Busan is good

Busan Metropolitan City to Strengthen Capacity of Environmental Education Professionals through “Environmental Education with Artificial Intelligence”

내용

Busan Metropolitan City (Mayor Park Heong-joon) announced that it will hold the “2026 Capacity-Building Program for Environmental Education Professionals” over two days, April 21 and April 28, at the Busan Cinema Center in Haeundae-gu, in order to respond to evolving environmental policies and educational demands and to strengthen the capabilities of local environmental education professionals.

This program is hosted by the City and organized by the Busan Metropolitan Environmental Education Center, and has been designed as a practice-oriented training course that can be directly applied in environmental education settings.

In particular, a survey of last year’s program participants showed a high demand for training on the use of artificial intelligence (AI), and this has been reflected in the program design, which consists of a two-day course combining both theory and practice.

On the first day, April 21 (BIFF Hill Lecture Room B), under the theme “Integration of AI and Environmental Education,” lectures will be provided on ▲basic concepts of artificial intelligence (AI) and prompt engineering theory ▲methods for applying AI in environmental education ▲development of customized environmental education programs to respond to the climate crisis.

On the second day, April 28 (BIFF Hill Lecture Room C), hands-on training focused on enhancing practical applicability in the field will be conducted.

The program will include content that can be immediately applied in educational settings, such as ▲sharing the expected outcomes of the Fourth Busan Comprehensive Plan for Environmental Education ▲practical training on producing environmental education videos using artificial intelligence (AI) ▲practical exercises on applying AI to environmental administration tasks.

Approximately 40 environmental educators and environmental education activists working in the Busan area will be selected as participants, and those who complete the program will receive a certificate issued in the name of the Director of the Busan Metropolitan Environmental Education Center.

Lee Byeong-seok, Assistant Mayor of Environment and Water Policy Office, stated, “This program will serve as an opportunity to consider how new educational approaches such as artificial intelligence (AI) can be applied in real-world settings in line with the latest trends in environmental education,” adding, “We will continue to actively support environmental education professionals so that they can flexibly respond to changing educational environments and provide high-quality education to citizens.”