Strengthening digital media literacy education... 20 new class materials distributed every year

In order to support digital media literacy education in schools, the Ministry of Education will distribute approximately 20 new bundled class materials every year starting next year.

Teachers will use this material in all aspects of the class, from explaining the concepts of digital media literacy education to student evaluation.

On the 3rd, the Ministry of Education announced the ‘Basic Plan for School Digital Media Literacy Education’ with these contents.

The basic plan is to establish the concept and scope of digital media literacy education in schools and to support the systematic operation of digital media literacy education for students.

First, the Ministry of Education established an 'educational framework' that includes the goals, contents, and tasks of digital media literacy education in schools, focusing on the four educational elements established in the 'Basic Act on Activating Digital-based Distance Education'.

The goal is to ensure that understanding, criticism, access, and use of media, as well as social participation and democratic communication through media, work organically with each other.

To this end, starting next year, we will develop a teaching and learning standard model for each school level and grade level and a teacher training systemization model that links subject curriculum and 'educational framework'.

Starting next year, approximately 20 new packaged class materials will be distributed every year.

In addition, we will expand the operation of professional education programs for students and training programs for teachers in cooperation with related organizations such as provincial and provincial offices of education, Korea Media and Communications Commission, and the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism, and also supplement program content.

The Ministry of Education decided to discover and spread various digital media literacy education cases in schools through an excellent case contest that has been running since last year and the advancement of the 'Miline' (miline.or.kr) platform.

It was also decided to promote related policy research to revitalize digital media literacy education through subject education. Through this, we will review class elements that will be additionally reflected or more specific when revising the next curriculum.

In addition, regular surveys of students' critical media understanding capabilities are conducted to diagnose and evaluate the effectiveness of policies based on data.

Minister of Education Choi Kyo-jin said, "Amid rapid changes in artificial intelligence and digital media, it is very important for students to have the ability to critically reflect on information and communicate democratically with others. We will actively support the operation of comprehensive digital media literacy education centered on school classes so that students can grow into healthy digital citizens."