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Analyzingthegrowthofcyberlecture
THEEYESOFTHEARGUS
IncreasingOn-lineClasses,but
ValuableEvaluation
WithLittleSubstance
T
herewasanewattempt.Itwasapparentlydifferentfromthepreviousones.Last
September13,theKoreanCouncilforUniversityEducation(KCUE)announced
theresultofanEvaluationbyScholasticField(ESF).Inthepartoflawandarchitecture,
firstly in this time, the council classified the nation’s universities into four grades;
excellent, good, medium and improvement required. As the beginning of 5 years
I.Boomincyberlectures
bothinandoutoftheschool.HUFSisalso
often crashes when I log on to the cyber
development many universities operate
H
scheduledwork,KCUElaunchedanewsystemofacademicevaluationfromthefield
ave you ever taken a cyber lecture?
offering cyber lectures in 12 major subjects
lecturesite.”saidLeeByung-hee,ajuniorof
alone.
ofappliedscience.
Thisnewconceptinteachingmaybe
and liberal arts through the Multimedia
Yonsei University. This kind of problem is
Also, the network should be improved to
Withmoredefinitestandards,ESFclaimedtostandforsubstantialestimationinthe
unfamiliar to you. Fanned by the Internet,
Center.
common because most of internet users
super-speedtosupplylectureswithaudioor
particular academic field. Like the United States, they adopted a closer inspection of
cyber lectures are now wide spread in
Cyber lectures have many advantages
connecttothenetworkbyusingamodemto
visual effects efficiently. At Sookmyung
each university department than previous comprehensive accreditation. According to
universities.
when compared with off-line traditional
accessthetelephonelines.
Women’sUniversity,theysetupalocalarea
thisnewevaluation,universitiesareevaluatednotbythegeneralreputationofschool
According to the Ministry of Education,
lectures. They can overcome limits of time
According to a professor who conducts
network(LAN)withinthecampus.So,many
but by the level of specific academic field. It aimed to take a role as an epochal
65 universities nationwide had conducted
and space. They can also change education
cyber lectures, many students frequently
studentsareabletotakecyberlecturesmore
evaluationsystemshowingtherealisticsituationbehindacademicfoundationsinKorea.
cyber lecture as model cases for two years
from being teacher centered to being
comment that the reports that they submit
comfortably on campus. Many other
After releasing the announcement, however, response was rather sarcastic. Many
from 1998. About 140,000 students
studentscentered.Forstudents,itispossible
disappear due to a system error. “In my
nationwide universities are preparing to
universities were dissatisfied with the results. Some professors even criticized the
participated in the lectures. These days, the
tostudyathomethroughcyberlectures.This
position, I cannot check whether every
installLAN.
outcome as a ridiculous comedy. It seemed that the backlash dimmed the original
number of universities establishing cyber
helps students take lectures at their
studentsubmitsthereportornot,”hesaid.
Second, developing teaching material of
purposeofthisnewevaluationsystem.
lectures is increasing and the number of
convenience.Moreover,asitremovesspatial
Inadditiontosuchaproblem,thereisalso
good quality is another solution. To
Preferentially, universities doubted the selection of the standards. At the very
studentsparticipatingincyberlecturesisalso
obstacles, exchanges of credits among
a problem that students cannot get high
substitutepartsoftheoff-lineeducation,the
beginning of the ESF, basic criteria were largely categorized into four parts as
increasing.
universities becomes easier to facilitate. For
qualityofeducationduetopoorequipment,
cyber lecture should obtain quite successful
curriculum,faculties,circumstances,andachievements.Themeasureswere,however,
Seoul National University, began cyber
thepublic,theycantakelecturesathomeor
lack of technical expertise or poor quality
effects of education. In the United States,
not only vague but also often changed. Particularly in the part of faculty make-up,
lectures with 4 subjects in March 1998.
attheoffice.Thishelpsinthepromotionof
systems. For example, though a professor
Cyracus University receives about 45,000
several criteria were too formal and haphazard to grasp the detailed conditions of
Gradually the number of students
lifelongeducationinthecommunity.
prepareslecturenoteswithaudioandvisual
dollars for developing its high quality
teaching circumstance. The standards which required statistic comparison were
participating increased. 39 subjects were
Besides,studentscangetvariousdataand
effects, students cannot receive the input
educational contents. The University is
irregularly changed during the process of inspection. Without objectives and
offeredinthesecondtermof2000year.
exchange opinions among themselves and
owing perhaps to the poor condition of the
popularamongstudents.
consistency,theevaluationmovedaboutinconfusion.
AfterYonseiUniversitywasappointedas
discuss easily about cyber lectures. In this
network. So, most of present lectures have
Professorssaid,however,thatitishardto
Moreover,KCUEunilaterallyappliedtheseoftenchangablestandardstouniversities
a model university for managing the cyber
way the acquisition of knowledge becomes
been progressing as follows. The professor
do without financial support because
withmeagerconsiderationoftheirownsituationsandspecialcharacteristics.Although
education program in 1998, it made a
anactivething.
up-loadsthelecturenotesasafile.
developing contents costs much money.
the situation of each university was not equivalent, the supervision council rigidly
contract with Hanaro Telecom for cyber
Healsoreceivesstudents’assignmentson-
Therefore, the Korean government should
ignoredtheserelativeconditions.Insomeitems,theevaluationwasmerelyconducted
educationdeliveryinDecember1999.They
II.Emergingproblems
line and when the class has an examination
increasefinancialtodevelopandimplement
byaperfunctorynumericalstatementwithoutcarefulexamination.
are now operating cyber lectures in Yonsei
“I usually take cyber lectures by using
most students need to be present in the
betterdelivery.
