招高速情報通信基盤의 조기 확산을 위한 遠隔敎育

Abstract

As the cold war representing the period of ideological conflict ends, the world enter a new era of unlimited competition with a weapon as economy. Complexity, variety and individualism represent the era of unlimited competition. In the era, the world is absorbed in preparing for the coming 2,000. Because he can't secure and consolidate their positions in the world community only with economy. The coming 2,000's is generally expressed as "Information Age" and "Global Age". It means that informationization and globalization will be important as much in the 2,000's society. Informationization is to be owner of information, adapting themselves well to production and extiction of information which have break-neck change and no periodicity. And globalization means to advance toward the world with productive activities in the era of a global village, acquiring knowledge and information. Right now, the world is concentrating their efforts on building up information and communication networks as a part of efforts to prepare informationization and globlization. Accordingly, he set spurs to constructing information-highway. As a highway is called as an artery of a country, information-highway will contribute greatly to the whole nation including industry, economy, culture, education, etc. as the nerve system. After El Gore, the U.S. vice-president, announced his conception of "Information Superhighway", developed countries are competing in establishing information and communication infrastructure, a base of 21C to take the leadership in the century. Constructing superhigh-information and communication infrastructure will be a cornerstone not only of social advance but also of national development as a foundation of the national competitiveness. For an example, an image conference using the superhigh-information and communication infrastructure can make us respond to the fast changing international situation between even Seoul and New York let alone Seoul and Busan without complex heavy traffic. And the infrastructure will pursue continuous national development, seeking new markets, creating jobs and sharpening competitiveness of industry. For the national development, to cultivate talented manpower commensurate with 21C should be prioritized. However, it is hardly expected under our current uniformly cram-oriented education system to nurture highly skilled manpower for 21C with creativeness. Our government makes the most of constructing the infrastructure which the government concentrates on to match with the trend of globalization in the world. The government also plans to establish "Open education society" and "Continuing education society" and implements it tentatively. It is Distance Education, a new educational form of 21C "Information Age". Since long ago, utilization of the Distance Education system has had little effect in its facilities, curriculum, methods, etc. However, the desirable Distance Education system will be a new form unlike that of the present time. It will make face-to-face education possible. And even urban students and secluded students can take a lesson from the same teacher, at the same time, and exchange opinions each other through it. To be sure, for the desirable system, superhigh-information and communication infrastructure should be established first. Whether Korea leaps into the advanced group or retrogresses in 21C depends on how well to construct superhigh-information and communication infrastructure and to utilize it. Eventhough it has a lot of applicable fields, to cultivate man of ability is the most important above all. Because the more human resources is used, the more it advances and gives out light. While material resources decreases as it is consumed. Accordingly, development of highly skilled technical human resources cannot be emphasized too much. In this study, We would like to research Distance Education, a new educational form, basing on the emerging superhigh-information and communication infrastructure as driving force of national development.