From 2025, the government will usher in an era of customized digital education for students by introducing an ‘Artificial Intelligence Digital Textbook’ that applies artificial intelligence (AI) technology.
In addition, intensively nurture leading teachers who teach humanely using artificial intelligence, and operate 300 leading digital schools in seven education offices this year.
On the 23rd, the Ministry of Education announced the ‘Digital Education Innovation Plan’ to realize customized education for all at the Seoul Government Complex.
The digital based education innovation plan was prepared in accordance with the recognition that the education sector needs change and innovation in response to the period of major digital transformation.
Through this scheme, the Ministry of Education aims to develop every student into a valuable talent by using cutting-edge technologies such as artificial intelligence to provide students with ‘adapted education’ that suits their abilities and speed of learning.
In addition, by enabling teachers to focus more on human connection with students, we want to build an educational environment that fosters core competencies in the digital age, such as character, creativity, critical thinking, and convergence.
The Ministry of Education will introduce artificial intelligence digital textbooks to mathematics, English and information subjects from 2025. It plans to develop artificial intelligence digital textbooks by applying artificial intelligence technology that is suitable for the characteristics of the subject.
AI tutoring functions are applied to mathematics subjects to support customized learning by students, and English textbooks use AI voice recognition functions to support not only listening practice but also speaking practice. The subject of knowledge focuses on strengthening the experience and practice of coding education within the regular curriculum.
AI digital textbooks will be applied from 3rd and 4th grade in elementary school, 1st grade in middle school, and common and general electives in high school in 2025. In 2026, the 5th and r 6th grade elementary school, 2nd grade middle school, and 3rd grade middle school being phased in in 2027.
AI digital textbooks can be developed independently by publishers or in collaboration with edutech companies.
For high-quality artificial intelligence digital textbooks, it is necessary to create a healthy development ecosystem, so the Ministry of Education is reviewing measures to overhaul the price system, such as raising the unit price standard for keeping development costs and switching to a subscription fee. method.
TOUCH, which uses artificial intelligence and humane guidance, is also cultivated.
In providing students with a customized learning environment through the use of artificial intelligence digital textbooks, it focuses on cultivating teachers who lead changes in classroom instruction by strengthening human connections with students.
To this end, we nurture teachers with a strong will for classroom innovation who understand the philosophy of digital educational innovation and have expertise in digital technology.
The TOUCH teacher corps will select 400 students this year, 800 students next year, and 1,500 students by 2025 after receiving recommendations from state and provincial education offices. After that, intensive training (camp) is conducted using private experts to strengthen expertise.
TOUCH teachers will take an active part in the planning and implementation of teacher training courses in the future. In particular, the TOUCH teacher group intends to support the innovation of teachers’ teaching and learning methods in subjects applied with artificial intelligence digital textbooks through peer training and participating in training to improve the awareness of school administrators as trainers.
Given that artificial intelligence digital textbooks will be phased into the field over three years, 40% of teachers subject to an AI digital textbook request will complete training by next year, 70% by 2025, and 100 % by 2026.
The Ministry of Education is developing various classroom models such as teaching and learning methods based on artificial intelligence.
By designating the Korea Educational Development Institute as a ‘Digital Education Support Center’, it develops various teaching and learning models that use artificial intelligence digital textbooks and provides them to the field.
By establishing a safe usage environment, such as blocking harmful websites and applications, parents are also trying to address concerns about the increased use of digital devices by students. In addition, we will develop practical education methods for students’ use of digital devices.
Along with this, the Ministry of Education will operate 7 pilot education offices and 300 leading digital schools this year.
From the second half of this year, 300 schools that will lead the use of artificial intelligence technology into classrooms will be implemented to increase the possibility of success in digital educational innovation and lead to best practices until artificial intelligence digital textbooks are applied in 2025. .
During the first half of the year, 7 pilot education offices are selected through public competition, and approximately 40 leading schools are designated and operated by each education office.
Lead schools will undertake the role of creating a successful model for changing the role of teachers and spreading it to other schools when applying teaching and learning methods based on artificial intelligence by using educational programs that have already been developed.
In the case of leading digital schools, they intend to actively use new teaching methods not only in regular subjects, but also in Ysgol Neulbom (primary school) and supplementary courses after school.
In addition, schools’ digital devices and wireless networks will be expanded in collaboration with state and provincial education offices before the introduction of artificial intelligence digital textbooks in 2025.
Until March 2025, when artificial intelligence digital textbooks are fully applied, the current status of the supply of digital devices will be checked for each city and district education office so that they can be adequately secured. It will also check whether devices already supplied have the functions and specifications for driving artificial intelligence digital textbooks, and draw up improvement plans.
Together with the Korea Intelligence Information Association Agency (NIA) and metropolitan and provincial education offices, the wireless network environment is also carefully checked to ensure that real-time data can be collected and analyzed when AI digital textbooks are apply in the future.
Lee Joo-ho, Deputy Prime Minister for Social Affairs and Minister of Education, said, “Since the application of digital technology and the changing role of teachers are important, we will thoroughly promote two key policies: the preparation of digital textbooks of artificial intelligence and teachers. “We will endeavor to ensure that the school’s subjects are able to sympathize and lead practical changes in the school’s field.”
Enquiries: Digital Education Conversion Officer Digital Education Planning Division Ministry of Education (044-203-7054)
