The Korea Education and Research Information Service (KERIS) announced new projects for higher education cooperation between Korea and ASEAN under the ASEAN Cyber University Project. The new projects being promoted this year include △ Publications of ASEAN higher education and e-learning trend report △ Integrating excellent e-learning contents of ASEAN and translating them into multiple languages △ Pilot operation of curriculum using the ACU-OER learning management system In this project, which is aimed at global education exchange, various programs are being developed and carried out to unite 10 ASEAN countries. Since 2016, KERIS has been promoting exchange and cooperation in higher education between Korea and ASEAN as the secretariat of the ASEAN Cyber University Project. The source of news 온라인 교육 시대, 아세안 10개국 국경 없앤다(한국대학신문)

The Korea Education and Research Information Service (KERIS) disclosed the list of winners for its "Edutech Practical Corporate RD Hackathon" on June 18. In collaboration with the Ministry of Land, Transport and Infrastructure and the Sejong City Office of Education, the agency held an award event in which 15 firms showed off their award-winning technologies. The source of news 교육학술정보원, 메타버스 기반 콘텐츠 실증 진로 체험 기회 제공(경상매일신문)

Korea Education Research Information Servicesigned on June 14 an agreement with theEwha Woman's Universityto share academic information and raise the university's competitiveness. Under the terms of the agreement, both entities will undertake (1) sharing of academic information; (2) operation of remote learning programs; (3) joint research on education-related artificial intelligence and big data; and (4) ODA(official development assistance) in the area of education. The source of news 이화여대-한국교육학술정보원, 대학의 디지털 전환 가속화를 위한 업무협약(MOU) 체결(교수신문)

The National EducationInformation System (NEIS), run jointly by the Ministry of Education and theKorea Education and Research Information Service, won the Korea Master BrandAwards 2021 in the category of educational and administrative informationsystems for the fourth consecutive year. NEIS is a system thatencompasses 17 metropolitan city and provincial educational offices (includingaffiliated organizations) to handle educational administration and academicaffairs in 274 different tasks. The system has been in operation since 2002after the government designated its setup as one of the 11 nationale-government projects in 2001. As part of thee-government services, NEIS has been selected as one of the Master Brands forfour years in a row since 2018 for improving the efficiency of educationaladministration, satisfying citizens rights to know, and expanding educational welfare. The source of news 나이스(NEIS), 초중생 자녀 성적·학교생활 정보 한눈에(매일경제)

The Korea Education and Research Information Service (KERIS) held a meeting at the Grand Hyatt Hotel in Seoul on May 10, to discuss ways to utilize contents in the field of education with The New York Times of the United States. Park Hye-ja, president of KERIS, and Stephen Dunbar-Johnson, who is in charge of international business at The New York Times, attended the meeting to discuss ways to share digital contents related to education in addition to news, and business and cultural contents of The New York Times. In the meeting, the KERIS president highlighted the role of educational institutions in this era of digital transformation and her agency's activities on the international stage. She said, "In cooperation with media outlets and overseas organizations, we will try to expand the influence of K-edu to the world." She added, "I wish this could be a momentum for us to accelerate our effort to exchange digital educational contents with overseas entities in line with our vision of becoming a leader in digital education innovation." Mr. Dunbar-Johnson responded, "We look forward to the Seoul office of The New York Times and KERIS working together to come up with plans for educational content including digital and AI education." The source of news KERIS-뉴욕타임스, 콘텐츠 교류 물꼬 튼다(교수신문)

The Korea Education and Research Information Service (KERIS) said on March 23 that it held an award ceremony for the design competition for Sejong Smart City for middle and high school students. In the contest, a total of 204 ideas, including 44 received from overseas, were submitted, of which 18 (including 1 grand prize, 2 first prize, 5 second prize, and 10 participation awards) were selected. The grand prize went to "Street School," which linked the school with the open urban space while one of the first prizes was granted to "Infinite Cloud School," which envisaged a school space combining physical and digital elements together seamlessly. The award ceremony was held partially offline with a minimum number of awardees participating in efforts to keep the COVID-19 virus at bay. The ceremony can be viewed online on smartcity-school.com. The source of news 한국교육학술정보원, 세종 스마트시티 국가시범도시 중·고등학교 아이디어 설계 공모 시상식 (경상매일신문)

1 JULY, 2020 - On behalf of the South Korean education sector, KERIS shared Korea's experiences and insights on the recent school semester that was conducted online due to the COVID-19. The discussion took place as part of the "8th Special Webinar on COVID-19 for Policy and Technology Sharing" held on 1 July, 2020. Hosted by the Ministry of Science and ICT and organized by Korea International Cooperation Agency (KOICA) and National Research Foundation of Korea(NRF), the webinar focused on the theme of "Korea's Science, ICT and Education Policies Practices." In this context, KERIS participated on behalf of the education sector, sharing Korea's online experiences of the last 4 months. Dr Jinsook Kim, Director of the Education Service Division, shared the overall progress of Korea's response towards the unprecedentedschool closures and learning interruption. In particular, Dr Kim shared the overall development process of the public learning portals operated by KERIS. Furthermore, she explained Korea's systematic preparation in four aspects - establishment of infrastructure, development of content, distribution of digital devices and Internet, and implementation of teacher capacity-building trainings. The four aspects, according to Dr Kim, have beenfulfilled by an intimate collaboration between Ministeries andprofessional orgnizations. For example,the Ministry of Science and ICT's "Zero-rating policy (exemption of data consumption)" for students accessing public educational resources was an essential support policy which successfully brought all learners to thevirtual classroom. In addition, Dr Kim suggested the need to regard distance education, not as a temporary substitute to primary and secondary leraning, but as an alternative to achieving future education. To this aim, she pointed three essential pillars of Korea's distance education - basic infrastructure for improved accessibility, enhanced digital lliteracies for all, and the "education for all" philosophy aimed at bridging thepotential gapamong the various stakeholders in the learning community (students, teachers,staff,parents, etc.) Meanwhile, the 8th webinar shared experiences and insights in the area of science and ICT (Director Chungwon Lee, Ministry of Science and ICT), analysis and therapy development of COVID-19 (Director Dave Lee, Seegene Institute of Future Technologies and Mr Wangshick Ryu, CEO of Institut Pasteur Korea Professor of Yonsei University).

27 APRIL 2020 - Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Education Yoo Eun-hae paid a visit to the KERIS headquarters to review the current status and progress of the online learning offered to address the school closure and online beginning of the new school year (a new academic school year in Korea begins in March) resulting from the COVID-19 pandemic. During the visit, KERIS and Minister Yoodiscussed the current and prospective response measures in unexpeceted technical problemsin e-Hakseupteo, a nationwide Open Education Resource (OER) portal for elementary and middle schools. Furthermore, KERIS and Minister Yoo discussed various ways to contribute to the development of Korea's distance educationin the post-crisis era. Minister Yoo thanked each and everystaff struggling to build a stable and seamless distance learning environment, adding “Since the epidemic of COVID-19 has not come to end, we need to be vigilant to operate the stable supporting service for distance education.”Meanwhile, KERIS President Dr Hae-ja Parkexpressed the orgnization's committment toensure a smoothonlinelearning experience,adding "KERIS willstrive to play a leading role in disseminating K-EDU, the Korean edutech experience.”