• Journal of the Korean Institute of Traditional Landscape Architecture
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• v.42 no.3
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• pp.1-12
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• 2024

The purpose of this study is to explore the aesthetic nature and significance of the use of plants in gardens during the Northern Song Dynasty. At that time, literati believed that nature contained truth, lived near gardens, and realized the truth of life in gardens. By analyzing the poet Su Shi's (Su Dongpo) aesthetic orientation towards peony flowers, we hope to elucidate his landscaping ideas. In terms of oriental aesthetics, the peony flower is a plant that is both unique and characterized by a myriad of ideas and emotions. Therefore, by examining the garden plant peony as a part of the landscape with infinite sensibilities and aesthetic interests, this study can understand Su Shi's literary characteristics and aesthetic vision, which grasp the aesthetic characteristics of the Confucian scholars of the Song Dynasty and the aesthetic connotations of garden plants. This study aims to categorize and explore Su Shi's peony culture, with a view to arousing a strong interest in the traditional Chinese garden floriculture embedded in Chinese gardens. The in-depth study of plant culture provides a strong theoretical support for the creation of garden landscapes that has reference value for the construction and design of garden plants. In addition, while discovering the historical and cultural connotations of other gardens, it is also of great significance in understanding the aesthetic and cultural landscapes of related plants.

• Journal of Internet Computing and Services
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• v.25 no.5
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• pp.171-182
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• 2024

This study aims to explore the scholarly advancements and research trends of living labs, highlighting their role as a strategic approach for addressing community challenges and driving innovation in public services through a systematic investigation of domestic academic research. A total of 510 research papers published between 2012 and 2024 were analyzed, focusing on unstructured data such as titles, abstracts, and keywords. Using text mining techniques, the underlying themes were systematically extracted and refined through Latent Dirichlet Allocation(LDA) topic modeling and semantic network analysis, leading to the identification of five core themes: 'Smart cities and participatory innovation', 'Community welfare and social innovation', 'User-driven field-Based innovation', 'Educational innovation linked to community issues', and 'Enhancement of quality of life, culture, and youth welfare'. Each theme was named based on high-frequency terms within topic clusters and further verified through a detailed literature review, ensuring the thematic categories accurately reflect the focus of the papers. Semantic network analysis further revealed the structural interconnections between keywords, adding depth to the understanding of their unique characteristics. The findings present a comprehensive view of the research landscape in living lab studies, highlighting thematic convergence and divergence across various scholarly focuses. This study provides actionable insights for academics and policymakers, suggesting that living labs can serve as a strategic framework for solving regional challenges, enhancing community resilience, and integrating digital solutions into public services and lays the foundation for future research and policy initiatives aimed at leveraging living labs for sustainable community innovation.

• Journal of Platform Technology
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• v.11 no.6
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• pp.56-67
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• 2023

The increased demand for electronic components, spurred by the Fourth Industrial Revolution and the COVID-19 pandemic, has facilitated human life but also escalated the production of e-waste. Discussions on the impact of e-waste have primarily revolved around environmental, health, and social issues, with global legislations focusing on addressing these concerns. However, e-waste poses unique security risks, such as potential technological and personal information leaks, unlike conventional waste. Current discourse on e-waste security is notably insufficient. This study aims to empirically analyze the relatively overlooked trends in e-waste security, employing three methodologies. Firstly, it assesses the general trend in discussions on e-waste by analyzing year-wise documents and media reports. Secondly, it identifies key trends in e-waste security by examining documents on the subject. Thirdly, the study reviews national security guidelines related to e-waste disposal to assess the necessity of designing security strategies for e-waste management. This research is significant as it is one of the first in korea to address e-waste from a security perspective and offers a multi-dimensional analysis of e-waste security trends. The findings are expected to enhance domestic awareness of e-waste and its security issues, providing an opportunity for proactive response to these security risks.

