With the rapid advancement of cutting-edge technology, the engineering skills required in industrial settings are becoming increasingly sophisticated and rapidly evolving. However, educational institutions have been facing challenges due to expensive equipment and facilities, making training difficult. To address this, relevant organizations have collaborated to develop and introduce new virtual training content designed to address these challenges.

The Radio Promotion Association (RAPA) Radio Broadcasting and Communications Education Center announced on the 1st that it has developed virtual training and e-learning educational content for education on new digital technologies such as 5G and IoT in collaboration with Korea University of Technology and Education (KTU).

RAPA Radio Broadcasting and Communications Education Center has established a virtual training environment in the radio field based on actual fields utilizing new digital technologies such as 5G and IoT. This project was carried out to resolve difficulties in the field due to the nature of practical training that requires expensive facilities and equipment.

The digital new technology education content is structured around practical processes such as △5G·IoT EMI measurement △electromagnetic wave intensity measurement △spectrum analysis and 5G·IoT measurement △5G mobile communication base station installation △smart manufacturing wireless equipment operation. Additionally, you can train by linking virtual training and e-learning content for each course.

It has been reported that this development of digital new technology education content was a project supported by the Ministry of Employment and Labor, led by Hankuk University of Foreign Studies, and in which RAPA collaborated as a participating institution.
RAPA plans to utilize the developed VR virtual training content as a teaching aid to enhance educational effectiveness in programs such as the Future of Radio Education for Leaders and the National Human Resources Development Consortium's customized broadcasting and communications equipment testing center training program. Hankuk University of Foreign Studies will provide course-specific virtual training and e-learning educational content through its smart job training platform, STEP.

Kim Gu-nyeon, the director of RAPA Radio, Broadcasting, and Communications Education Center, emphasized that “this is customized virtual training content with rare value in the domestic radio field,” and added, “We expect that by developing an education and training program in the radio field using VR, it will be of great help to related specialized high schools and universities, and to those who plan to work in the radio field measurement, testing, and certification work.”

Meanwhile, the Radio Broadcasting and Communications Education Institute has selected detailed training topics in six radio-utilization industries and will begin training in response to the latest trends in 2023. The institute offers courses in smart drones, radio materials and components, autonomous vehicles, 5G and 6G, radio sensing, and energy transmission. With a systematic curriculum encompassing theory, laws, equipment and device practice, simulations, and field trips, it supports the development of practical, working experts.