• Journal of the Korea Convergence Society
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• v.11 no.4
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• pp.109-118
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• 2020

In recent years, the needs of consumers for personality and personalized clothing are increasing. Knitting machines, which produce clothing by the user at low cost, are a good way to meet consumer demand. However, the user is having difficulty in using the knitting machine pattern program, which is a software program, independently of the operation of the knitting machine. Therefore, this study conducted a literature review prior to the empirical research and evaluated the usability by selecting three kinds of frequently used knitting machine pattern programs as research subjects. Based on the nine usability evaluation principles derived from expert group discussions, the study found that the needs of users for nine evaluation principles: visibility, conciseness, operability, consistency, accuracy, flexibility, intuition, error recognition, and supplementary explanation (The purpose of this study is to identify the direction and alternatives of usability improvement for the interface of the knitting machine pattern program.

• Journal of the Korea Convergence Society
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• v.11 no.3
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• pp.187-194
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• 2020

This paper is a study to improve the usability due to the commercialization of open source-based knitting machines. Based on the analysis, FGD was conducted to derive considerations and to evaluate the evaluation factors based on the derived contents. Based on the evaluation principles derived, tasks were created for each UI (user interface) situation to measure execution time and error frequency. The analysis results show that model C has the highest user-friendliness in terms of learning, conciseness, cognitive fitness, convenience, state maintainability, and intuition. Ease of use will be improved.

• Journal of the Korea Convergence Society
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• v.10 no.12
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• pp.199-204
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• 2019

This study was designed to identify the expected effects and implications of STEAM education using open source-based knitwear to be designed as an open source task in the future by analyzing the current status, trends and case studies of domestic and foreign STEAM education using open source widely used in various fields. As a research method, the theoretical examination was conducted based on the literature research, and the current status and trend of STEAM education using open source at home and abroad were investigated and analyzed. As a result, the social interest in STEAM education using open source was confirmed to be increasing, and the education was designed for the purpose of generating interest, self directed learning ability, and creative thinking development, and the positive effects of the education were visible. Based on these implications, the expected effects of using an open source made knitter are presented and the design direction and significance of the STEAM training to be designed in the future are reviewed.