Source : KNOU Weekly (https://weekly.knou.ac.kr/main.do)
“Come Experience VR Experiment & Practice” KNOU Opens Virtual Reality Experiment & Practice Experience Center
Yoo Jaejun, Team Leader of the E-learning Team, Educational Informatization Headquarters, participating in the OpenVLab Project Group,
is using VR experiment & practice content at the KNOU “Community-Sharing Virtual Experiment & Practice Experience Center.”
KNOU (President Koh Seong-Hwan) has opened an experience center equipped with devices for conducting experiments and practices through Virtual Reality (VR). The center is available not only to KNOU students and faculty but also to local residents.
KNOU prepared the “Community-Sharing KNOU Virtual Experiment & Practice Experience Center” at the International Conference Hall, 1st floor, in Jongno, Seoul, and has been running it on a trial basis since April 1. Operating hours are from 10:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. without reservation (lunch break 12–1 p.m.). Official operation begins September 1.
The experience program consists of △Daily Life/Disaster Safety △Industrial Safety △Escalator Inspection Training △Physical Therapy △Laboratory Experiments & Practices △Semiconductor Process Tour — 11 contents across 6 areas. Four sets each of Meta’s VR HMD (Head-Mounted Display) and controllers were introduced, allowing visitors to experience the latest VR trends.
This VR center is part of the “Virtual Experiment & Practice Learning Content Sharing Platform” project undertaken by KNOU under the Ministry of Education’s “AI & Digital (AID) 30+ Project” announced last October. It is a shared platform that gathers VR experiment & practice content from domestic universities, making it available to university students and subscribers. As it is difficult for individual institutions to build such platforms, KNOU, the largest distance-learning university in Korea, was assigned to lead this project. The project is spearheaded by the “OpenVLab Project Group” (Director: Vice President Lee Byung-Rae), a task force composed of multiple KNOU staff members.
The platform development and enhancement will proceed in three phases. In the first phase (this year), KNOU will launch the platform, produce VR experiment & practice content, and operate the newly opened “Community-Sharing Virtual Experiment & Practice Experience Center.” VR content created by KNOU faculty will be unveiled in the second half of this year, and the initial platform completion is expected by the end of this year or early next year. After pilot operation and further upgrades, final completion is scheduled for 2027.
Lee Byung-Rae, Head of the OpenVLab Project Group, stated, “Virtual experiment & practice is highly effective in distance education like KNOU as it enhances learning through immersive experiences. Even in general universities with relatively better lab facilities, there is strong interest in immersive VR experiments & practices due to expensive equipment and unsafe practice environments.” He added, “However, production costs are significantly higher than regular educational content. Through the OpenVLab project, multiple universities can jointly utilize VR content, lowering these barriers and raising the standard of higher, lifelong, and vocational education nationwide.”
Kim Yeon-Shin, Team Leader of the Information Security Team at the Educational Informatization Headquarters, participating in the OpenVLab Project Group, commented, “While VR learning content platforms have already been introduced in elementary, middle, and high schools, none existed for higher and lifelong education. It is meaningful that KNOU, at the Ministry of Education’s initiative, is leading this platform project.”
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KNOU Weekly = Reporter Minseon Kim
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Source : KNOU Weekly (https://weekly.knou.ac.kr/main.do)
Yoo Jaejun, Team Leader of the E-learning Team, Educational Informatization Headquarters, participating in the OpenVLab Project Group,
is using VR experiment & practice content at the KNOU “Community-Sharing Virtual Experiment & Practice Experience Center.”
KNOU (President Koh Seong-Hwan) has opened an experience center equipped with devices for conducting experiments and practices through Virtual Reality (VR). The center is available not only to KNOU students and faculty but also to local residents.
KNOU prepared the “Community-Sharing KNOU Virtual Experiment & Practice Experience Center” at the International Conference Hall, 1st floor, in Jongno, Seoul, and has been running it on a trial basis since April 1. Operating hours are from 10:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. without reservation (lunch break 12–1 p.m.). Official operation begins September 1.
The experience program consists of △Daily Life/Disaster Safety △Industrial Safety △Escalator Inspection Training △Physical Therapy △Laboratory Experiments & Practices △Semiconductor Process Tour — 11 contents across 6 areas. Four sets each of Meta’s VR HMD (Head-Mounted Display) and controllers were introduced, allowing visitors to experience the latest VR trends.
This VR center is part of the “Virtual Experiment & Practice Learning Content Sharing Platform” project undertaken by KNOU under the Ministry of Education’s “AI & Digital (AID) 30+ Project” announced last October. It is a shared platform that gathers VR experiment & practice content from domestic universities, making it available to university students and subscribers. As it is difficult for individual institutions to build such platforms, KNOU, the largest distance-learning university in Korea, was assigned to lead this project. The project is spearheaded by the “OpenVLab Project Group” (Director: Vice President Lee Byung-Rae), a task force composed of multiple KNOU staff members.
The platform development and enhancement will proceed in three phases. In the first phase (this year), KNOU will launch the platform, produce VR experiment & practice content, and operate the newly opened “Community-Sharing Virtual Experiment & Practice Experience Center.” VR content created by KNOU faculty will be unveiled in the second half of this year, and the initial platform completion is expected by the end of this year or early next year. After pilot operation and further upgrades, final completion is scheduled for 2027.
Lee Byung-Rae, Head of the OpenVLab Project Group, stated, “Virtual experiment & practice is highly effective in distance education like KNOU as it enhances learning through immersive experiences. Even in general universities with relatively better lab facilities, there is strong interest in immersive VR experiments & practices due to expensive equipment and unsafe practice environments.” He added, “However, production costs are significantly higher than regular educational content. Through the OpenVLab project, multiple universities can jointly utilize VR content, lowering these barriers and raising the standard of higher, lifelong, and vocational education nationwide.”
Kim Yeon-Shin, Team Leader of the Information Security Team at the Educational Informatization Headquarters, participating in the OpenVLab Project Group, commented, “While VR learning content platforms have already been introduced in elementary, middle, and high schools, none existed for higher and lifelong education. It is meaningful that KNOU, at the Ministry of Education’s initiative, is leading this platform project.”
[Photo Source: KNOU Weekly]
KNOU Weekly = Reporter Minseon Kim
Source : University News Network (https://weekly.knou.ac.kr/articles/view.do?artcUn=5618#reply-div)
The moment you immerse yourself, you grow!
Maximize your capabilities with XR and AI (X-RAI) technology.