Osan-si Opens 'Osan AI Coding Edu Lab' for Autonomous Driving and AI Experience

Future Technology Education Through Youth Experience
City Plans to Link with Education in Schools at All Levels

Osan City in Gyeonggi Province announced on the 22nd that it opened the 'Osan AI Coding Edu Lab' in Cheonghak-dong on the 21st, where teenagers can directly experience autonomous driving and artificial intelligence (AI).

The Osan AI Coding Edu Lab is a digital education-dedicated space where local teenagers can experience future technologies such as AI and autonomous driving and accumulate knowledge. After a pilot operation since last September, it has now officially opened.

Lee Gwon-jae, Mayor of Osan (left), is experiencing autonomous driving at the opening ceremony of the 'Osan AI Coding Edu Lab' on the 21st.
[Photo by Osan City]

The AI Coding Edu Lab consists of ▲ AI·SW specialized lecture rooms ▲ experience zones ▲ digital equipment rooms, etc. Teenagers will experience the technology and receive specialized education by handling teaching aids and equipment.

Lee Kwon-jae, Mayor of Osan, said, "With the opening of the lab, a space has been created where local teenagers and citizens can learn through experience and dream about the future," adding, "We will continue to make efforts to strengthen AI and coding education in this era of digital upheaval."

Following the official opening of the AI Coding Edu Lab, the city plans to promote ▲ AI and coding citizen education ranging from hobby courses to expert courses ▲ AI and coding school education supporting systematic AI and coding classes at all school levels ▲ establishment of an AI and coding education governance involving Hwaseong-Osan Office of Education, local universities, schools at all levels, and citizens.

The AI Coding Edu Lab is a key project promoted by Osan City during the 8th term of the elected administration. Mayor Lee set the goal of "customized future talent development" immediately after taking office and included AI coding education as a major education policy.

In February, the city formed an AI Coding Education Community together with the Hwaseong-Osan Office of Education and Hanshin University, and designated 11 elementary, middle, and high schools in the region as AI coding education hub schools in cooperation with the Hwaseong-Osan Office of Education. In July, the AI Coding Education Community hosted the 1st Osan City Hackathon competition.

In particular, during the pilot operation period of the Osan AI Coding Edu Lab, the city operated a professional instructor training program and produced 20 instructors. They visited 43 elementary school classes in the area to conduct AI classes. Along with this, the lab also operated Python programming level-up classes for adults and a program to create everyday tools using generative AI.

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