Pusan National University Ranks First Nationwide in K-MOOC Annual Evaluation... Five Courses Selected as Blue Ribbon Best Courses

Professors Kim Dongsik, Yoon Seokchan, Lee Eunsang, Lee Heesoo, and Jin Siwon

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Pusan National University (President Choi Jaewon) announced on the 21st that five of its courses were selected as Blue Ribbon Best Courses in the evaluation of the Korean Massive Open Online Course (K-MOOC) project, supervised by the Ministry of Education and the National Institute for Lifelong Education, ranking first nationwide.

The K-MOOC (Korean Massive Open Online Course) project is a Korean-style online open course service that allows anyone to take high-quality university courses anytime, anywhere, for free.

Last year, out of a total of 1,269 K-MOOC courses operated by about 190 institutions nationwide, the top 30 best courses were selected as Blue Ribbon Courses through an annual evaluation. Among them, five courses operated by Pusan National University were selected as Blue Ribbon Courses, tying for first place with Ewha Womans University. Sungkyunkwan University and Konkuk University each had two courses selected, while Seoul National University, Kyungpook National University, and Chungnam National University each had one course selected.

The five Pusan National University courses selected as Blue Ribbon Courses are: ▲Urban and Environmental Design (Professor Kim Dongsik, Department of Interior Environmental Design) ▲Contract Law for a Fair Society (Professor Yoon Seokchan, School of Law) ▲Intellectuals in Modern and Contemporary China: Questioning Humanity (Professor Lee Eunsang, Institute for General Education) ▲Materials and Standards in the Fourth Industrial Revolution (Professor Lee Heesoo, Department of Materials Science and Engineering) ▲What is International Society? (Professor Jin Siwon, Department of Social Studies Education). Courses recognized as Blue Ribbon become candidates for the Minister of Education's Award, which will be presented at the end of this year. Instructors receive a set reward.

Pusan National University was selected as the "First Leading University" when the K-MOOC service started in 2015, and is the only national university to be consecutively selected as a "Second Phase Leading University" in 2020 and a "Third Phase MOOC Leading University" in 2023. During the project period, the university has received the Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Education Award six times and has been selected for Blue Ribbon Courses every year, leading the field of EdTech in higher education in Korea.

Over the past 10 years, Pusan National University has produced and operated a total of 37 high-quality K-MOOC courses, realizing the social value of a national hub university that shares knowledge and contributing to the activation of educational networks among various universities through joint development.

In the Third Phase MOOC Leading University Project, Pusan National University designated four specialized areas that leverage its strengths?PNU A.I. (Artificial Intelligence), PNU EES (Energy Emerging Industry), Climate System & SDGs (Environmental Sustainable Development), and Project Busan (Local Humanities)?and developed courses in these fields.

Pusan National University is the only national university with a dedicated K-MOOC department, the Edutech Center, which independently develops and operates the entire process of its courses. Through this, the university has accumulated expertise in developing content aligned with the latest AI EdTech trends and international standards, universal design, and educational platform operation, preparing for educational innovation in the new normal era.

Song Giltae, Director of the Edutech Center at Pusan National University (Professor, School of Computer Engineering), said, "Last year, Pusan National University was the only national university to have three courses selected as Blue Ribbon Best Courses, and this year, five courses were selected, ranking first nationwide. We will do our best to ensure that Pusan National University continues to play a leading role in educational innovation among universities."

Video image of Professor Jin Siwon's "What Is the International Society," selected as a Blue Ribbon lecture.

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