In SW Class, We Communicated in English with Cal Dae... Korean and American Students' 6-Week Untact Collaborative Class Draws Attention

Dongmyeong University and California State University Global Project Underway

The scene of about 20 Korean and American university students participating in a 6-week untact software collaboration class.

[Asia Economy Yeongnam Reporting Headquarters Reporter Kim Yong-woo] As the collaborative software education program involving Korean and American university students has been completed, attention is focused on the outcomes of this rare global project.

Students from the Department of Computer Engineering, Department of Game Engineering, AI Department, Department of Information Security, and Department of Digital Media Engineering at Dongmyung University’s SW-Centered University Project Group collaborated with students from the Computer Science Department at California State University, Stanislaus.

The latest web technology project, conducted over six weeks through a non-face-to-face software education course, concluded on the 13th.

This global software collaboration project was held for the second time following the first session in January of this year.

The program, designed to enhance students’ global software capabilities and collaboration skills, included 11 participants from Dongmyung University led by Park Eon-gyu (Computer Engineering, 4th year) and 10 participants from California State University, Stanislaus led by Josue Rojas (Computer Science, 4th year).

Korean and American students formed teams and communicated with each other while working on collaborative projects.

In the mornings, students learned the latest web technologies such as HTML, CSS, Node.js, TypeScript, and Angular via Zoom from a web technologist at the American IT company Bay Valley Tech. Based on this, in the afternoons, students from both countries communicated through text and voice chats to develop project management tools and business communication platforms by team.

Professors from both universities and web experts from companies continuously mentored the students throughout the education period to help them complete their projects collaboratively.

Once a week during the education period, Korean software engineers working at Silicon Valley companies such as Nutanix, LinkedIn, Amazon, Google, and IBM Korea gave special lectures.

The students shared information about global employment and entrepreneurship as well as experiences from seniors, setting their dreams and goals for global employment and entrepreneurship.

President Jeon Ho-hwan of Dongmyung University introduced the program, saying, “The global software collaboration education involving Korean and American students overcoming language barriers is an example of Dongmyung University’s Do-ing education. Through this Do-ing education, where students actively challenge and engage, we will cultivate competitive talents.”

Professor Jo Mi-kyung, director of the SW-Centered University Project Group, also said, “Through the global software education conducted since January this year, students’ English and software capabilities are improving simultaneously. Once the COVID-19 situation ends, we plan to send students to the U.S. for six weeks offline.”

Park Eon-gyu (Computer Engineering, 4th year), who took this course, said, “Communicating with students from California State University helped me improve my English speaking and listening skills, and learning the latest web technologies from experts at American local companies greatly helped enhance my software capabilities.”

The global software education at Dongmyung University, conducted every vacation, is part of the university’s global software talent development program under the SW-Centered University Project Group.

To nurture software major students as global software talents who can advance beyond Busan to the world, Dongmyung University signed an MOU with California State University in 2020 and operates online software education and exchange student programs during vacations.

Once the COVID-19 situation ends, the university plans to operate offline exchange student programs for one semester or one year for software major students from both universities and is currently recruiting students with dreams.

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