Pyeongtaek Lifelong Learning Center Opens Short-Term Online Courses

[Suwon Ilbo=Reporter Seo Dong-young] The Pyeongtaek Lifelong Learning Center will launch select online courses for its short-term lifelong learning programs beginning on the 25th, which had been postponed or suspended due to COVID-19.

The lectures will be conducted in a video conference format using the non-face-to-face video conferencing application 'Zoom,' enabling two-way communication between instructors and fellow learners.

Participants can attend classes via video from any desired location at designated times using various devices such as smartphones, tablets, or personal computers while communicating with fellow learners.

Two-way participation is possible, rather than one-way lectures in which videos are pre-recorded and uploaded.

The online courses include 10 programs: Table Etiquette Education Specialist, Pyeongtaek Love (Pyeongtaek愛), Heo Jun Oriental Medicine and Herbal School, Lifelong Education Instructor School, Well-Life Coaching, SNS Marketing, and Flower Shop Start-up Support Course. Each program will run for 6 to 14 weeks.

In particular, for the 'Flower Shop Start-up Support Course,' which requires hands-on individual guidance from instructors, the center plans to provide free webcam rentals to learners who do not have webcam support.

Pyeongtaek Mayor Jung Jang-seon said, "Due to COVID-19, the closure of lifelong learning center courses has likely disappointed many people with enthusiasm for learning," and added, "We hope many will take advantage of our well-prepared online courses."