Gwangju Office of Education Offers AI·SW Experience Program for Sixth Graders and First-Year Middle School Students

Scheduled for 209 Sessions Until December
Four Courses Including Coding and Autonomous Driving
Students from 67 Elementary and Middle Schools to Participate

The Gwangju Office of Education's Educational Research and Information Institute announced on April 30 that it will operate a "student experience-centered AI·SW education program" for sixth-grade elementary and first-year middle school students until December 2025.

This program is designed to enhance understanding of core technologies that will lead future society and to foster digital sensitivity. A total of 67 elementary schools and 4 middle schools in the region will participate.

On the 22nd, students from Samdo Elementary School learned the basics of coding at the SW Education Support Center, then used educational tools to create projects and code them to move. Provided by Gwangju Office of Education

The education will be conducted at the SW Education Support Center, which is affiliated with the Gwangju Educational Research and Information Institute. It will be offered a total of 209 times across four themes: coding basics, autonomous vehicles, artificial intelligence and robots, and virtual worlds.

In the "coding basics" course, students will learn the fundamental concepts of programming using block coding and create simple programs themselves. The "autonomous vehicles" course consists of sensor practice using robot vehicles and hands-on experience with autonomous driving algorithms.

In the "artificial intelligence and robots" course, students will directly operate robots equipped with AI technologies such as voice recognition and automatic movement implementation. The "virtual worlds" course involves activities where students use VR devices to build and explore their own virtual spaces.

Oh Hwasook, Director of the Educational Research and Information Institute, said, "We will continue to expand diverse AI·SW education so that students can develop future-oriented competencies to lead the digital era."