Digital literature brings miracles to the classroom.

When lots of people were suddenly needed after the Industrial Revolution, the number of schools and people dramatically increased.

Teachers who made students sit rows and gave indoctrination-style lectures could be very effective at teaching children to provide a correct ‘answer’, but not enough anymore for people to get the correct answer. They need to find creative new ways to solve problems.

Education should now shift from a ‘Teaching’ to ‘Learning’.

Educators feel the need for this change, but it’s not easy to since they themselves have never received education in this manner.

It's hard to change the 'content' and 'style' of education all of a sudden. It's hard for teachers to improve their skills in a moment.

However, it's easy to change the 'Tools'. This just means using videos, the internet, digital media, and tools instead of the paper or blackboards that they’ve been using.

Delivering contents through videos, allowing students to surf the internet on their own, discussion with friends, and creating things with digital tools will enable self-directed classes.

Just changing the educational tools to digital can bring many changes to education itself. Teachers' digital literacy skills can change classrooms and create future education.

How much are you using your smartpad or smartphone for your class?

While digital textbooks are being introduced and smart classrooms are spreading, there are far fewer computer rooms compared to the number of students. Even though relatively inexpensive smartpads are available as an alternative, teachers are struggling because they are not familiar with using such devices.

To address this deficiency, we developed education programs using smartphones and pads. In the smartphone/pad training course, you can learn how to do digital training without a computer but instead with a smartphone or a pad.

Parental recognition must be changed in order to change the school system.

There's an African proverb that says, "You need a whole village to raise a child." This means that parents, siblings, relatives, neighbors, etc. should all pay attention and offer affection together instead of leaving the child to school’s teachers.

Are all the adults in our village working together for the child's education? Many people say it's time for education to change. Are the adults in our village working together for this change? Or are they uninvolved and unable to make progress?

In order for schools to change, teachers have to change, but all of these issues are impossible to rectify if parents don’t agree or work together. Now, it's important for parents to think about education.

20th century teachers and parents are guiding students who are born in the 21st century by teaching them within a 19th century education system. To change this system, the teachers’ skills need to be strengthened along with the awareness of parents.

CDL, along with provincial and municipal education offices and schools across the country, has been giving special lectures on parental improvement for the past four years.

Parental coaching staff are making changes in education.

CDL selects a team of parental coaches along with local education offices such as Seoul, Gyeonggi, Busan, and Daejeon, and trains them for a set period as professional instructors for digital literature utilizing a set of on- and off-line training courses to educate teenagers both outside and inside of school.

The parental coaching staff are those who take the lead in implementing future education and making changes in education through sincere service and passion. Since 2017, about 250 parent coaches have been trained and are actively working.

CDL is creating an ecosystem of changes in public education in different regions, focusing on parent coaches.

As multicultural youth who have obtained Korean citizenship work to integrate into society, digital-based language and cultural education is essential to help them learn Korean culture, language, and adapt successfully.

Currently, South Korea’s multicultural population stands at 1.09 million—a relatively small number compared to countries like the U.S. or European nations. As a multicultural society, Korea has a short history of just 30 years, with foreign nationals first entering in the early 1990s.

As a result, many Koreans are still unfamiliar with foreigners, and many foreign residents struggle with social integration.

Among multicultural youth, those born in Korea generally experience some confusion regarding identity and appearance, but their daily lives are not significantly affected. However, naturalized youth face greater challenges, particularly due to language barriers and cultural differences, making their adaptation process more difficult.

To bridge this gap, digital education can play a crucial role in helping multicultural families learn Korean language and culture more effectively, ultimately supporting a smoother transition into Korean society.

Teenagers are digital natives. Because they have been exposed to digital technologies since they were born, they learn them quickly and easily. They learn how to use it well enough by themselves without the need to learn from someone else. The digital education that teenagers need is not a technical one.

You need to teach them how to use technology smartly rather than mechanically. So far, the time spent in the analog world is greater than the time spent in the digital world, but in the future, it will be the opposite. When teenagers become adults, virtual reality technology will become more popular and they will spend much more time in the digital world than the analog one.

Education that teaches the young people who are going to live in this world to find their dreams and the courses to help them do that are needed. They need to become a digitalized citizen to develop their digital social community.

Digital Literacy education for teenagers is no longer an option but a necessity.

If digital media are used well, they become a ‘benefit', but if used wrongly, they become a 'poison'.

Starting in 2017, the association has been providing digital media literature to 20,000 teenagers through its free semester program at middle schools.

All the information and knowledge of the world is being digitized. You can get the latest information and knowledge for free. In the past, knowledge could only be obtained through books, but now, digital media is playing that role. If you don't know how to utilize digital media, you're going to fall behind in the latest information and knowledge

But there's so much information and knowledge in digital media, and so much of it is false, that you need the ability to sift through it and find the information that is useful and correct.

It's also important to learn how to use digital media in a healthy way, since the verbal abuse or bullying that occurs during adolescence can happen in the media as well.

Let future generations become healthy digital citizens and digital humanitarians!

The civil revolution first took place in France. It sowed the seeds of modern democracy.

The history of democracy in Korea is not as long as in the Western world, but it is a country that has active communication and political participation in the digital world, starting with the digital civil revolution and impeaching the then president.

Because democracy is a political system developed in the West, there are many countries in the East that do not have democracy yet. The Republic of Korea is still learning democracy. Fake news and false information using digital technology and media are overflowing, and excessive political disputes are creating generational conflicts.

Society is evolving through the antithesis. Digital civil education is necessary to develop society through healthy conflict and move toward the future. Children need to learn healthy digital citizenship starting at a young age.

What's important is not drawing skill but building emotional connections and empathy.

