▲Students attended the Girls Can Do IT event at Hyein Girls’ Middle School inMokpo, Jeollanam-do

-Partnering with CJ-UNESCO Girls’ education campaign, the company will offer digital software coding classes for middle school students in Gangwon-do and Jeolla-do

- New technology experience classes on AI and machine learning will be offered in the Jeju Island region as part of the free-semester system

- Classess are designed to bridge the regional educational gap with a structured 15-week course utilizing the untact method

- The company plans to expand the program with AI technology experience by introducing an AI native curriculum 

[CJ OliveNetworks, October 13, 2020] CJ SW Creativity Camp, a major social contribution program by CJ OliveNetworks (CEOCha In-hyeok) will offer untact software coding education for middle school students living in Gangwon-do, Jeolla-do, and Jeju-do to bridge the regional educational gap.

CJ SW Creativity Camp will offer the 15-week course for 100 middle school students from schools in three regions including Hongcheon Girls' Middle School in Gangwon-do, Hyein Girls' Middle School in Jeolla-do, Jeocheong Middle School and Gimnyeong Middle School in Jeju-do. 

Given the difficulties of face-to-face learning due to COVID-19, CJ OliveNetworks decided to provide structured digital education and expand the beneficiary areas and schools. 

At Hongcheon Girls' Middle School in Gangwon-do and Hyein Girls' Middle School in Jeollanam-do, in particular, the Girls Can Do IT curriculum will be provided for software coding education as part of CJ Group'sCJ-UNESCO Girls' Education Campaign to nurture female creative convergence talents. 

Girls Can Do IT, a specialized course for middle school girls, is a project-based educational curriculum where students can learn the 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) set by the UN and try to solve day to day problems with IT technology.  

Students from Jeocheong Middle School and Gimnyeong Middle School in Jeju-do will be able to experience new technologies as part of the free-semester system. Through STEAM education that uses AI machine learning and Lego, the class will give the students the opportunity to experience new technologies that are becoming increasingly important and promote creative thinking.

CJ OliveNetworks is also developing a new AI Native course that includes an introduction to artificial intelligence, hands-on programming, and AI design so the students can grow into AI experts in the future.

The AI-native course will be offered as a pilot program through the CJ SW Creativity Camp in the second half of this year, and then will be rolled out full-scale in 2022. 

“Although face-to-face education became difficult due to COVID-19, we have expanded the range of schools and curriculum so that more students outside metropolitan areas can experience untact digital education. We will continue to provide differentiated software education that helps students develop logical and creative thinking,” said Baek Jae-min, managing director of CJ OliveNetworks.