No. 83 | May 2020
KSIF Newsletter
Online classes begin for 120 KSIs in 51 countries
- Total of 954 classes created within just one month of the opening
of Online King Sejong Institute
- KSIF provides support for purchasing online education equipment
and videotaping classes
A total of 120 KSIs in 51 countries will be providing Korean classes online.
Of these, 105 started online classes in April, and a total of 954 Korean classes are
currently being offered. There are three types of online classes: 1) real-time video lectures,
2) pre-recorded lectures, and 3) content for online self-learners and online KSI classes
offered through online classrooms. The most popular class type is the real-time video
lecture, making up 67 percent of all classes.
For KSIs that are unable to immediately begin conducting online classes due to a lack of
the necessary learning equipment, the King Sejong Institute Foundation (KSIF) will be
providing extra support in May to allow such KSIs to purchase the equipment they need
(e.g. tablet PC styluses, webcams, laptop computers). The KSIF also provides videotaped
lectures based on the King Sejong Institute Basic Curriculum for KSIs that find it difficult
to offer real-time video lectures due to local Internet limitations.
KSIF President Kang Hyounhwa said, “It is both unexpected and impressive that we were
able to open almost 1,000 classes in less than one month amid the sudden changes
caused by COVID-19. Going forward, the KSIF will be taking all possible measures to
ensure that our learners and teachers have everything they need.”
The KSIF will be giving extra points in its 2020 assessment to KSIs that operate online
Korean classes. It will also be offering online Korean classes for all KSIs by June, and will
start providing online classes domestically for provincial governments in the second half
of the year.
▲ Park Neulbom, a KSIF instructor, videotaping a lecture for Sejong Korean 5 on April 27 at
a Barum Media studio in Seocho-dong, Seoul.