A New Role of Media Center for Open Education

열린학습공간으로서의 미디어 센타의 새로운 역할

Open education has been established for 10 years in Korea. In spite of relatively long history of open education, there are only two schools which have well structured open space to support open education. Development of open curriculm and open space is a vital elements for the success of open education. This study aims at introducing the concept and development of open space and analyze the role of media center to improve open education. Especially emphasis is placed on how the open space should be organized for the effective open education. The open space should include 4 areas such as instructional area, production area, storage area and teachers' area. There are, however, no standardized format for the open space and education. Open space should be flexibly restructured to adapt to rapidly changing educational environment.