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A comparative study of contextual techniques : designing for new mobile application concepts (사용자 조사기법간 장-단점 비교 연구 : 휴대폰의 신기능 컨셉 발굴 도구로써의 고찰)

  • Park, Sang-Hyun;Kim, Yeon-Ji
    • 한국HCI학회:학술대회논문집
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    • 2007.02b
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    • pp.165-170
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    • 2007
  • 최근 사용자 중심적 디자인이 제품 설계에 중요한 경영 철학으로 대두되면서, 사용자의 니즈와 요구사항을 제품에 반영하기 위한 다각도의 시도가 이루어지고 있다. 이 중 ethnography 적 조사 방법들은 사용자의 생활 속 경험 데이터에 기반하여 latent 한 니즈를 가시화 하기 위한 도구로써 점차 중요성이 커지고 있는 추세이다. 그리고 이와 관련 조사 방법들은 photo diary, experience sampling method, shadow tracking, contextual inquiry, in-depth interview 등 매우 다양하다. 각각이 조사 방법들은 도출되는 사용자의 생활 데이터 특성, 조사 참가자 조건, 소요 시간, 필요한 조사 참가자의 수 등에 따라 모두 특징이 상이하다. 휴대폰의 시장 cycle을 고려한다면, 휴대폰 도메인에서 이러한 조사 방법을 적용하기 위해서는 조사 목적 및 조사 진행 상황에 맞게 적절히 방법을 선택하여 사용자의 의미 있는 숨은 니즈를 발견하는 것이 매우 중요하다. 그러기 위해서는 각 방법들을 휴대폰의 사용자 조사에 적용하였을 때, 고유의 특징에 의해서 어떤 유용한 정보를 제공할 수 있는지 파악하는 것이 효과적인 조사를 위해 반드시 필요하다. 따라서 본 논문에서는 휴대폰 니즈/신기능 발굴 목적으로 적용된 총 6 가지 조사 방법의 적용 사례를 간략히 소개 하고자 한다. 이를 통하여 기법의 특징을 기술하고, 이에 기반한 기법의 장-단점 비교를 통해 각 방법이 다른 방법 대비 상대적으로 의미있는 데이터를 제공하는 내용은 무엇인지, 어떤 방법들이 함께 쓰였을 때 시너지 효과를 발휘 할 수 있는지, 조사 목적에 따라서 생략될 수 있는 방법과 참가자에게 유용한 데이터를 끌어내기 위해 반드시 수행해야 하는 방법은 무엇인지에 대하여 기술하고자 한다.

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Narrative Inquiry, As a Research Methodology for Library and Information Science (문헌정보학 연구방법으로서의 이야기 - 내러티브 탐구를 중심으로 -)

  • Lee, Hosin
    • Journal of the Korean Society for Library and Information Science
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    • v.49 no.1
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    • pp.149-172
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    • 2015
  • This study is to propose the possibility of narrative or story as a research methodology in the field of library and information science. To do this, I discuss the power and possibility of storytelling as a epistemological method of social science. Later, I look into turn to narrative in western scholarly traditions. And then, I introduced the process and the characteristic of the narrative inquiry as a subject and a methodology of research. I compare to another research methodology, ethnography and phenomenological research. At last, I reviewed the literature which is conducted by the methodology of narrative inquiry in the field of library and information science. I consider the possibility of adaptation of narrative inquiry in the field.

Thrown in a Different World: The Later Lives of Korean Elderly in an American Nursing Home

  • Suh, Eunyoung E.;Park, Yeon Hwan
    • Korean Journal of Adult Nursing
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    • v.19 no.2
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    • pp.329-337
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    • 2007
  • Purpose: Increasing numbers of Koreans have immigrated to the United States since the late 1960s. The first generation of Korean immigrants or their parents become old and institutionalized in American nursing home setting. Although the Korean elders would experience many cultural differences in the nursing home, no study to date has investigated their everyday lives on how they live through their later lives within a different cultural environment from their own. Methods: Using ethnographic methodology, the purpose of this paper was to illustrate Korean residents' experiences and daily lives in a nursing home located in an east coastal city in the U.S. Participant observation, filed notes, semi-structured interviews were utilized by means of data collection. Eighteen Korean residents were observed, and five of them and two nurses participated in informal qualitative interviews. Results: The overriding theme from the findings is "thrown in a different world." Three sub-themes include "constant struggles in making themselves understood", "dealing with culturally inappropriate nursing care," and "maintaining their own ways of life". Conclusions: The discovered themes reflect culturally isolated lives of the participants and open a venue for designing a culturally congruent nursing care for Korean elders living in the U.S. nursing homes.

