• Journal of the Korea Society of Computer and Information
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• v.14 no.2
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• pp.59-68
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• 2009

This paper aims to explore the factors of learner's flow and to develop and validate a scale to measure the flow in Massive Multiplayer Online Role Playing Game(MMORPG) for education. First of all, potential factors were drawn through literature review. The potential stage comprises 6 factors(learner's psychological characteristics, learner's skill, importance of game, environment for learner, instructional design, and instructional environment) and 16 subfactors. With total 48 items developed. a survey was carried out among 293 elementary learners who had been participating in a commercial MMORPG for English skills to measure their flow in the MMORPG by utilizing the potential scale. Using the responses collected from 288 respondents, exploratory factor analysis, reliability analysis, and confirmatory factor analysis were performed. The expository factor analysis showed that items within each sub-factors could be bound into one factor. That is, the variables evaluating learner's flow were divided into six factors(learner's psychological characteristics, learner's skill, importance of game, environment for learner, instructional design, and instructional environment). And these factors were interpreted consisting of 16 sub-ones. Reliability estimates indicated that the evaluation tool had good internal consistency. The confirmatory factor analysis did confirm the model suggested by the expository factor analysis. Over fit measures(CFI, NFI, NNFI) showed the good suitability of the model. Findings of this study confirmed the validity and reliability of the scale to measure learner's flow in MMORPG.

• Journal of Fisheries and Marine Sciences Education
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• v.23 no.1
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• pp.116-125
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• 2011

In this study, a survey research was conducted on government employees in Busan Metropolitan City to identify the influence of cyber education factors (learning factor, learner factor, and learning system factor) on the preference for government employee cyber education offered by the government always learning system. Analyzed results, recognition of learning factor, learner factor, and always learning system were shown to have significant influence on the preference for cyber education, but no indication of influence by always learning support. This study intends to assist stimulating voluntary participation in cyber education and active commitment in learning activities through improving learning effect and fortifying convenient informatization education, with regard to activation of cyber education and improved preference for cyber education.

• Journal of Fisheries and Marine Sciences Education
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• v.23 no.1
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• pp.13-22
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• 2011

The purpose of this study was to development and validation of the 'course evaluation' scale for learner-centered in university. The research collected preliminary data from 1,567 university students's responses for item and scale quality analyses, and collected 2,539 university students's for item and scale quality analyses, and 300 university professors's responses for validation. Data were analyzed to obtain item quality, reliability, and validity analysis. The results of the study were as follows; The 'course evaluation' scale for learner-centered in university was defined by 5 factors. The 5 factors were structure and sincerity of lecture, suitability of report and test, level of consulting for student, application of educational media, communication. The results of the confirmatory factor analysis confirmed five sub-scales in the 'course evaluation' scale for learner-centered in university scale. Criterion-related validity evidence was obtained from the correlation analysis as the criterion measures. Cross validity evidence was obtained from the confirmatory factor analysis in university professors.

• English Language & Literature Teaching
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• v.17 no.1
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• pp.191-208
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• 2011

The quantitative study investigated perceptions of evaluative criteria in L2 writing between two groups - learners (N=212) and instructors (N=52) in Korea. Specifically, the purpose of the study is (1) to examine learners' and instructors' perceptions on evaluative criteria in L2 writing and to provide empirical evidence concerning how they respond to a list of them and (2) to ultimately devise appropriate rating criteria applicable to an EFL context like Korea. Analyses of evaluative criteria were conducted using factor analysis and yielded the following results: learner and instructor groups perceived the evaluative criteria differently and weighted them in a different way. For the learner group, the combined elements of grammar and language in use were identified as Factor 1 and mechanics as Factor 2. The results may infer that learners' response patterns are primarily linked to their instructors' writing practice in class, which may largely focus on grammatical knowledge based on lexical use and mechanical accuracy. Similarly, the instructor group acknowledged grammatical knowledge as Factor 1 and lexical use as Factor 2. The first two factors found in both learner and instructor groups indicate that in an EFL context like Korea, the form-then-content way of teaching and learning is still being considered more effective in L2 writing than any other method. Taking into consideration these perceptive similarities and differences between learners and instructors, the categories of evaluative criteria in writing include content and organization, grammar, mechanics, language in use, and flow of the essay, respectively.

• English Language & Literature Teaching
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• v.13 no.3
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• pp.227-251
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• 2007

The development and use of computer mediated communications (CMC) as a tool for teaching and learning English has grown considerably in recent years. The purpose of this study is to investigate factors related to learners' participation, achievement, and satisfaction in EFL classes using web-based bulletin boards. The total number of 77 university students participated in this study. Three domains and eight independent variables investigated in this study were a learner-related domain (attitudes toward CMC, intrinsic motivation, extrinsic motivation, attitudes toward writing), an interaction-related domain (student-student interaction, teacher-student interaction), and an environmental domain (physical support and design of the web site). In order to determine interrelation of variables correlation analysis and multiple regression analysis were used. The results of this study showed that the factors predicting a learner's participation were instrumental motivation, attitudes toward writing, and teacher-student interaction. The factors explaining a learner's achievement were learner's participation and attitudes toward writing, and the factors predicting a learner's satisfaction were integrative motivation, student-student interaction, teacher-student interaction, physical support and learner's participation.

