Jeong Byeong-seon, 1st Vice Minister, Reviews COVID-19 Response Online Learning

[Asia Economy Reporter Junho Hwang] The Ministry of Science and ICT announced on the 7th that Jeong Byeong-seon, the 1st Vice Minister, visited the Korea Institute of Science and Technology Information (KISTI) to inspect the status of online educational content services in the field of science and technology aimed at overcoming the learning gap caused by the novel coronavirus infection (COVID-19) and discussed support measures to expand utilization in universities and primary and secondary education settings.

Since 2011, KISTI has been developing and providing a web-based open platform (EDISON) equipped with simulation software and content in the field of computational science and engineering that enables virtual experiments, supported by the Ministry of Science and ICT.

In particular, as the prolonged serious phase of COVID-19 has led many universities to continue non-face-to-face online education, KISTI, together with faculty from 13 universities, has newly produced 23 courses (including Introduction to Quantum Chemistry) with high demand in university education, over 400 lecture materials, and more than 630 video contents using virtual experiments on the EDISON platform to fill the practical and experimental learning gaps in educational settings. These have been publicly available since the 16th of last month.

Additionally, KISTI is promoting collaborative partnerships with the Korea Education and Research Information Service (KERIS), the Korean Council for University Education, and others to enable university instructors to use the produced content more easily and conveniently.

Jeong Byeong-seon, the 1st Vice Minister, stated, "As non-face-to-face online education is prolonged due to COVID-19, we will strive to ensure that science and technology education and science culture contents are utilized more widely and conveniently."

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