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An Explorative Research for Possibility of Digitalwear Based on Motion-detective Input Technology as Apparel Product and a Suggestion of the Design Prototypes(I) (동작 인식형(Motion-detective) 디지털웨어(Digitalwear)의 의류 상품화 가능성 탐색과 디자인 프로토타입(Design Prototype)의 제안(I))

  • 박희주;이주현
    • Science of Emotion and Sensibility
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    • v.5 no.1
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    • pp.33-48
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    • 2002
  • This research aimed to (1) study the possibility of DMDI (i.e. ; digitalwear based on motion-detective input technology) as apparel product in young market, (2) to develop appropriate design of DMDI. In part I of this research, a deth-interview method developed on the assumption of design ethnography, and domain analysis were applied to analyze the consumers'latent demands and needs related to DMDI. Based on the result of analysis, the seven feasible applications and six design directions for DMDI were suggested.

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A Study on Process of User Experience Observation for Service Enhancement of Educational Website (교수학습 사이트 서비스 개선을 위한 사용자 경험 관찰 프로세스에 관한 연구)

  • Lee, Kun-Pyo;Lee, Jung-Joo;Seo, Jong-Hwan;Kim, So-Mi
    • 한국HCI학회:학술대회논문집
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    • 2006.02b
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    • pp.474-479
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    • 2006
  • 교수학습 사이트는 교과 교육 지원이라는 특성상 그 서비스 개선에 있어서 사용자 중심적 디자인이 특히 요구된다. 기존 웹사이트 개선 연구는 단순히 웹사이트와 사용자 간의 인터랙션에서 발생하는 문제점에 초점을 맞추어 왔는데 사용자의 근본적인 니즈를 발견하고 만족시키기 위해서는 웹사이트 사용 정황의 이해라는 보다 확대된 개념에서의 접근이 필요하다. 따라서 본 연구에서는 웹사이트의 문제점 발견 및 사용자의 근본적 니즈 파악을 위하여 오프라인과 온라인 환경에 걸친 사용자 경험 관찰 프로세스를 기획하고 교수학습 사이트 서비스 개선을 위해 이를 적용하였다. 사이트 비지팅(Site Visiting), 비디오 에쓰노그라피(Video Ethnography), 사용자 다이어리 및 셀프카메라(User diary and Self camera), 그리고 인터뷰 기법이 현장 조사에서 이용되었으며 원격 사용성 평가 소프트웨어를 활용한 사용성 평가 및 카드소팅 테스트가 온라인 환경에서 진행되었다. 관찰 후 분석을 통해 교수학습 사이트의 새로운 컨텐츠 및 서비스 방향을 도출할 수 있었으며 웹사이트 사용자 경험 관찰 방법론 정립에의 가능성을 제시하였다.

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Analysis of Nursing Researches about Organ Donation and Transplantation in Korea (장기기증 및 이식에 관한 국내 간호연구 동향분석)

  • You, Hye-Sook;So, Hyang-Sook;Kim, Hye-Sook
    • Korean Journal of Adult Nursing
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    • v.20 no.6
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    • pp.895-904
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    • 2008
  • Purpose: This study analyzes the trends of nursing researches about organ donation and transplantation, and recommends the direction of future nursing studies in Korea. Methods: Ninety-nine researches based upon organ donation and transplantation in Korea were analyzed by descriptive statistics. Results: Among them 58 papers were master's theses and 9 were doctoral dissertations. Articles about organ beneficiaries were seventy. The 47 articles among them were for kidney transplantation. By the types of research design, there were 73 quantitative studies, 19 qualitative studies, and 9 methodological studies. In correlation studies, the quality of life of subjects were evaluated the association with stress, social support, self-efficacy, and compliance. In experimental studies, the independent variables were self efficacy promotion exercise, steroid medication, educational programs regarding an organ transplantation and a brain death, DanJeon breathing exercise, and telephone counseling. The methods of qualitative studies were based on the grounded theory, phenomenology, interpretive phenomenology, and ethnography. The dominant concepts of qualitative researches were experiences of a decision-making of donors and of recipients for organ transplantation. Conclusion: Descriptive surveys or correlation studies were predominant on the nursing research about organ transplantation. Qualitative studies were conducted to some extent. It is recommended to conduct clinically applicable interventional researches with the experimental design.