• Journal of the Korean Institute of Landscape Architecture
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• v.52 no.4
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• pp.45-55
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• 2024

This study aims to distinguish between utilitarian walking and leisure walking activities and analyze the correlation between these types of walking and the walking environment. To measure the walking environment, we utilized Google Street View (GSV) and employed semantic segmentation deep learning techniques to quantitatively assess urban walking environment elements as perceived by pedestrians. A survey was conducted to measure utilitarian walking, leisure walking, and perceived walking environment satisfaction, collecting valid responses from 192 participants. Using the survey data, we visualized utilitarian walking, leisure walking, and perceived walking environment satisfaction, and analyzed the correlation between these variables and the walkability scores. The results indicated that leisure walking had a significant positive correlation with walkability (Pearson's r = 0.121, p-value = 0.012), while there was no significant correlation between utilitarian walking and walkability (Pearson's r = 0.093, p-value = 0.055). These findings suggest that people prioritize mobility efficiency over the walking environment for utilitarian walking, whereas the quality of the walking environment significantly influences the frequency of leisure walking. Based on these results, the study proposes specific strategies to improve the walking environment around residential areas to promote leisure walking. These strategies include creating vertical gardens or various forms of three-dimensional gardens on narrow walkways and improving sidewalk design. The findings of this study can contribute to promoting leisure walking by creating walk-friendly environments, ultimately enhancing urban sustainability and the quality of life for residents.

• Journal of the Korean Society of Earth Science Education
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• v.17 no.2
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• pp.181-193
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• 2024

Summative assessment provides information on how well students have achieved learning objectives, making the development of high-quality assessment items essential for accurate evaluation. This is one of the competencies that teachers must possess. This study aims to analyze summative assessment items created by pre-service elementary teachers, examining their intentions and the difficulties encountered in the item development process. The study involved 45 second-year students enrolled in an elementary teacher training university. They were grouped into teams of three and tasked with developing ten items, documenting the purpose of each item, the answer key, and the challenges faced during item creation. The collected summative assessment items were analyzed using a two-dimensional purpose classification table that includes Klopfer's taxonomy of educational objectives. The intentions behind the summative assessments and the difficulties faced during item development were inductively organized and analyzed through qualitative data analysis. The results revealed that pre-service elementary teachers adequately reflected scientific content elements but did not evenly cover assessment domains. The most challenging aspect for them was adjusting the difficulty level. Although they considered most factors that should be taken into account during item development, these considerations were not reflected in the actual items. These findings suggest that knowledge and experience are crucial in developing summative assessment items, and systematic lectures are necessary for pre-service elementary teachers.

• Journal of Christian Education in Korea
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• v.78
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• pp.137-151
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• 2024

Purpose of Research: This study aims to gain insights into the direction of multicultural faith community education, which is a part of multicultural Christian education that contemporary Korean churches should establish, based on the holistic mission practices of missionary Elizabeth J. Shepping. Research Content and Method: The study begins with a brief overview of the life of missionary Elizabeth J. Shepping, who experienced multicultural living in various countries, highlighting the prepared professional missionary within the context of her time. The study then examines the details of her holistic mission practices as a professional missionary. The direction of multicultural faith community education in Korea is explored by understanding the background and research trends of multicultural Christian education that Korean society and the Korean church are currently facing. Practical aspects, supplementary points, and directions for the future implementation of multicultural faith community education in the Korean church are also proposed. Results and Conclusions: In conclusion, This study emphasizes multicultural faith community education as a component of the pastoral paradigm that the Korean church needs to improve. Four practical directions are proposed: first, education for holistic service; second, education for social and public practice; third, implementation of public service education linked to the local community; and fourth, activation of dedicated service departments and training of professional leaders. However, the study acknowledges a limitation in not providing specific practical programs for multicultural faith community education suitable for the Korean church context. Continuous research is necessary through various supplementary points in the future.

• Journal of Environmental Impact Assessment
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• v.33 no.5
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• pp.252-276
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• 2024

The review of environmental impact assessment reports is a crucial process to ensure the expertise and objectivity of the content and procedures of Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA). Since the amendment of the Environmental Impact Assessment Act in 1997, a single national research institute has independently and exclusively supported this role based on legal grounds. In 2021, in an effort to secure a more diverse range of review opinions, there was a movement towards decentralization and diversification of review institutions. However, concerns have been raised about the limitations in the independence and consistency of these review opinions. Meanwhile, with the introduction of OpenAI's ChatGPT in November 2022, the use of generative artificial intelligence (AI) has increased, becoming common in daily life, work, and research. This has led to discussions about the potential use of generative AI to leverage existing EIA review capabilities and ensure a balanced range of opinions from the recently decentralized and diversified institutions. This study aims to propose a pilot implementation and future methodological and institutional expansion of generative AI to support the review of environmental impact assessment reports. To achieve this, a generative AI system was initially developed and tested to support the review of content related to Health Impact Assessment within the EIA framework. The practical applications of this pilot system were documented. Additionally, by specifying the procedures, content, and stakeholders involved in the EIA review process, this paper suggests considerations for its expansion from both methodological and institutional perspectives.

