Daegu Office of Education Opens 'Daegu Online School'... 47 Courses, Interactive Remote Classes

The Daegu Metropolitan Office of Education (Superintendent Kang Eun-hee) will open the doors of the ‘Daegu Online School’ on September 1. Under the vision of ‘Education that ignites thinking, education that brightens the world,’ Daegu Online School is a new concept school that operates part-time classes centered on real-time remote lessons by entrusting students from general schools nationwide without having its own enrolled students, making it the first of its kind in the country.

Daegu Online School located inside Daegu Dalseong High School.

Daegu Online School has classrooms and teachers but no enrolled students, providing part-time classes focused on real-time remote lessons. It is a public school that offers small enrollment courses difficult to open at individual schools and grants academic credits for them.

Last September, the Daegu Metropolitan Office of Education was selected by the Ministry of Education as a pilot online school operating office along with the Incheon, Gwangju, and Gyeongnam Offices of Education. Since October 2022, it has been preparing steadily according to the opening schedule, including recruiting and selecting teachers for the school opening, preparing a standard school regulation draft, and revising the school establishment ordinance to establish Daegu Online School.

Daegu Online School was established by remodeling the dormitory within Dalseong High School, consisting of a total of 24 rooms over 3 floors. It is designed to accommodate up to 750 students simultaneously, with 50 courses available, each course allowing 15 students from grades 1 to 3 of local high schools.

With the opening on September 1, the school will start the second semester of 2023 with a total of 47 courses for about 570 students. It plans to offer courses that can only be taken at Daegu Online School, including 21st-century future competency subjects such as Media Storytelling, Literary Sensibility and Imagination, and Creative Problem-Solving Practice, as well as new industry-related subjects like Big Data Programming, General Finance, Spanish, and small enrollment courses that are difficult to open at individual schools.

The teaching method will mainly focus on real-time interactive remote lessons, with the possibility of on-campus activities after school and during vacations depending on the characteristics of the subjects.

In particular, from the school establishment stage, alongside general classes, it emphasizes ‘innovative online-based classes suited to the characteristics of each subject,’ such as classes utilizing virtual spaces, flipped learning, discussions, and project-based learning, and is expected to lead the transformation into ‘digital-based future-oriented school education.’

Daegu Online School will establish itself as a digital-based future school that provides personalized learning experiences for students, pioneering a new identity for future education.

On the 30th at 2 p.m., Superintendent Kang Eun-hee will visit Daegu Online School to conduct a final on-site inspection of the opening preparations and discuss future operational directions and field opinions.

Superintendent Kang said, “By providing students with various small enrollment courses that are difficult to open at individual schools, we will drive innovation toward future schools and continue to maintain interest and support for the solid operation of the Daegu-type high school credit system through this.”

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