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Interpretation of House Form with Dweller's Life, on the U-type Folk Housing of Minimum Courtyard in Kangwha Island (거주자의 문화를 통해 본 강화도 최소중정형 튼입구자집($\sqcap$형 평면)의 해석)

  • Lee, Hee-Bong;Kwon, Oh-Kyong
    • Journal of architectural history
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    • v.13 no.4 s.40
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    • pp.107-124
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    • 2004
  • The purpose of this study is to understand underlying principle to form the U-type folk house in the northwestern part of Kangwha Island by viewpoint of inner residents. It is found that many factors other than climate are coincidentally affecting the shape of house; Resident's fixed thought like following geomancer' suggestion, seeking fortune, and locating house enclosed low site; Economic reason of uniting one house with two buildings and making small type by used timber from dismantled house; Centralizing life with small courtyard by reason of family type change from extended to nuclear; Influence from L or ㅁ type of upper class building at Seoul area. The method is thick description of culture with ethnographic method from cognitive anthropology: Observing the form and restoring residents' life with open-ended deep interview.

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A Study on User Behavior Analysis for Deriving Smart City Service Needs (스마트시티 서비스 니즈 도출을 위한 사용자 행위 분석에 관한 연구)

  • An, Se-Yun;Kim, So-Yeon
    • The Journal of the Korea Contents Association
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    • v.18 no.7
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    • pp.330-337
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    • 2018
  • Recently, there has been a growing interest in user-centered smart city services. In this study, user behavior analysis was performed as a preliminary study for user - centered smart city service planning. In particular, we will use GIS based location analysis data and video ethonography methodology to derive smart city service direction and needs. In this study, the area of Daejeon Design District selected as the Smart City Test bed was selected as the survey area and the location analysis data of the traffic accident analysis system of the road traffic corporation and the fixed camera We observed user's behavior type and change with image data extracted through the technique. Location analysis data is classified according to the type of accident, and image data is classified into 11 subdivided types of user activities. The problems and specificities observed were analyzed. The user behavior characteristics investigated through this study are meaningful to provide a basis for suggesting user - centered smart city services in the future.

An Activity Theoretical Analysis on the Instrumenatal Orchestration of the Teacher: Focusing on the Calculator-Based Classroom Activities of Gifted Elementary Math Students (교사의 도구적 오케스트레이션에 관한 활동이론적 분석: 계산기 기반 초등 수학 영재 수업을 중심으로)

  • Kang, Young Ran;Cho, Cheong Soo
    • School Mathematics
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    • v.17 no.2
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    • pp.273-287
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    • 2015
  • The purpose of this study was to obtain a deeper understanding of didactic processing in the class that unified with engineering by analyzing on the types of the teacher's instumental orchestration and schematizing it as an activity system. In order to do so, a qualitative study of a 5th grade class for math-gifted students in Y elementary school with ethnography was conducted. Interviews with the students were held and various document data were collected during the participational observation of the class. The collected qualitative data were gone through the analytical induction while the instrumental orchestration of Drijvers, Boon, Doorman, Reed, & Gravemeijer as well as the secondgeneration activity theory of Engestrom were using as the frame of conceptional reference. According to the result of this study, there exist 4 types, such as 'technical demo' 'link screen board', 'detection-exploring small group' and 'explain the screen and technical demo'.

An Ethnographic Approach to Study on Purchasing Behaviors Regarding Preschool Children's Clothes (유아복 구매행동 연구의 에스노그라피적 접근)

  • Lee, Jung-Woo;Kim, Mi Young
    • Journal of the Korean Society of Clothing and Textiles
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    • v.39 no.3
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    • pp.379-393
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    • 2015
  • This study proposes a new way to investigate purchasing behavior for preschool children's clothes using an ethnographic research method. The study consisted of 16 subjects composed of preschool children (aged 6 and 7) and their mothers. The analysis results are as follows. First, the in-depth interviews, indicated 14 attributes that mothers considered when purchasing children's clothes. Next, the result of conducting component analysis for consideration attributes indicated that the order of importance of attributes for mothers' opinions varied partially for some attributes (such as price) that depended on if the child was being raised only by the mother or with the help of another person. Second, in the accompanied shopping for the preschool children's clothes, the result of identifying the differences between the perception of consideration attributes and shopping behaviors confirmed some differences between consideration attributes recognized in the interviews and attributes practically considered when purchasing. Housewives (who were the mothers of girls) said that materials and comfort were the most important in the interviews; however, employed mothers of girls perceived design to be the most important attribute. The mothers of girls assessed design as an important attribute that they could never concede. Third, the children's opinions were found to partially influence mothers' purchasing behavior in the purchase of preschool children's clothes. Preschool children expressed their opinions on wearability and design in the process of wearing clothes at home or buying them outside; subsequently, mothers recognized children's opinions and reflected them in their practical purchases.