Project Background

Korea-ASEAN Special Summit in Jeju island (’09.6.1.~2.)

• The former Secretary-General of ASEAN, Surin Pitsuwan proposed at the summit that with the state-of-art IT technology of Korea, the cyber university could be established to help foster the training program on economy, finance and other business areas.

13th Korea-ASEAN Summit in Hanoi, Vietnam (’10.10.29.)

• The former President of Korea, Myung-bak Lee stated that the proposition of the former Secretary-General of ASEAN, Surin Pitsuwan was well received and being implemented with hope of more cooperation between Korea and ASEAN countries.
• The former Prime Minister of Thailand, Abhisit Vejjajiva expressed his support on ongoing effort from Korea and ASEAN countries to establish the cyber university.

Commencement of ASEAN Cyber University Project & Nomination of Cooperative Institute

• In 2011, it was discussed at a concrete level that e-learning capacity building projects should be further implemented to improve the e-learning centers located in universities from CLMV(Cambodia, Laos, Myanmar, Vietnam) whose infrastructures for e-learning were built as a part of KOICA project.
• In 2012, Seoul Cyber University was nominated as the Secretariat of ASEAN Cyber University Project to enhance the e-learning capacities of the universities from CLMV.

Project Outline

Project Vision

• Mutual Growth & Development of Korea and ASEAN Countries with Cooperation on Online Higher Education

Project Objective

• Exchange of Educational Resources in the Network of Korea-ASEAN Higher Education

Project Plan

• Proliferation of E-learning from the Universities of CLMV to ASEAN Countries
• Development of Case Study from Construction and Utilization of Open Educational Resources(OER)

Project Workflow

Project/Year	Record
KOICA Project (2011)	Construction of E-learning Centers at CLMV Partnering Universities and E-learning Hub in Vietnam Dispatchment of E-learning Expert, Training Workshop on E-learning
ACU Project Committee (2012)	Formation and Operation of ACU Project Steering Committee Signing of MoU of ASEAN Cyber University Network(AUN) Development of Joint Educational Course and Content on E-learning Development of Learning Management System(LMS)
Project Development (2013)	Advancement of LMS Development & Utilization of E-learning Content Increase in the Number of Participating Countries and Member Universities in the Project
Project Activation (2014)	Support and Enhancement of Content Development Capacity in CLMV Stabilization of LMS Korea-ASEAN Joint Research Workshop on E-learning Promotion & Other International Cooperation