• Journal of Digital Convergence
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• v.13 no.12
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• pp.55-62
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• 2015

IT SMEs' product planning, product design, and manufacturing capabilities are of importance to creating their sustainable competitive advantages in the context of digital convergence. However, there have been few empirical studies investigating the relationships among them, which has made this research attempt to model the relationships and empirically test them. Especially, this study divided IT SMEs' product design capability into the product exterior and interior design capabilities and focused on the mediating effects of the product exterior and interior design capabilities between the product planning and manufacturing capabilities. By analyzing the 310 samples of Korean IT SMEs with the ordinary least squares regression analysis, this study has empirically revealed that IT SMEs' product exterior and interior design capability jointly and fully mediate the positive relationship between their product planning and manufacturing capabilities.

• Archives of design research
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• v.19 no.1 s.63
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• pp.283-292
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• 2006

This study developed 'Design Career Aptitude Scale' to help design majoring college students who are seeking their career goals or conflicting to decide their majors. The subscales of the 'Design Career Aptitude Scale' are 'basic job competency', 'basic design competency' and' advanced design competency'. This study further classified the 'basic job competency' and 'basic design competency' into several subareas and defined each concepts. Based upon the classification of each subareas, tentative test items were developed through the verification of validity three times by seven design professionals. A pilot study of the developed scale was administered to 506 design majoring college students. The results by exploratory factor analysis were that the basic job competency was composed of four factors; ability of interpersonal relations, goal-driven ability, problem solving ability and self-developing ability. The basic design competency was composed of five factor, grounding in design, computer skills, material sensitivity, formative ability and color sensitivity. The results can be seen as an adequate, delicate factor structure to represent design aptitude, and also the scale can be a useful tool to the students who are conflicting to decide their majors and careers. The further study needed to validate the scale through the investigation of the relationship with related scales measuring designing ability, and with other criteria-referenced group.

• Journal of the Korean Society for information Management
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• v.23 no.1 s.59
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• pp.5-39
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• 2006

Design discipline requires more specialized and sophisticated information literacy competencies necessary to effectively find and apply the information that students need for their teaming and the future independent designer than are outlined in general information literacy competencies. Therefore, The goals of this study is to identify specific information literacy competencies within the Design Discipline. This research analyzed design-specific core information literacy competencies through the literature analysis on the design goals & curriculum of four domestic universities and the NASAD standards & guidelines and verified those by Delphi Survey. The result showed that design discipline requires commonly 26 specific core competencies in seven broad categories and the these competencies are related to the time for information literacy Instruction. Also, The result analyzed that such majors in design as product design, visual design, need additionally more specialized and detailed competencies with specific focus and that design discipline requires commonly the information literacy competencies about general studies & fundamental ability.

• Journal of Digital Convergence
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• v.16 no.3
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• pp.423-428
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• 2018

The purpose of this study is to suggest the necessity of fostering empathy through design education since elementary education in order to develop human resources required in the artificial intelligence society. First we studied the definition, necessity and the present domestic state of design education. Also studied the elements of empathy, its necessity in the age of artificial intelligence, and how children can enhance empathy. Finally, we researched cases of design and empathy education abroad. In conclusion, the Nordic countries have developed social innovations through design and high levels of empathy. Also, design education in the form of playing with the process of communication, discussion and cooperation is important. Based on this study, we hope various design education programs develop that can foster empathy.

• Journal of The Korean Association of Information Education
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• v.22 no.4
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• pp.427-438
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• 2018

The purpose of this study is to analyze the effect of SW education applying CSCL based design thinking on elementary school students' creativity and problem solving skills. The study was conducted on 28 elementary school students in grades 4,5,6 participated in J university-sponsored educational donation program during the winter break. A SW education program based on design thinking was developed and applied to experimental group. First, we conducted a pre-test to check creativity and problem solving skills. After that, SW education program applying CSCL-based design thinking was conducted for 42 hours. Finally, post-test was conducted to examine creativity and problem solving skills. As a creativity test tool, the TTCT pattern test forms A and B of Torrance were used and analyzed. As the problem solving skills test tool, the problem solving skills test for the elementary school students developed as a life-ability measurement tool were used and analyzed. As a result of the verification, it was found that SW education applying design thinking was effective in improving elementary school students' creativity and problem solving skills.