Manypeoplealsopointedouttheabsenceofobjectivityastheotherdecisiveproblem.
Cyber Education Center, targeting students
modem at home. The computer, however,
examination room. Though some on-line
Above all, cyber lecture should be
Being different from the expectations, the results were not distinctive and specific
tests, this is not preferred because it is
developed considering the students first.
enough.Concreteoutcomeswerenotpresentedandscarcelyreflectedtherealsituation
difficulttoguaranteeeachstudent’sidentity.
With various subjects, university should set
oftheuniversity.Inthefieldoflaw,all11universitiesoutof79weredeterminedtobe
A cyber lecture professor said that he
the standard of the lecture to students’
excellent. Some professors blamed the inexplicit result of “bundle grouping” as
attributed many drops outs to the
ability. They can survey student’s opinions
meaningless ranking. They even deplored that their preparation came to naught and
technological problems that students
beforeselectingsubjects.Itisalsoimportant
turnedouttobeinvain.Alloftheserealitiescausedtheexperimentalevaluationtobe
experience.
to put a preliminary period before starting
unreliable.
cyberlectures,whereorientationforstudents
Besides the problems on conducting the evaluation, someone also criticized the
III.Proceedingways
canbearranged.
disappointing attitude of universities. While they prepared for the evaluation, lots of
Operatingcyberlecturesisstillintheearly
Cyber lectures are ultimately for students
universities were engrossed in making mere visible changes rather than focusing on
stageswhilehavingthepotentialformassive
whotakethem.Ifuniversitiesmakeaneffort
qualitative improvement in education. Mainly on the facilities, temporary measures
growth. To reveal the full advantages that
to make better cyber lectures for students
werechronicallyrepeated.Thisismerecamouflagewhichaggravatesanddelaysreal
cyber lectures offers, the problems from
usingsomeoftheprecedingsuggestions,the
academicchange.
severalaspectsshouldbesolved.
consumer of education will experience the
The fundamental purpose of ESF is to promote favorable competition among the
First,technicalproblemsisthepreferential
epochalwayofteachingwithhighquality.
universities through providing accurate and substantial information. The evaluation
issue to be solved. Each university should
shouldobjectivelypresenttherealstateofeachuniversity.Tomakeitpossible,clear
develop an easy to access system for
and acceptable standards and objectives have to be predetermined. Having strict
operating cyber lectures to make them
guidelines is an indispensable aspect of evaluation as is recognizing the innate
convenientandstressfree.Ifuniversitiesdo
differencesofeachuniversity.Therefore,moredetailedcriterionarealsorequiredfor
not have technical ability, they can employ
ByKamEun-jin
more meaningful evaluations. In the United States, for instance, Yale University is
private computer companies. Because this
ReporterofCultureSection
KamEun-jin/TheArgus
estimatedtobetop-notchinpubliclaw,ontheotherhand,LewisandClarkUniversity
technology is in the early stage of
hasthebestschoolinenvironmentallaw.
Tocreateanepoch-makingevaluationsystem,theESFisexpectedtotakeleadership
UnderstandingAnti-ASEM
PlaceofProactiveYouth
in determining efficient measures reflecting the actual situation of specific academic
fields.Then,definingexcellenceineachscholasticfieldwillbesimpleandmeaningful.
Itisnomorehardtofathomthedepthofacademicocean.
A
U
conference for understanding the
thewaytomakethathappen.Thisconduct
nder the slogan of “Youth, Culture
Everyonehadanopportunitytoresearchand
purpose of opposing Asia-Europe
benefits the so-called rich countries while
and Encounter,” the International
interact with Korean Traditional Culture in
Meeting (ASEM) was held at Korea
the workers in poorer countries have to
Youth Camp was held in Kyongju for 5
Kyongju.Theyalsocametogetherthecase
ByKooSung-chan
University on September 27. Over 500
suffer from job losses. ASEM is pursuing
days from last September 25. The Youth
studies about activities in their own
EditorofNationalSection
students and others interested in this issue
“globalization” that is only profiting the
Unit of Korean National Commission for
countriesconcerningthefollowingsubjects:
filledtheauditorium.Twoinvitedspeakers,
European nations or the developed
UnescotookaroleastheSecretariatforthe
Understanding and the Inheritance of
came up in to the front to share their
countries.
Camp.
