Taiwan Helping the Shift Towards Smart Education Amid COVID-19 Pandemic

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13/May/2020

It has been reported that more than 160 countries have shut down schools and campuses amid the COVID-19 pandemic. As the coronavirus continues to impact the world, as many as 90 percent of students worldwide have been obstructed from attending classes. Issues of such a magnitude has led to a major shift in the realm of education towards smart education.

With decades of innovation and development backed by a strong ICT industry base, Taiwan’s smart education industry is a mature segment comprised of companies offering a diverse range of advanced solutions.

AVer Information, founded in 2008, is a leading developer and manufacturer of education technology and visual collaboration solutions. Its "Mechanical Arm Wireless Interactive Visualizer" is ultra-lightweight and convenient for teachers to carry. Equipped with a 4K 13-megapixel camera and 60fps imaging, which accurately presents teaching materials without missing any of the fine details. It can also function as a network camera to easily facilitate remote teaching. See more at: https://www.aver.com/default.aspx

Delta, founded in 1971, is a global provider of power and thermal management solutions. It is now working with Singapore’s Nanyang Technological University and have created an innovative and open platform for Smart Learning, the DeltaKnEW Academy, which has patented learning experience design to equip professionals and enterprises with the latest Industry 4.0 skills. With both a web version and mobile app, DeltaKnEW Academy enables on-the-job, in the moment and on-the-go learning for workers to embark on a versatile and personalized learning journey for reskilling and upskilling. See more at: https://www.deltaww.com/ 

Based in Taipei, Eyesmedia is a tech company focused on the development of NLP technologies. It implemented a smart campus project with Yunlin County Government at two elementary schools. The project involves establishing a smart parent-teacher communications platform, combining its cloud-based system for students to pay for public transportation, self-service borrow and return books from school library, as well as purchasing from cashless vending machines. See more at: https://www.eyesmedia.com.tw/en/home-copy-2

Innolux, established in 2003, the company has 14 plants in Taiwan possesses a complete production line, making it the world's total display solutions provider offering a full range of large/medium/small LCD panels and touch-control screens. Collaborating with Chromebook, it is now a maker of the 11.6 inches touch screen education notebook. With enhanced power durability and TOD (touch on display) technology adopted, it is considered better for children’s health. See more at: http://www.innolux.com/Pages%2fen%2fIndex_en.html

MiTAC Information Technology, established in 2010, a solution supplier on IoT for cloud system of system integration. Its signature “IDSmart RFID Smart Library Total Solution” accounts for over 75% of the library UHF market in Taiwan. The fully integrated services including assisting with librarian tasks, reader self-service equipment, back-end self-service inventory and sorting equipment. See more at: https://www.mitac.com.tw/index.cfm

 

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***As of today, May 13, the COVID-19 outbreak has resulted in more than 4,293,320 confirmed cases worldwide. As of writing, a total of 440 confirmed cases were reported in Taiwan, with 31 consecutive days of ZERO domestic transmissions, 349 imported cases, 7 deceased cases, 375 cases released from isolation, and the remainder hospitalized in stable condition. See the latest update: https://www.cdc.gov.tw/En