The future of online education: lessons from South Korea

Nov 13, 2020

A professor of Pusan National University Park Hyun who used to be a coronavirus patient, gives an online lecture at Pusan National University in Busan, South Korea, March 30, 2020.

A professor at Pusan National University, South Korea, gives an online lecture Image: REUTERS/Kim Hong-Ji

Cornelius Kalenzi

Postdoctoral Researcher, KAIST-Korea Policy Center for the Fourth Industrial Revolution

Danbee Back

Researcher, KAIST-Korea Policy Center for the Fourth Industrial Revolution

Moonjung Yim

Postdoctoral Researcher, KAIST-Korea Policy Center for the Fourth Industrial Revolution

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