• Proceedings of the Korea Society of Design Studies Conference
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• 1999.10a
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• pp.4-5
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• 1999

21세기 디자인 교육의 중요한 과제는 다원화되어 가는 미래의 정보 및 국제사회에서 다양하고 독특한 문화를 창조하는 창의적인 인간을 양성하는 일이며 유능한 예비 디자이너로서 타고난 재능과 독창적인 조형표현의 잠재성을 충분히 발휘시킬 수 있도록 다양하게 계획하는 것이라고 할 수 있다.(중략)

• Archives of design research
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• v.15 no.4
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• pp.223-230
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• 2002

As evolution of multimedia technology brings changes to industries concerned with design, new education program is needed to cultivate designers with abilities which are adapted to changed circumstance. This paper is purposed to show guideline to set up a fundamental course for multimedia design in which students know what are new presentation modes and learn how to use them, Multimedia design call for abilities of organizing information, representing, and implementing interactivity. Among them, fundamental course considers representing information as central subject. And it also contains lessons which are relative to proceeding courses. It should have students to experience creative composition and various expressions, and study cognitive or aesthetic effects of them. All activities are based on the understanding about presentation factors and principles. Basic course's lessons are composed by two main subjects, which are essential expression and matters relative to organization and interactivity. Described in detail, lessons are divided into three phases. First phase is combining presentation factors for affective effects, second is delivering message of various knowledges and third is forming simple interaction.

• Journal of Digital Convergence
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• v.20 no.4
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• pp.321-331
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• 2022

In order for visual design graduates to meet corporate requirements, it is necessary to develop a complete ncs system in the field of visual design like developed countries. The purpose of this study is to analyze students' self-evaluation, corporate job needs, and school education methods, and to develop vocational competency standards in China's visual design by referring to the national vocational competency standards in Korean visual design. The research method is to analyze the education system of the Department of Visual Design at a university in Jiangsu Province, China, survey graduates of the Department of Visual Design, and develop national vocational standards in China by referring to job requirements of Chinese visual design companies. Analyzing this, the research results suggested a development plan for the national vocational competency standard in the field of visual design in China.

• Journal of the International Relations & Interdisciplinary Education
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• v.2 no.1
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• pp.29-41
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• 2022

In recent years, visual design has become an emerging industry that creates production value in various countries, and visual design teachers have become a key factor affecting the development of designers and even the trend of the design industry. Therefore, the requirements for the ability of visual design teachers have become particularly important. This study takes the visual communication teachers in colleges and universities as the research object. Focus on the composition of competencies that teachers have when performing their duties. First of all, through document sorting, it is based on the five aspects of knowledge ability, teaching ability, practical ability, management ability and professional ethics. A Likert scale questionnaire was developed on the evaluation of visual design teachers' competencies by interviewing 10 visual design industry experts and conducting two Delphi method interviews. This research refers to the relevant literatures such as curriculum research and teaching objective research of design major, and discusses the evaluation standards of visual design teachers' abilities in colleges and universities. Expert interviews have sorted out 12 criteria and 36 sub-criteria about visual design teachers' abilities, and verified their rationality through expert return visits. The establishment of this evaluation standard provides a certain theoretical basis for visual design teachers' ability evaluation and self-cognition.

• The Journal of the Korea Contents Association
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• v.18 no.4
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• pp.406-415
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• 2018

The purpose of this study was to analyze the effectiveness of Capstone Design Program on creative leadership, problem solving ability and critical thinking of nursing students. The subjects of 18 experiment groups taking course in nursing capstone design of U university in P city and 20 control group of K university in G city. Data were collected before and after nursing capstone design class using self-reported questionnaire. Students Creative leadership and problem solving ability showed significant showed improvements after the Capstone Design Program. Creative leadership, Problem solving ability and critical thinking was positively correlated and then Problem solving abilities appeared to be higher improved critical thinking. Therefore, it is recommended that sufficient repetitive practice is to be made in order to improve Creative Leadership, Problem solving ability and critical thinking.