Spaces where people can directly experience and share new edutech devices that are difficult to encounter in daily life will be provided in three locations across the country in Gyeonggi, Daegu, and Gwangju. In these spaces, city and provincial offices of education plan to strengthen the edutech competencies for teachers, and run programs that can provide students and parents with edutech experiences and information. The Korea Education and Research Information Service held the opening ceremony of the Edutech Soft Lab in the Seoul metropolitan area on September 29. The event attracted attention as Edutech Soft Lab was built in a virtual space and held on metaverse. Earlier this year, KERIS signed agreements with the Edutech Soft Lab operating entities (Kyonggi University in Seoul metropolitan area; Eastern Area: Daegu Digital Industry Promotion Agency in the east; and Gwangju National University of Education in the west) selected through an open competition early this year. The opening ceremony was held in the virtual space inside and outside the E-Square building of Kyonggi University where Edutech Soft Lab is located in the Seoul metropolitan area. The physical space of Edutech Soft Lab in the metropolitan area is scheduled to open in November this year after the interior work and installation of equipment has been completed. The source of news 메타버스로 열린 에듀테크 소프트랩 개소식...KERIS "교사 에듀테크 역량강화 나선다"(교육플러스)

On August 24, the Korea Education Research Information Service (KERIS) held a business information session on the Edutech Soft Lab at Hotel Inter-Burgo Daegu. Within the year, KERIS plans to open nine or ten edutech soft labs across the country so that they can discover promising education-related technologies, and help local schools adopt the technologies while supporting the growth of edutech firms. Earlier in April, it signed agreements with edutech soft lab operators in three regional centers (Kyonggi University, Daegu Digital Industry Promotion Agency, and Gwangju National University of Education). The latest information session was designed to enlist edutech firms with which to work, while seeking ways to develop the soft labs by encouraging communication between education experts, frontline teachers, and edutech developers. The source of news 한국교육학술정보원, 에듀테크 소프트랩 협력기업 사업설명회 개최(경상매일신문)

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)