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Kyung Hee Cyber University Launches AI Committee to Pioneer Educational Innovation

From Hankyoreh · () Korean

Translated from Korean, summarized and contextualized by DistantNews.

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  • Kyung Hee Cyber University has officially launched an 'AI Committee' to spearhead AI-driven innovation across its educational, research, and administrative functions.
  • The committee aims to strategically integrate AI technologies to enhance educational quality, strengthen university competitiveness, and adapt to the evolving higher education landscape.
  • Key initiatives include developing personalized learning environments, optimizing smart campus operations, and fostering future-ready talent through AI and Extended Reality (XR) integration.

Kyung Hee Cyber University has officially launched an 'AI Committee,' signaling a significant step towards integrating artificial intelligence across all facets of its operations. The university aims to become a future-oriented institution by proactively responding to the rapid advancements in AI, particularly generative AI, and their impact on higher education.

The AI Committee will serve as a strategic control tower, overseeing the university's AI strategy and ensuring the cohesive implementation of AI-related projects. Its mandate includes enhancing educational quality, boosting university competitiveness, and adapting to the changing demands of the AI era. The committee will coordinate dispersed AI initiatives in education, research, and administration, aligning them with the university's long-term development plans.

AI is not just about introducing technology; it is a turning point that fundamentally changes the paradigm of university education, research, and administration.

โ€” Kim Sun-yeop, Vice President and Chair of the AI CommitteeThe committee chair emphasizes the transformative role of AI in higher education.

Led by Vice President Kim Sun-yeop as chair and Professor Lee Ju-min as vice chair, the committee comprises internal members from various departments and external experts, including IR&A center directors and AI specialists from other universities. This blend of internal insight and external expertise is expected to drive effective innovation.

As the AI Committee, the control tower overseeing the university's AI strategy, we will provide personalized educational environments optimized for each student and create an advanced smart campus.

โ€” Kim Sun-yeop, Vice President and Chair of the AI CommitteeThe committee chair outlines the committee's vision for personalized education and smart campus development.

Initial meetings have focused on establishing key initiatives, including creating personalized learning environments through AI-based course design and tailored student support systems. The university also plans to leverage Microsoft 365 Copilot to help students efficiently summarize and analyze learning materials. In administration, the university will enhance its next-generation education administration system to incorporate generative AI for intelligent operations and upgrade its AI-based multilingual chatbot and introduce an AI call-bot system to improve student satisfaction and administrative efficiency.

Furthermore, the university's 'KHCU-NEXUS' project, supported by the Ministry of Education, will integrate AI-based course design, XR content creation, and AI-driven learning analytics to create a cyclical educational environment. This model aims to maximize content production efficiency, expand the use of immersive XR educational content, and provide highly personalized learning experiences based on data analysis, ultimately realizing a next-generation remote education system focused on learner customization and continuous quality improvement.

AI-based course design system, XR content creation, AI-based learning analysis system connected in one cyclical structure.

โ€” Kyung Hee Cyber UniversityDescription of the 'KHCU-NEXUS' project's core components.
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Originally published by Hankyoreh in Korean. Translated, summarized, and contextualized by our editorial team with added local perspective. Read our editorial standards.