• Journal of Christian Education in Korea
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• v.75
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• pp.103-125
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• 2023

This study aims to explore the direction and tasks of Christian unification education as peace education. To this end, after examining the historical trend of peace education and unification education in Korea, the tasks of peaceful unification education are reviewed. Peace education has expanded with the activation of peace movements and educational discourse starting from civil society, while unification education has been planned in accordance with the government's unification and North Korea policy and is moving toward the field of education practice. However, due to the nature of unification education that aspires for peace, the combination of the two fields has continued steadily, and research on peace unification education has been continuously conducted. The direction and tasks of Christian unification education as peace education were proposed based on the tasks of peace unification education derived through prior research analysis and the trend of the times in the two areas to carry out the research purpose. For the sustainability of peace on the Korean Peninsula, Christian unification education as a peace education should aim to foster peaceful citizens who take the lead in transitioning from a culture of violence to a culture of peace. To this end, first, it is necessary to seek the direction of Christian education for the dissolution of the antagonist image. Second, activities that guarantee learners' subjectivity and autonomy should be carried out away from the top-down method in teaching and learning. Third, a curriculum connected to daily life should be formed.

• Journal of Christian Education in Korea
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• v.76
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• pp.51-71
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• 2023

Purpose of study: Recognizing the importance of securing professionalism in church education in the context of the serious problem of church eucation in the Korean church today, this study aims to reveal the problems of current church education and suggest alternatives for solving the problems. Research content and method: The Korean church is facing crises. One of the crises is the decline in church membership and worship attendance. Another, more fundamental problem is the crisis of church education, where the number of students in Sunday schools is plummeting, and many young people are leaving the church. Many of them are questioning the quality of church education leaders. The decline and demise of Sunday schools does not bode well for the future of the Korean church. What the church needs to do to address these issues is to build up educational professionals. Leadership and professionalism are critical issues. Until now, the needs of church education in the Korean church have relied on dedication and life mission rather than professionalism. And these criteria were enough. It has been 34 years since the October 1989 resolution of the General Assembly of the Christian Church in Korea to establish a system of educators. However, little progress has been made and the system has not been changed to a system of educators. One of the ways to solve this problem is for the Korean church to prepare for the future of the Korean church by utilizing educators for church growth and the restoration of Sunday schools. Conclusions and Suggestions: For the function, mission, and purpose of the church, the system of educators is requested to be established in the Korean church as soon as possible to fulfill the professional church education and educational pastoral mission. In response to this call, current Korean church education needs to change and innovate. The direction of innovation is professional education, which means that there is a need and urgency for professional educators qs church education leaders.

• Journal of the Korean Society for information Management
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• v.41 no.3
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• pp.331-358
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• 2024

In the rapid digital transformation era, kiosks have become a common element in daily life. However, their widespread deployment has introduced new challenges for socially marginalized groups, including individuals with disabilities and the elderly. This study aims to evaluate the usability of kiosks for individuals with low vision and propose improvement strategies. The study was conducted with eight low-vision university students from A University in Gyeongsangbuk-do and four non-disabled university students from Daegu. Usability was assessed through experiments involving a self-service certificate issuance kiosk and a fast-food restaurant kiosk, using Jakob Nielsen's five usability evaluation criteria: learnability, efficiency, memorability, error prevention, and satisfaction. The results revealed that individuals with low vision faced significant difficulties with small text size, low contrast, no physical buttons, and lack of screen zoom functionality. To address these issues, the study recommends enhancements such as increasing text size and contrast, incorporating physical buttons, adding zoom functionality, ensuring consistent UI design, and providing auditory feedback. This study provides foundational data for enhancing information accessibility for individuals with low vision. It offers critical insights into kiosk design and policy recommendations, thereby contributing to the mitigation of the digital divide.