• Journal of Korea Society of Digital Industry and Information Management
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• v.5 no.1
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• pp.127-139
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• 2009

Recently a rapid development of Information Technology including Internet have brought new way of education such as Distance education, Cyber University, Home Schooling and so on. This change of education have also brought about the change of a tool and medium for education. It is a using multimedia contents in education. Using the multimedia learning contents on line education is considered as one of new way of education and expected to bring learner's better performance. Therefore, it's necessary to research online education contents and its design. In this paper, we discussed how the multimedia contents should be designed to help to reinforce what the learner have learned and researched a critical factor of online contents to effect on learner's better performance.

• The Journal of Korean Association of Computer Education
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• v.7 no.2
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• pp.47-56
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• 2004

The purpose of this study was to investigate the effect of learner's characteristics on the student's achievement in Information Communication Technology (ICT) teaching-learning environment. The subjects of this study were a total of 140 8th students in middle school in Taejeon province. The methods of teaching were the ICT teaching-learning, Academic achievement test. the learning style inventory. self-concept test and cognitive style test were used as the instruments to determine the effect. Such statistical analyses as the pearson co-relation, multi regression and t-test through SPSS WIN version 11.0 were used to determine the relationship between learner's characteristics and student's achievement. The results of this study were as follows: first, learner's emotional and social factor of learning style influenced positively the student's academic achievement in ICT teaching-learning environment. Second. learner's academic factor of self-concept had an positive influence on the student's academic achievement in ICT teaching-learning environment. Third, there were differences of student's academic achievements according to the student's cognitive style in ICT teaching-learning environment.

• Journal of Korea Society of Digital Industry and Information Management
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• v.16 no.3
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• pp.83-94
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• 2020

The threat of COVID-19 pandemic put many universities in Korea to develop and implement various types of untact online classes. Online education has been recognized as one of the effective educational methods because of its ubiquitous and flexible educational environments. However quick move to online education caused by the sudden attack of the COVID-19 led to many problems such as faculty's burden and stress from the planning and designing suitable for online classes, technology system problems for both students and faculty and students' complaints of the low quality of education. The primary purpose of this study is to investigate the effects of learner, contents, and instructor factors on college student satisfaction with untact online classes during the first attack of COVID-19 pandemic. The data were collected from 605 undergraduate students of S women's university based in Seoul, who took the untact online classes in the spring semester 2020. The results of empirical analysis reveal that only contents factor are likely to predict learner satisfaction. These findings provide insights that the effective planning and designing classes are key to enhancing learner satisfaction with online education. This study suggests that instructors need various contents developed and educational strategies for students.

• Informatization Policy
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• v.22 no.2
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• pp.75-92
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• 2015

The purpose of this study was to analysis about the relationship among Cyber Home Learning System(CHLS) circumstance, learner construct, learning satisfaction in elementary school students. Base on the selected data which was gathered from Chungbuk & Deajeon elementary schools, Structural Equation Modeling was used to examine the relationship between factors. The main results of the research were as follow : First, CHLS circumstance factor was more effective on the CHLS satisfaction than CHLS learner construct. In CHLS circumstance factor, 'service' factor was more influential variable. Second, there is high correlation between CHLS circumstance factor and CHLS learner construct. In CHLS satisfaction, 'contents and design' factor was more influential variable. Third, the model fit, = 624.945 (p<.001), RMR .020, GFI .929, AGFI .878, NFI .927, CFI .930, RMSEA .102 was relatively satisfied with the standard using structural equation model. As based on this results, CHLS in elementary education needs elaborate circumstance for the effective achievement.

• Journal of the Korea Society of Computer and Information
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• v.26 no.12
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• pp.299-307
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• 2021

As the COVID-19 pandemic spread around the world, more and more universities are conducting real-time distance video lectures using ZOOM, Webex, and MS Teams. This study attempts to identify the factors influencing learner satisfaction of real-time distance video lectures. Based on the existing research, it was composed of five elements (system factor, content quality, interaction, self-direction, and learning motivation) as learner satisfaction elements of real-time distance video lectures. As a result of analyzing the structural equation model of 160 effective questionnaires by conducting a survey of college students in the metropolitan and Chungcheong areas, it was found that three factors (interaction, self-direction, and learning motivation) influence learner satisfaction. Real-time distance video lectures are expected to continue to expand in the future. Therefore, universities should continuously increase learner satisfaction through the development and evaluation of real-time distance video lecture satisfaction models.