CJ OliveNetworks said on the 24th that it successfully wrapped up the on-site AI/SW creativity camp in partnership with the Gyeonggi Shared School.
The on-site AI/SW creativity camp run by CJ OliveNetworks is a participatory social contribution program in which employees visit classrooms to lead coding lessons. It was designed to narrow the gap in access to information technology (IT) education and provide quality AI/SW learning opportunities.
Gyeonggi Shared School, operated by the Gyeonggi Provincial Office of Education, is an out-of-school learning platform that ensures customized education and diverse learning opportunities through collaboration with the local community. So far, 90,000 students have participated in some 5,000 programs in culture and arts, physical education, and AI/digital. By joining lessons with local experts across various fields, students are gaining new experiences and in-depth education that are hard to obtain at school.
The on-site AI/SW creativity camp ran throughout September at the Goyang Shared School Samsong Campus. Fifth- and sixth-graders from 20 elementary schools in Goyang took part. Participants built self-driving cars using the Neo Think Car kit to understand how sensors and motors work, and raised their coding comprehension by connecting tablets to the kits to design algorithms with block coding.
This education donation program was operated on a public-private-academic cooperation system involving CJ OliveNetworks, the Gyeonggi Provincial Office of Education, the Korea Foundation for the Advancement of Science and Creativity, and Seojeong University, and is characterized by securing both educational expertise and on-site practicality. CJ OliveNetworks employee instructors carried out hands-on activities tailored to students' level and said they helped enhance educational effectiveness through active communication with students.