korea University
This slide designed by Saebyeok Lee

2. Population that has attained tertiary education (2010)
Percentage, by age group
65.0
56.7
55.4
46.0
44.4
42.3
40.9
29.9
28.8
39.2
30.0
12.7
Korea
Japan
Russia
U.K.
U.S.
Finland
25-34 year-olds
55-64 year-olds
Source: OECD. Table A1.3a. See Annex 3 for notes (www.oecd.org/edu/eag2012).

3. Expenditure on education institutions as a percentage of GDP (2009)
From public and private sources, by level of education and source of funds
Primary, secondary and post-secondary non-tertiary education
1.09
4.46
0.33
4.07
3.56
0.28
2.70
Korea
Japan
3.93
0.06
2.99
Russia
U.K.
U.S.
Finland
Public expenditure on education institutions
Private expenditure on education institutions
Source: OECD. Argentina, India, Indonesia: UNESCO Institute for Statistics (World Education Indicators programme).
South Africa: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Table B2.3. See Annex 3 for notes (www.oecd.org/edu/eag2012).

4. 학원 [Hagwon] : 學院
Chinese : 补习学校
Japanese : じゅく
English : Private educational institute

7. ICT Environment in Korea

8. PC, Internet penetration rate per household in Korea
82.1%
82.3%
5.4
76.9%
18.9
63.2%
2001
11 years
2012
Internet penetration rate per household
PC penetration rate per household
Source: KOREA COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION, Korea Internet & Security Agency

9. OECD Wireless broadband subscriptions
per 100 inhabitants, by technology, Dec. 2011
Source: OECD broadband statistics

10. Smart phone penetration rate
80
75
70
65
60
55
50
45
40
35
30
Source: Our Mobile Planet by Google (2013)

11. The ratio of using e-learning system
+5.2
+0.5
+3.8
79.7
74.5
49.0
2010
52.8
53.3
2011
2012
Source: 2012 e-Learning industry status survey, NIPA

12. Private education
Public education
학원[Hagwon]
School
e-learning
e-learning
Mobile
learning
time
?

13. Korean new education policies
: Smart Education
Self-directed
Motivated
Adaptive
Resource enriched
Technology embedded

14. Digital Textbook
•
•
•
Development of digital textbook
Development of smart learning model
Revision of legislation for digital textbook
On-line class &
Assessment
•
•
Invigorate the online-class
Development of assessment system
Education contents &
Environments
•
•
Promotion of education contents for public purpose
Strengthening of system for information ethical education
Cloud service based Education
•
•
•
Development of smart school environment
Development of open market for education contents
Standard platform for smart education
Teacher’s competence
for smart education
•
•
Teacher training reform for smart education
Smart education manpower training
Source: Ministry of education science and technology (2011)

15. Digital
Textbook
Smart Edu.
Platform
Authoring
tools
Education
contents
e-publishing
e-learning
platform
Social
media
Cloud based
platform

16. Digital
Textbook
Source: Korea Education & Research Information Service

17. Digital Textbook
Video Clip
http://youtu.be/bG7lDO2JOXc
Source: EBS DocuPrime

18. Digital Textbook
2007
2002
2014
x
?
First Stage (02-06)
Second Stage (07-13)
Third Stage (14- )
•
•
•
•
Define the future form
of textbook
Research on future
education, environmen
ts, textbook
•
Develop & apply
prototypes to pilot
schools
Collect empirical data
and analyze the results
•
Integrate into all public
schools in all levels
Play a role as an official
textbook
Source: Korea Education & Research Information Service

19. Smart Edu.
Platform
Smart pad
E-board
Smart
devices
Collaboration
Self-directed
Smart
Learning
Activities
Multi-devices
HTML5
N-Screen
Learning
Management
LMS
Motivation
System
convenience
Social
Media
Smart
Assessment
multidimensional
Smart
School
Sharing
Seamless
Collaboration
searching
participation

20. Smart school of Sejong city
Video Clip
http://youtu.be/I_xzBx9atPU
Source: SBS

21. Teacher
AP
Smart board
share
Smart School Solution #1
Teacher’s pad
i-KAIST School box
Screen share
contents
delivery
Control and monitor
Searching

22. Smart School Solution #2
SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS
Smart School Solution

23. Smart School Solution #2
SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS
Smart School Solution
ATIV
Galaxy Note

24. Smart School Solution #3
Plug-In structured SW Development for Smart Education
Authoring tool
for Digital Textbook
Personalized
Portal System (LMS)
Learning App
for Multi-device

25. The ultimate goal
• Sharing and openness, collaboration, participation to provide software development
• To maximize the effectiveness of teaching and learning software development
• At school and at home provides all of the education process
Smart School
& Home Learning
Service
- Any Smart Device
- Collaboration, Sharing and participatory learning support tools
- e-Portfolio of personalized learning support
- Message Center
Content compliance with international
standards RepositorySmart materials production Curriculum System Management –
Personalized content Semantic search -
Smart Content
Service
Integrated
Plug-In
Software
Personalization
& Customization
Service
- Real-time monitoring and profiling
- Scenario Learning and Intelligent Tutoring
System

26. What is the difference?
Before
After
Textbook
vs.
Classroom
vs.

27. Technical spec.
INTERACTIVE WHITEBOARD
SMART DEVICE
SAMSUNG 65” or 70” or 82”
TOUCH SCREEN MONITOR
SAMSUNG GALAXY NOTE 10.1
or
SAMSUNG 11.6” ATIV smart PC pro
or
LG OPTIMUS Pad
OS
Google ANDROID 3.0 and 4.1
or
Microsoft WINDOWS 8
WIRELESS
ETC.
802.11n on 2.4GHz and 5GHz
Web CAM, PROJECTOR , and more …

28. Concerns
• Huge amount of Cost
• Is it really effective?
• Side effect including internet and smart phone
addiction

29. Cost
• Initial facility cost
Sejong city
$ A million for only 11 schools
Maintenance
98%
$ 1,700 billion
Smart Pad
$4,000 billion
Smart School
$5,000 billion
Digital Textbook
$50 billion

30. Smart Edu.
Platform

31. Digital Textbook
•
•
•
Development of digital textbook
Development of smart learning model
Revision of legislation for digital textbook
On-line class &
Assessment
•
•
Invigorate the online-class
Development of assessment system
Education contents &
Environments
•
•
Promotion of education contents for public purpose
Strengthening of system for information ethical education
Cloud service based Education
•
•
•
Development of smart school environment
Development of open market for education contents
Standard platform for smart education
Teacher’s competence
for smart education
•
•
Teacher training reform for smart education
Smart education manpower training

32. High
e-Learning
Smart
education
Smartness
Intelligence
Efficiency
Face-to-face
Low
Effectiveness
High

33. Smart device
2010’
vs.
Abacus
1970’
What is the difference?

34. Smart classes
Why?
What?
How?

35. Thank You!