Title: A Study on a Teaching & Learning Method for Basic and General Education in the Post-Corona-Focusing on the Blended Learning
Abstract: Considering the number of non-face-to-face classes occurring in the Covid-19 era, it is now widely recognized that blended learning will become the new normal for education in the post-Corona era. However, detailed discussions have not sufficiently taken place as to why blended learning is necessary in the post-Corona era, nor how this type of learning should be applied and practiced. Therefore, this paper discusses the necessity of applying blended learning as a teaching and learning method for basic and general education in the post-Corona era. It also examines the methods and requirements for effectively implementing blended learning for these future classes. As blended learning enables ‘'student-centered teaching’ or ‘active learning’in order to develop the various competencies without excluding knowledge education, it is suitable for basic and general education that aims to strengthen competencies as well as to acquire knowledge. As a method for practicing blended learning for basic liberal arts education, first, we suggest that it is necessary to develop standardized video-lectures for the uniformity of the students' learning experience and for the improvement of learning effectiveness, as well as the development of modular content in the form of micro-learning. Second, considering the characteristics of basic and general education subjects and and the learners themselves, it is suggested that we customize teaching-learning methods for each student level using learning analytics and artificial intelligence. Third, we emphasize that it is necessary to develop an educational model for blended learning for each subject and to strengthen the competencies of professors in order to effectively operate blended learning classes in basic and general education. Fourth, we suggest that an organization-oriented curriculum redesign project be implemented to change the educational method to blended learning and to spread it on a large scale at the university level.