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Usability and Accessibility Evaluation of South Korean and American Health-Related Websites for the Elderly (노인들을 위한 건강관련 웹사이트의 사용성과 접근성 평가)

  • Park, Eun-Jun;Ko, Ji-Woon
    • Journal of Korean Academy of Nursing Administration
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    • v.16 no.4
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    • pp.475-487
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    • 2010
  • 연구목적: 노인을 위한 건강정보 웹사이트들이 사용성과 접근성을 높이기 위해 지켜야 할 디자인 요소를 어떻게 반영하고 있는지 평가·비교함으로써 개선 방향을 제언하고자 하였다. 연구방법: 국내 및 미국에서 개발된 노인 대상의 건강정보 웹사이트를 각각 9개씩 선정하였다. 근거 기반의 웹디자인 지침서인 Make Your Website Senior Friendly: Checklist와 Research-based Web Design & Usability Guideline을 통합 수정하여 얻은 4개 영역의 평가 항목 48개를 적용해 두 명의 평가자가 선정된 총 18개 웹사이트를 평가하였다. 연구결과: '가독성' 영역 중 서체 선택, 줄 간격, 배경색과 글자색 선택 등은 양호하였으나 국내 웹사이트들 중에는 글자 크기가 조절되지 않는 경우가 빈번하였다. '정보의 표현과 구성' 영역에서 다수의 웹사이트들은 정보 배치 등이 우수하고 소비자 용어를 사용하는 노력을 보였다. 그러나 일부 국내 웹사이트들은 프린트 기능을 제공하지 않거나, 노인들의 저하된 인지 능력을 배려하려는 노력이 부족하였다. '미디어 사용' 영역에서 국내 웹사이트들은 글자 외에 다른 매체를 사용하는 빈도가 미국 웹사이트들에 비해 낮았고, 시청각 매체를 사용할 때는 동일한 내용을 문자로도 볼 수 있도록 하라는 권고안을 준수하지 않았다. '내비게이션과 검색의 용이성'에서는 메뉴나 링크의 명칭이 명확하며, 이용 중에도 쉽게 홈페이지로 돌아갈 수 있도록 구성되었다. 그러나 다수의 국내 사이트들이 사이트맵을 제공하지 않거나, 검색어의 철자오류 등에 대한 배려가 부족하였다. 결론: 국내 웹사이트들은 미국 웹사이트들에 비해 노인들의 사용성과 접근성을 높이는 것으로 밝혀진 연구 근거들을 제대로 반영하지 못하고 있었다. 노인 대상의 인터넷과 웹을 활용한 교육이 지속적으로 증가할 것이므로, 그 효과성을 높이기 위해 간호사들은 정보의 질 뿐만 아니라 디자인 측면의 중요성을 인식하고 실천할 수 있어야겠다.

Issues on Primary Education and Teachers in Cambodia: Implications to Education Development Cooperation (캄보디아 초등교육 및 초등교사 쟁점 분석과 교육개발협력에의 시사점 탐색)

  • Kim, Jin-Hee
    • Korean Journal of Comparative Education
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    • v.27 no.1
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    • pp.77-96
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    • 2017
  • This study seeks to examine current status and issues on primary education environment and teachers in Cambodia, a country that has a poor education environment and low educational achievement I analysed the features and limitation of education. Major findings revealed the primary school students' low accessibility on education and poor competencies and qualification of primary school teachers, which have hindered a quality of education in Cambodia. Central implications were produced to improve the quality of education and training system for primary school teachers. First, sustainability should be embedded from the initial design to the performance evaluation of the projects. Second, we should carry forward a customized training project that can meet the needs of primary school teachers in Cambodia. Third, the Education ODA project should be institutionalized into the national mechanism of the credit accreditation system, including the incentives of participating. Fourth, in-service training should ensure the inclusiveness and accessibility for the disadvantaged in remote areas. Fifth, short-term workshops for teachers should be avoided, but intensive programs including mentoring should be expanded. Finally, we should support the establishment of autonomous teacher- learning communities based on school level across the Cambodia, which could establish the social capital of the teaching profession in a long term.

