2023, Vol., No.25

The Journal of General Education 2023 KCI Impact Factor : 1.7

pISSN : 2465-7581
https://journal.kci.go.kr/davinci

In this study, we investigated how learners perceive small group cooperative learning in language-related liberal arts courses. The research aimed to explore strategies for the effective implementation of small group cooperative learning in university liberal arts courses. To achieve this, a survey was conducted among 98 students who enrolled in two liberal arts courses related to language offered in the first semester of 2023 at a local four-year university. The results indicated that the majority of learners prefer small group cooperative learning and positively evaluate its educational effect. Specifically, students recognized the advantages of small group cooperative learning, including the expansion of their thinking through diverse exchanges of ideas with peers and the formation of a sense of bonding with fellow learners. Therefore, this study proposes measures to enhance the effective implementation of small group cooperative learning in university liberal arts courses. These measures include fostering motivation, providing ample ice-breaking activities for tension relief, and strengthening the functionality of peer evaluation. This will contribute to the improvement of learners' communication and collaboration skills.

This study sought the direction of humanities education using narrative imagination, focusing on texts that could specifically explore the various problems brought about by the development of AI technology. It is necessary to understand AI technology and learn how to handle it appropriately, but above all, it is important to use it safely and ethically, so we paid attention to the process of critically accepting AI technology and predicting the problems and results it may cause. First, among the various layers of narrative imagination, we looked at the constructive imagination that this study focused on, and discussed the possibility of using interactive storytelling to drive this. Next, we borrowed interactive storytelling and designed a specific direction for artificial intelligence education using narrative imagination. Lastly, the educational implications were examined by analyzing cases where the designed educational direction was applied to actual classes.

The first-year student preliminary college has developed into one of the primary university education programs since the 2000s in Korea. This paper conducts a case study of Soongsil University's first-year student preliminary college program that can be generally applied to domestic universities. First, this paper examines basic programs for first-year students through the example of American universities. Then, it examines the status and characteristics of first-year student preliminary college programs in domestic universities that have developed by applying to American university programs. Next, this paper examines the contents of the first-year student preliminary college program that Soongsil University has implemented since 2011. Since Soongsil University first implemented this first-year student preliminary college program, it has continuously developed in various formats, such as an orientation format, mixes of curricular and non-curricular mentoring format, an online non-curricular mentoring format during the COVID-19 period, and recently, a metaverse format. To find a way to create a student-friendly preliminary college program, this study analyzes the program satisfaction operated by Soongsil University over the past five years, analyzes the contents needed for this program, and seeks developmental measures. Lastly, this paper proposes the first-year student's preliminary college program using metaverse for this new generation, called 'Game Generation.'