Blue-collar jobs are being eliminated as the third industrial revolution automates computer factories. Now, with the fourth industrial revolution and the development of artificial intelligence, white-collar clerical jobs are being threatened as well. With advances in artificial intelligence and robots, the labor value of human beings is being reexamined.

Sooner or later, artificial intelligence will surpass human intelligence in all stations, including thinking, insight, and creativity. Then, what are the human values that artificial intelligence cannot replace? They could be the emotion and feeling, which are unique aspects of human ability.

Culture and art are the roles in which human emotions and expression can shine. The arts have historically been known as low-paying jobs and haven’t been socially recognized being of much worth. But in the future, culture and art will emerge as very important roles. They are also the best use of digital technology.

Digital culture and arts education is a process for teenagers and children to learn to use digital technology and tools and to foster their emotions and sensibilities. In a world where artificial intelligence is at the center, human intelligence is an important skill and quality.

The only way to protect humanity in the digital world is through ‘empathy.’

With the use of digital media, people can communicate more quickly and over a wider range. They can make friends from other countries far away, or they can send messages to show support or empathy after seeing natural disasters that happened on the other side of the globe.

While digital technology is often used for positive purposes, it can also be used for inappropriate things as well, such as harassing others with malicious comments or confusing society with false information.

The ways in which we use digital technology are up to us. The healthy use of digital media begins with empathy.

When the analog world was the primary space of life and digital was relegated to the sidelines, it was a helpful way to ensure anonymity and engage in critical activities throughout the digital world. However, in a world where digital has become the primary space, ensuring anonymity is creating a big social problem.

It's time to learn how to empathize and communicate with people in the digital world.

Digital rehabilitation programs provide digital ethics education and vocational training to juvenile offenders, helping them redirect their use of digital technology from harmful activities to tools for self-improvement and a better future.

In South Korea, juvenile crime accounts for 3.5–5.5% of all criminal cases annually, with 60,000 to 80,000 youth offenders each year. The number of internet-related crimes among juveniles is rising rapidly, surpassing 10,000 cases for the first time in 2020, with a recidivism rate of 33%.

Given this trend, preventing the misuse of digital technology through ethics education is critical. However, education alone is not enough—youth offenders need to be taught how to use digital tools productively to reduce reoffending rates.

By providing structured digital ethics training alongside digital vocational skills, this program ensures that these youth understand the consequences of digital misuse while equipping them with skills for a positive and sustainable future.

Even during treatment, maintaining basic education and developing digital skills can significantly improve the quality of life for young cancer patients, enabling them to continue learning and gain digital competencies for future economic independence after recovery.

In South Korea, approximately 1,500 children are diagnosed with cancer each year. While the survival rate for teenage cancer patients exceeds 80%, many struggle to reintegrate into school after years of treatment.

Extended educational gaps often result in learning difficulties, and returning to school alongside younger classmates can make social reintegration challenging. Additionally, many survivors face cognitive impairments, hearing and vision loss, or physical changes such as hair loss and strabismus, leading to self-esteem issues and difficulties adapting to school life.

Providing digital education tailored to these students allows them to continue learning remotely during treatment and, after recovery, gain practical digital skills that open opportunities for future employment or entrepreneurship. By bridging the education gap, digital literacy empowers young cancer survivors to rebuild their lives with confidence and independence.

For naturalized multicultural youth, learning Korean language and culture is essential for successful adaptation. Digital education can play a key role in bridging linguistic and cultural gaps, helping them integrate into Korean society more effectively.

Currently, South Korea’s multicultural population stands at 1.09 million—a relatively small figure compared to countries like the U.S. or those in Europe. With only 30 years of multicultural history, Korea is still in the early stages of developing a fully inclusive society. As a result, many Koreans remain unfamiliar with foreigners, and foreign residents often struggle to assimilate.

Among multicultural youth, those born in Korea may experience identity confusion but generally have little difficulty navigating daily life. However, naturalized youth often face significant challenges due to language barriers and cultural differences, making adaptation particularly difficult.

By leveraging digital tools for language and cultural education, these youth can improve their communication skills, gain cultural understanding, and develop a sense of belonging, ultimately enabling them to integrate more smoothly into Korean society.

Digital Literacy is a key competency for future talents.

In the future, jobs will be polarized by artificial intelligence.

People who are wise and familiar with digital technology will take advantage of artificial intelligence in order to be more productive. Perhaps they will be able to make much more money.

On the other hand, people who are not familiar with digital technology will suffer due to the expanded use of artificial intelligence. They will most likely earn less money even though they are doing more work.

The former group will have substantially more power, which means that the lives of the latter group will depend on their use of artificial intelligence.

It is up to you where you to decide which group you are going to be part of. Your digital literacy ability and knowledge will lead you to a better life.

Digital Literacy education is now a requisite area of study for college students who are preparing to enter society.

Having an eye for opportunities in the digital world, this is the Digital Entrepreneurship! Education is the process of finding the answer to the question of,  ‘How do I live?’

In reality, however, youth education in Korea is overly geared toward college entrance exams. Without including self-reflection before going to college, a growing number of people experience latent adolescent growth ahead of college graduation, or even after getting a job.

The labor market is rapidly changing due to the fourth industrial revolution, which adds to the confusion. It's a time for entrepreneurship, and we aren’t just talking about start-ups. It is the time for everyone to become a giant. This is why entrepreneurship education is necessary.

Entrepreneurship education is not simply about being an entrepreneur, it is about learning the mindset required for entrepreneurship. It's important to plan to find and solve the world's problems and to think about ideas on how to implement those solutions.

In that sense, the recent burst in Makers Education is not really 'Makers' education,' but 'Making education.' It's not about raising people, but about building technological understanding.

It’s now necessary to start entrepreneurship education from the early days of adolescence in order to enable young people to discover, plan, and make progress by creating solutions for the needs of the world.