Analyzing Therapeutic Design Characteristics in the Indoor Atrium of the Outpatient Areas in Children's Hospitals Overseas (해외 어린이병원 외래진료부의 실내 아트리움에 적용된 치유적 계획특성 분석)

  • Seo, Jae-Yeon;Cho, Min-Jung
    • Journal of the Architectural Institute of Korea Planning & Design
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    • v.35 no.9
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    • pp.65-75
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    • 2019
  • This study aims at analyzing the therapeutic design characteristics implemented in the indoor atriums of the outpatient areas in four children's hospitals in London and San Francisco. A mixed-method approach was used to examine the spatial configurations and design elements in the atriums, while a literature review was conducted to understand the therapeutic design characteristics relevant to atrium spaces and children's healthcare facilities. The spatial design and the pattern of use of the atrium in each hospital were studied during field visits and interviews with the hospital management staff. Based on the literature review and the observations from the field study, a Visibility Graphic Analysis was chosen to examine the visibility, accessibility, and intelligibility of the spatial configurations in the atriums of each hospital. In addition, the openness, restfulness, and vibrant ambience of the design elements in the atriums of each hospital were investigated by surveying fifty-two design professionals on the quality of the design elements in the atriums. A spatial configuration analysis, confirmed that all the atrium spaces had high visibility, accessibility, and intelligibility due to their high connectivity, integration, intelligibility, and because the atriums were laid out in the open lobby space, along the major circulation axis, or in the circulation intersection. In the survey of the design element evaluation, all atriums proved to be appropriate in terms of openness, while the adequacy of restfulness and vibrant ambience differed depending on the hospitals. Notably, location and orientation, access, natural light, outdoor view, and play facilities were found significant environmental design elements determining the successful implementation of the therapeutic design in the atriums. The observations from the aforementioned are further discussed to enhance the therapeutic design quality of atrium spaces in children's hospitals.

Evaluative Study of Solar School Project in Kenya and Uganda (솔라스쿨 활용 교육 지원 사업 평가 연구 : 케냐와 우간다의 사례)

  • Suh, Soonshik
    • Journal of Creative Information Culture
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    • v.5 no.3
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    • pp.245-253
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    • 2019
  • To evaluate the achievements of the Solar School Project that has been implemented in twelve African countries since 2013, a case study was implemented in Kenya and in Uganda to investigate networking activities, student accessibility to computers, the frequency of student computer use, the extent to which teaching quality was improved by the enhanced accessibility to ICT-based teaching and learning practices. The results showed the followings. First, Solar Schools have significantly improved the rates of enrollment, transferring, and school attendance. Second, Solar Schools have organized local and invitational training programs to build the capacities of teachers. Third, Solar Schools have facilitated change in neighboring schools and local communities. Fourth, the participants are required to have a clear vision, take ownership of the project, and make a commitment to continuing their individual efforts toward empowerment.

Market Segmentation and Characteristics by Fair Participants evaluation Quality - Based on Korean Medicine-Bio Fair 2014 Jecheon Korea - (박람회 품질평가에 따른 시장세분화 및 특성분석 - 2014 제천한방바이오 방문객 대상 -)

  • Kim, Ki Hyun;Heo, Jun;Yoon, Yoo Shik
    • Korea Science and Art Forum
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    • v.23
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    • pp.17-26
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    • 2016
  • This study was to segment The 2014 Korean Medicine-Bio Fair visitors based on fair quality factors. From the on-site survey at the destination, a total of 308 useful sample were collected and analyzed in SPSS 21.0. From factor analysis, the result shows 5 quality types of 'fair product', 'convenient facilities', 'accessibility', 'promotional information' and 'contents.' Also Three different segmented groups were derived form clusters analysis, which are 'accessibility preference group', 'promotion preference group', and 'high quality preference group.' The result of this study indicated that there were significant differences in demographic, satisfaction and behavioral variables between these three segments. More theoretical and practical implication were discussed in the conclusion section.

An Evaluation and Application Scheme for the Education Homepage By the Web Accessability Guidelines (웹 접근성 지침에 의한 교육용 홈페이지의 평가 및 적용 방안)

  • Jung, Deok-Gil;Lee, Joung-Hun;Lho, Young-Uhg
    • Proceedings of the Korean Institute of Information and Commucation Sciences Conference
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    • 2008.05a
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    • pp.433-437
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    • 2008
  • 최근 인터넷 웹 콘텐츠의 접근성에 대한 표준화의 준수와 웹 접근성 향상을 위한 노력이 정부와 공공기관 그리고 기업까지 확산되고 있다. 이 논문에서는 한국형 인터넷 웹 접근성 지침에 대하여 살펴보고, 웹 접근성 평가도구인 KADO-WAH 프로그램을 다운 받아서 프로그램을 활용하고 일선 학교에서 적용할 수 있는 방안을 제시한다. 또한, 웹 접근성 평가 도구를 활용하여 교육 관련 홈페이지를 웹 콘텐츠 접근성 지침에 따라서 평가하는 방안을 제시한다. 평가 결과에 따라 나타나는 검사 항목 통계 보고서를 토대로 웹 접근성 준수 여부를 분석한다. 마지막으로, 평가 결과 나타난 오류와 경고 항목을 평가보고서에서 요구하는 방향으로 수정하여 교육용 홈페이지의 웹 접근성을 향상시키는 방안을 제안한다.

