National Hanbat University Holds Awards Ceremony for Best Practices in Close-contact Diligent Learning

National Hanbat University announced on August 14 that it held an awards ceremony for the "2025 First Semester Close-contact Diligent Learning Best Practices Contest" on campus.

President Oh Yongjun (third from the left) is taking a commemorative photo with the winners of the student category in the "Close-contact Diligent Learning Best Practices Contest." Provided by National Hanbat University

Close-contact Diligent Learning is a learner-centered teaching and learning strategy that provides educational content tailored to the learner's interests and level, and strengthens feedback based on learning outcomes. The university completed the development of Close-contact Diligent Learning through research and development in 2021.

The Best Practices Contest is held to share and spread Close-contact Diligent Learning, aiming to enhance the quality of university education.

In the most recent contest, a total of 135 best practice cases were submitted, including 48 innovative teaching methods in the faculty category and 87 essays on outstanding class participation in the student category, all based on classes conducted during the past first semester.

Among these, in the faculty category, Ji Sungku, a professor in the Department of Convergence Business Administration, received the Grand Prize for "Enhancing PBL Classes Using Two Teaching Assistants (AI Assistant and Student Assistant)," while Yoon Inseon, a professor in the Department of Humanities and Liberal Arts, won the Excellence Award for "A PBL Curriculum for AI and Human Interaction Based on Literacy Competency."

The Excellence Award also went to Shin Moonsoo, a professor in the Department of Industrial and Management Engineering; Lee Minwoo, a professor in the Department of Mechanical Engineering; and Baek Seoyoung and Park Manki, professors in the Department of Visual and Media Design.

In the student category, Kim Byungyeon from the Department of Industrial and Management Engineering received the Grand Prize for "The Small Growth of a TA in the Economic Engineering Class." Han Soyeon from the Department of Computer Engineering won the Excellence Award, while Oh Seoyeon from the Department of Visual and Media Design and two others received the Excellence Award, and Lee Juhyun from the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering and four others were included in the list of Encouragement Award recipients.

Kim Jihyun, Director of the Center for Teaching and Learning, said, "Discovering the diverse educational achievements of both faculty and students and sharing each other's know-how is the starting point of educational innovation," adding, "Our university will continue to strive to ensure that learner-centered classes are more actively conducted through customized teaching and learning programs that reflect the university's identity."

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