LGU+ Provides 'Remote Class' Solution Free of Charge in Preparation for Online School Opening

[Asia Economy Reporter Koo Chae-eun] LG Uplus is providing free network services and remote learning solutions to universities as well as elementary, middle, and high schools to support educational sites struggling with conducting online classes.

On the 16th, LG Uplus announced that starting from early March, it will double the internet speed free of charge for universities using its internet service until the end of April. So far, speed upgrades have been completed for 67 universities, and additional free speed upgrades will be provided as needed for universities in the Daegu/Gyeongbuk region.

The U+CDN service, which is necessary for stable delivery of lecture content, will also be provided free of charge until the end of April within a certain traffic limit. In addition, to support the nationwide online school openings for elementary, middle, and high schools, LG Uplus will provide free internet speed upgrades until June for education offices and schools using its SchoolNet service. This is in cooperation with the National Information Society Agency (NIA). Among the four education offices nationwide currently using LG Uplus SchoolNet and their 3,460 affiliated elementary, middle, and high schools, 1,320 schools using less than 500Mbps will have their internet speeds upgraded to 500Mbps. SchoolNet is an internet service used by education offices and elementary, middle, and high schools.

In particular, LG Uplus will provide its ‘U+ Remote Learning’ solution free of charge for three months as a pilot service to elementary, middle, and high schools to help implement smart schools. This service offers interactive video class functions as well as real-time document and screen sharing between teachers and students. It has already been used in LG Uplus’s online education portal ‘Baeummadang’ for leader workshops and remote graduation ceremonies for new employees.

The ‘U+ Remote Learning’ solution provides basic functions necessary for video classes and learning management such as ▲writing on video ▲attendance and progress management ▲video lecture material registration ▲assignment submission, as well as features for managing learning attitudes during class including ▲real-time Q&A ▲quiz solving during class ▲and concentration monitoring. Through this, teachers can reduce the burden of online lectures and communicate smoothly with students, which is expected to reduce trial and error in adopting remote classes.

Additionally, for schools with insufficient on-campus Wi-Fi environments, LG Uplus will support the use of router products for wireless internet at minimal cost. Kim Ji-hoon, Executive Director of LG Uplus’s Wired Business Division, said, “We decided to provide this free service to offer a small help to teachers and students worried about learning due to online school openings,” and added, “As a leading IT telecommunications company, we will continue to take the lead in spreading technology that contributes to overcoming social difficulties.”

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