Pukyong National University to Adopt 'Hybrid Classes' for Second Semester

Second Semester Academic Operation Announcement... Mixed Face-to-Face and Online Format
'Face-to-Face Classes Limited to 50% or Less of Classroom Capacity' Decided

[Asia Economy Yeongnam Reporting Headquarters Reporter Kim Yong-woo] Pukyong National University adopted a blended learning method combining face-to-face and non-face-to-face classes for the second semester, depending on the COVID-19 situation.

Pukyong National University announced on the 21st a second semester academic operation plan that flexibly responds while maintaining the non-face-to-face class policy used in the first semester.

The university decided to ease the criteria for approving face-to-face classes from "10 or fewer students" in the first semester to "50% or less of the classroom capacity" in the second semester, in line with the COVID-19 response policy shifting from "social distancing" to "distancing in daily life" and reflecting the characteristics of course operations. Under this condition, not only experimental and practical courses but also theoretical courses can be conducted face-to-face in the second semester.

In particular, Pukyong National University plans to expand and operate blended learning, which is expected to become an important form of university classes in the future, focusing on core liberal arts, large-scale lectures, and major-centered courses in the second semester.

Blended learning is a teaching method where students thoroughly understand the course content through non-face-to-face classes and then discuss and develop problem-solving skills in the classroom.

Along with this, following the Ministry of Education's announcement to lift the cap on the proportion of remote classes offered (within 20%), Pukyong National University decided to revise and operate the "Pukyong National University e-Learning Course Operation Regulations."

The university plans to strengthen students' course selection rights by allowing them to check the course delivery method (face-to-face, non-face-to-face, blended) in advance when registering for courses and choose accordingly.

Pukyong National University will additionally use open spaces on campus, which were not previously assigned as classrooms, as classrooms. During lectures, the distance between students will also be maximized.

Accordingly, spaces such as the university theater, So-min Hall in the Future Building, the video seminar room in the Central Library, various campus cafes, library lobbies, the pine forest in front of the Engineering Building, the Norway Forest, and the lawn plaza will be utilized as open classrooms.

Park Hyun-chul, team leader of the Academic Management Department at Pukyong National University, said, "In the second semester, we plan to flexibly operate university regulations and academic-related rules to protect the safety of students, faculty, and the local community from COVID-19, as well as to safeguard learning and teaching rights. We also plan to conduct policy research to establish a new normal for academic operations in the post-COVID-19 era."

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