전문대학 웹툰 분야 성인학습자 평생교육 현황 및 사례 연구－서울지역 성인학습 교육 사례를 중심으로

Abstract

The decrease in the school-age population due to rapid population change is having a great impact on the education field. For this reason, each university, especially junior college, is implementing intensive restructuring, and the government is also demanding the transition to lifelong education for adult learners and higher vocational education that is international student-friendly to strengthen the competitiveness of junior colleges. Meanwhile, as the labor market undergoes rapid changes due to population change, the 4th industrial revolution, and the pandemic, the number of adult learners looking for new jobs is increasing. Now, in junior colleges, the transition of the lifelong education system for adult learners is not an option, but survival. Therefore, in this paper, the current status of lifelong education in the webtoon field and lifelong education in junior colleges operated in Seoul was investigated and cases were analyzed, and the summary is as follows. Lifelong learning in Seoul is conducted at lifelong learning centers or institutions in each ward, and the subjects often included elementary, middle, and high school students. In addition, the Imagination BIZ platform operated by Seoul provides webtoon education for the general public, but the subjects were limited to young creators aged 19 to 30. Finally, looking at the case of lifelong education at universities in Seoul, some universities' lifelong education centers operate webtoon curriculum as one of the degree programs linked to the credit banking system. However, Hanyang Women's University operates webtoon education for adult learners as part of the HiVE project. As in the case of Hanyang Women's University, lifelong education for adult learners at junior colleges is highly likely to be incorporated into regular courses in the future. In preparation for this, it is necessary to establish an education system by grasping the characteristics of adult learners in the field of webtoon at junior colleges. To this end, it is necessary to introduce the first certification system in the webtoon field to motivate adult learners, and the second is to educate various jobs in the webtoon field to switch from creator-centered education to education that allows various jobs.