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The Improvement of Evaluation Tools for Web Accessibility (웹 접근성 평가도구 개선방안)

  • Kim Seong-Ik;Park Myong-Soon
    • Proceedings of the Korean Information Science Society Conference
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    • 2006.06d
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    • pp.148-150
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    • 2006
  • 정보통신의 발달은 사람들의 생활양식을 변화시키고 있지만 정보와 환경의 급속한 발전에도 불구하고 장애인, 노인 등은 정보화 혜택을 제대로 받지 못하여 소외되고 있다. 전 세계에서는 이러한 문제를 직시하고 정보격차를 좁히기 위한 한 방안으로 웹 접근성의 문제를 제기했고 꾸준히 해결점을 찾고 있지만 우리나라의 경우 이에 대한 연구 노력은 부족한 실정에 있다. 본 연구에서는 두 가지의 웹 접근성 평가도구를 선정하여 사이버대학 웹 사이트를 중심으로 웹 접근성을 평가해 보고 그 평가도구를 비교 분석함으로써 개선방안을 제시하였다.

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Widely Tunable Adaptive Resolution-controlled Read-sensing Reference Current Generation for Reliable PRAM Data Read at Scaled Technologies

  • Park, Mu-hui;Kong, Bai-Sun
    • JSTS:Journal of Semiconductor Technology and Science
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    • v.17 no.3
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    • pp.363-369
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    • 2017
  • Phase-change random access memory (PRAM) has been emerged as a potential memory due to its excellent scalability, non-volatility, and random accessibility. But, as the cell current is reducing due to cell size scaling, the read-sensing window margin is also decreasing due to increased variation of cell performance distribution, resulting in a substantial loss of yield. To cope with this problem, a novel adaptive read-sensing reference current generation scheme is proposed, whose trimming range and resolution are adaptively controlled depending on process conditions. Performance evaluation in a 58-nm CMOS process indicated that the proposed read-sensing reference current scheme allowed the integral nonlinearity (INL) to be improved from 10.3 LSB to 2.14 LSB (79% reduction), and the differential nonlinearity (DNL) from 2.29 LSB to 0.94 LSB (59% reduction).

A Study on the Direction-Establishment of Church Building Design by the User Recognizing and Image-Evaluation (인지분석과 이미지평가에 의한 교회건축 방향설정에 관한 연구)

  • Choi, Sung-Yun;Kim, Hwa-Jeong;Han, Kyu-Young
    • Journal of the Korean Institute of Rural Architecture
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    • v.11 no.1
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    • pp.47-56
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    • 2009
  • According to the user recognizing, the propose of this study is to establish the systematic church-design and the plan of rational process. When the plan of church design is rational come out, the local community will be risen and there is the possibility which will raise the essential function of church construction and design. The results from the study are as follow. Firstly, the area of the front-window and the number of the external entrance are correlated with the accessibility of the building. Secondly, the height of a bell-tower is related with the feelings of a tediously and a intimate degree. Thirdly, the ground clearance of the whole surface is correlated with the church-character and the community formation of a local society.

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Deriving Residents' Perception on Public Facilities through the Contingent Valuation Method: focusing on Cultural Center (공공시설에 대한 주민의식과 가상평가에 관한 연구 -문화회관을 중심으로 -)

  • 김한수
    • Journal of the Korean housing association
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    • v.14 no.3
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    • pp.157-164
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    • 2003
  • This study tests the effectiveness of residents' direct evaluation method about the feasibility of cost of public facilities based on their willingness to pay. The main findings are follows. First, residents do not use the public facilities(Cultural Center and Library) frequently. The main reasons are the shortage of complemental supplies, low accessibility, and poor communication to public. Second, the Contingent Valuation Method(CVM) reveals the residents' unwillingness to pay for facilities by agreeing only 46.8% on the cultural center. Third, this study concludes that the CVM is an effective method to measure willingness to pay for public facilities and also an useful tool to aid priority setting in urban planning.