Interpretation of the “Research Results Report on the 2021 King Sejong Institute Non-Face-to-Face Education Operation Consulting” and its Implications for Online Confucius Institutes

Abstract

In 2019, the spread of the COVID-19 pandemic affected the operations of many educational institutions around the world, with some institutions being forced to close or suspend classes. In this situation, the King Sejong Institute Foundation in South Korea actively provided support for the operation of King Sejong Institute, and the Online King Sejong Institute was launched and expanded ahead of schedule. In November 2021, the King Sejong Institute Foundation issued a tender announcement, investing 100,000,000 won (including VAT) in a tender titled “2021 King Sejong Institute Non-Face-to-Face Education Status Survey and Education Operation Consulting”, with the aim of providing professional consulting support for non-face-to-face education operations to solve local difficulties and lay the foundation for future development of non-face-to-face education. In August 2022, the online informatization team of the King Sejong Foundation released the “Research Results Report on the 2021 King Sejong Institute Non-Face-to-Face Education Operation Consulting Project”, comprehensively showing the background, development process and research results of the non-face-to-face education operation consulting tool of King Sejong Institute. This article will introduce the background of the “Report” and sort out and interpret its content in order to provide inspiration and reference for Chinese online Confucius Institutes in their online operations in the post-pandemic era.