TraditionalCulture,PreservationofCultural
ShotonSpot
thoughts on anti-ASEM and its Neo-
The other speaker was Park Ha-soon,
The preparatory committee invited the
Heritages and its Environment,
liberalismeffects.
managerofKoreanConfederationofTrade
young people from around the globe to the
Popularization and Magnification of Native
The first speaker was Lee Chang-geun,
Unions(KCTU).Hisspeechconsistedofthe
WorldCulturalHeritageCity.Itwasheldto
Culture,BridgingtheInter-culturalGapand
member of the International Solidarity
protest on anti-capitalism in Seattle and
promote better understanding and respect
Co-existence.
Information Center and also one of the
Washington,andtheimportanceinLaborer
between cultures among young people and
Themainpurposeofthisprogramwasto
Koreans to participate in the protest for
Unions.“Somepeopledon’tunderstandthat
to develop the sense of solidarity to design
help participants better understand the
opposing Neo-liberalism in Seattle. His
agendas from ASEM can cause serious
their future together to facilitate wide
culture,customandhistoryofKorea,andto
speechstoodstronglyforthemainthemeof
problems,” stated Park. “Just because US
participation. As the main proactive
learn about Korea by surveying historical
thisconferenceonwhyweshouldopposeto
isn’tpartofit,doesn’tmeanthatitwillhelp
members, it is required young people to
sitesinKyongju.
“ASEM2000”.
us to survive in the unjustified policy of
maintainasustainedinterestininternational
This program provided a place for
As ASEM is an economical conference
capitalism.”
cultural heritage by means of active
participating youths to introduce their
concerning world trade and financial
“ASEM2000”isscheduledtobeheldin
information exchange through this kind of
country to their fellow participants. Young
investment aiming at a better cooperation
Samsung-dong,Seoul,onOctober20.most
internationalgathering.
heartsinthecampwereabletoseefirsthand
among the countries in Asia and Europe, it
ofthepasser-bysarecongratulatingthefact
Participants were divided into eight
thediverseculturesoftheworldallgathered
Abatterfrom
is doing the most to achieve such effects.
thatsuchworld-wideeventisheldinKorea.
groups according to their personal interests
inasingleplace.
ThaiDept.
Ridding all regional regulations on trade is
inthespecializedfieldsonKoreanCulture.
swinging
withallhis
might.
KooSung-chan/TheArgus
Move 2000
Equaline
CompetitionofPureSpirit
HotlineforFemaleContractWorkersonToll
“Gamestobecontinued.”Thecampuswasfilledwiththeotherkindofenthusiasm.
There were annual events of baseball and volleyball matches in late September.
“
I
Playersrepresentingeachdepartmentdidtheirbesttomakeacleanhitandtoshowa
worked part-time as an interpretor
hotline service provided by Korean
laborunion.
KWWAU
niceserve,andtograspthevictory.
and I wasn’t paid as promised. The
Women
Workers
Association
“When Equaline was first opened, not
It was a stage of joyful union through playing the game. These sports events
company concerned still owes me
United(KWWAU). The hotline itself was
many people gave us calls. They were
provided the students with the genuine meaning of participation. It seemed that the
120,000won. It’s not a great amount of
installedin1987.Butasitwasrecognized
rather afraid to stand up for themselves,”
participants found such potentials of the university sports which everyone can share
moneybuttheproblemisthatthecompany
by more people, and the need of well-
said Son Young-ju, managing director of
andjointogether.
thinksthatwaytooandkeepsondelaying
organized system was called. As a result,
SeoulWomenWorkersAssociationUnited
the pay! What can I do in this situation
withKWWAUastheheadquarter,various
andalsooneofthecounselorsatEqualine.
without causing further trouble and
women’s organizations participated in
“These days we get more calls from
possiblyreceivemymoney?”
systemizingtheservice.
youngerwomenwithunstablejobs.Thisis
“It doesn’t matter whether your job was
Equaline was officially started off in
a good sign that people are finally brave
anirregularoneornot.Youhavetherights
1995with8branchesspreadoutallaround
enoughtoseekfortheirrights.”
to get angry and for the money. It is
the country; Seoul, Inchon, Masan,
Equaline is urging the women to speak
obviousthatyourbossesaretryingtomake
Kwangju, Pusan, Chonju, Ansan, Puchon.
up.Problemsatworkcausedbyunsuitable
you give up the money. Frankly, this
Ittriestolistentothehardshipswomenare
reasons such as sexuality and unjustified
happens to temporarily-employed people
going through at their work places. Not
authority should be heard, not kept to
all the time. You have to strongly defend
onlyadvicesaregiven,butalsosubstantial
herself.
yourself. Go visit the local ministry of
assistances, such as the personal legal
Aplayer
labor,andclaimawrittenpetition.Contact
worksandplannedralliesarealsohandled
Equaline:02-853-8354(forcounseling)
from English
usagain,ifyouneedhelponlegalpapers.”
untilconsultedwomenaresafeontheirfeet
Equaline:02-867-8668(forinformation)
College
This conversation was held between a
again. The counseling include any
Homepage:www.equaline.or.kr
servingthe
ByLeeMin-a
caller, irregularly-employed, asking for
harrassment concerning employment,
E-mail:swwa@jinbo.net
ball.
ReporterofNationalSection
KooSung-chan/TheArgus
help to a counselor from Equaline. It is a
wrongfully-treated,andtherightstojoina

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