The Center for Future Education Research Selected as the Organizer of the Education Department of Digital Citizen One-Te
- Date2022.12.08
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The Center for Future Education Research of Ewha Womans University is selected as the organizer of the education department of Digital Citizen One-Team.
For the purpose of realizing a safe digital world, the “Digital Citizen One-Team,” established by 22 companies and professional institutions including KT, will form a consultative body divided into three divisions: Education, Technology & Research, and Damage Support. Through this, the cooperative system will be operated to establish an educational infrastructure for the right digital use culture, discover and spread clean digital tech to create a safe digital environment, and prepare practical support measures for digital victims.
The education division consists of Ewha Womans University, Seoul National University of Education, Seoul Metropolitan Government of Education and Gyeonggi-do Office of Education. It develops customized content for each life cycle from elementary school students to adults and children to parents and provides hands-on curricula using AI speakers and chatbots.
In particular, the Center for Future Education Research of Ewha Womans University plays a pivotal role in verifying and supplementing the three core values and nine detailed areas pursued by the Digital Citizen One-Team, and developing a scoring model for digital citizen-type diagnosis.
In this regard, KT (CEO: Koo Hyun-mo) held the launching ceremony of the "Digital Citizen One-Team" on December 7, 2022, at Sofitel Ambassador Seoul. At the launching ceremony, KT CEO Koo Hyun-mo and President Eun Mee Kim of Ewha Womans University attended, as well as Cho Hee-yeon, superintendent of the Seoul Metropolitan Office of Education, Lim Tae-hee, superintendent of the Gyeonggi-do Office of Education, President Lim Chae-sung of Seoul National University of Education, and Director Yoon Dong-seop of Yonsei University Health System. The ceremony was also attended by officials from Shinhan Financial Group, Woori Financial Group, SHIN & KIM LLC, BAE, KIM & LEE LCC, Kim & Chang, and Korea Press Foundation, and officials from digital companies such as Google Korea, Intel Korea, TheCheat, VPK, INITECH, and InfiniGru.
In the opening address, President Eun Mee Kim of Ewha Womans University emphasized that the launch of Digital Citizen One-Team will be a milestone in providing a new direction at a time when careful reflection is required on the side effects of digital technology development. She also mentioned the significant role of the Center for Future Education Research, expressing her gratitude to be part of this project.
At the launching ceremony, Professor Jeong Je-yeong, the head of the Center for Future Education Research, gave a presentation about the background of the Digital Citizen project based on the findings of the center, and emphasized that "a digital citizen model that can pursue the comprehensive value of digital safety, digital coexistence, and digital responsibility should be presented.”
President Eun Mee Kim and Professor Jeong Je-yeong
The Center for Future Education Research was established in May 2020 with the aim of "developing into a specialized research institute in the field of future education and education big data," and was selected for the "2020 Humanities and Social Research Project" supported by the Ministry of Education and the National Research Foundation of Korea, conducting a “big-data based future education policy study in response to changes in the future society.”