Strong growth for Korean e-learning
2008/03/13 23:32The Korean government recently conducted a survey of users and found 39% of users had used an e-learning service:
In the latest survey, 67 percent of those aged between 6 and 19 said they experienced using e-learning tools last year, the highest rate among all age brackets.
Some 50.7 percent of those in their 20s, 23.4 percent of those in their 40s and even 28.7 percent of those aged between 3 and 5 also said that they had used various e-learning systems.
Meanwhile, the country’s e-learning market grew to 1.73 trillion won and a total of 756 companies ― up 21.7 percent from 2006 ― employed 20,773 people in the sector.
There is also strong leadership in Korea through various e-learning conferences to gather international experts in the field. The Korean Education & Research Information Service (KERIS) and Korean Institute for Electronic Commerce (KIEC) are holding an e-learning conference called 2008 Korean Open Forum in Seoul tomorrow:
The information of technology, standard, trends, promotion policy, industry and its issues for digital library system, digital textbook, e-Learning, m-learning, SCORM, metadata and new interactive instructional design are some of the topics that will be delved in this year's forum.
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