Roles of Autonomous Motivation, Individualism, and Instructor Support in Student-Centered Learning in South Korea and the United States

( Eunbae Lee ),( Timothy D. Baird ) 한국교육공학회 2021 Educational Technology International Vol.22 No.2

It is commonly understood that students’ autonomous motivation and individualistic orientations and instructors’ autonomy support are important for student-centered learning (SCL). However, few studies have examined this assumption. To help researchers and practitioners design more engaging SCL experiences across diverse cultural contexts, this study examines the associations of these factors with SCL engagement and how these associations compare in different cultures. University students in South Korea and the United States participated in a bold SCL assignment, called Pink Time, in which students decide what and how they learn. Linear, multivariate models were estimated in each context to identify and compare relationships between SCL engagement and student characteristics and perceptions. We found that engagement was high in both contexts. Autonomous motivation, individualism, and perceived instructor support each had significant associations with SCL engagement in South Korea. In the US, which had a smaller sample size, only perceived instructor support was significantly associated. These findings suggest that SCL strategies can be effective across cultures. Also, the narrower classroom context, specifically instructors’ support, may be a stronger driver of engagement than the broader societal context. This study contributes to the scholarly discussion regarding SCL in diverse settings and offers several implications for instructors.

Examining Undergraduate Students` Engagement with Student-Centered Learning Using the Design Framework of Own it, Learn it, and Share it

( Eunbae Lee ) 한국교육공학회 2015 한국교육공학회 학술대회발표자료집 Vol.2015 No.2

While higher education increasingly integrates innovative student-centered learning (SCL), there is a dearth of research about undergraduate students’ engagement with such learning approaches. Through mixed methods approach in the spirit of design-based research, this empirical study examined students’ engagement with SCL and the effectiveness of the design framework, Own it, Learn it, and Share it (OLSi). OLSi aims to enhance students’ ownership in the learning process, scaffold navigation through uncertainties in an open-ended learning environment, and develop and present a shareable artifact to a wider audience. Participants were 26 undergraduate International Studies students at a comprehensive university in the southeastern United States. Students’ overall motivation toward the course was autonomous rather than controlled; however their motivation change from the beginning to the end of the course was not significant (p= .30). . It was evidenced that students demonstrated increased engagement with the particular SCL project. A significant correlation was observed among students’ perceived competence, perceived value of the project, the effort put forth, and perceived autonomy support from the instructor. 95% of students expressed satisfaction with the SCL activity and the course itself. OLSi proved to be an effective design framework for scaffolding autonomous engagement with SCL. The study concludes with a refined design for the next iteration.

A Study on Color Sensitivity Digital Contents

Eunbae Moon 한국색채학회 2007 한국색채학회 학술대회 Vol.2007 No.-

The eyes of the Koreans

EunBae MOON 한국색채학회 2015 International Invitation Exhibition of Color Works Vol.2015 No.-

A Study on Hangul and Obangjeongsaek that appear on Hunminjeongeum

EunBae Moon 한국색채학회 2017 AIC 2017 Jeju Vol.2017 No.10

Green Health

EunBae Moon 한국색채학회 2020 International Invitation Exhibition of Color Works Vol.- No.-

Comparison of competency level of medical, non-medical students and its relevance for admission policy

Eunbae B. Yang 한국의학교육학회 2018 Korean journal of medical education Vol.30 No.3

Purpose: This study aims to analyze the competency of medical students and its relevance for admission policy in medical schools. Methods: This study examined the competency of 63 medical students from the 6-year program (group A) and 41 medical students from the 4-year program (group B) at Yonsei University using the Korea Collegiate Essential Skills Assessment (KCESA). The competency of groups A and B were compared to the corresponding competency levels of non-medical students (groups C and D). Group C is freshmen and D is senior students in universities. The KCESA is computer-based ability test composed of 228 items. The competency of participants were calculated on a T-scores (mean=50, standard deviation=10) based on KCESA norm-references. We conducted independent t-test for group comparisons of competency levels. Results: There are no differences in competency levels between groups A and B. Compared with the non-medical students (group B), the medical students showed a significantly stronger ability to use resources, information-technology and higher-order thinking. In the comparison between groups B and D, medical students showed lower levels of self-management, interpersonal, and cooperative skills. Conclusion: The cognitive ability serves as an important indicator for the decision on admission to a basic medical education program. The efforts should be made to foster the competency that medical students have been found to lack, such as self-management, interpersonal, and cooperative skills. The admission committee should assess the cognitive and non-cognitive competency of applicants in a balanced manner.

A Study on the Universal Environmental Color Plan for the Color Vision Defectives

EunBae Moon 한국색채학회 2017 AIC 2017 Jeju Vol.2017 No.10

The effects of Online Glossary Quizzes on Engagement and Performance in Undergraduate Business Law

( Eunbae Lee ),( Lainie Robin Harris ),( Lucy Green ) 한국교육공학회 2016 한국교육공학회 학술대회발표자료집 Vol.2016 No.1

While educators believe that understanding of domain specific vocabularies are essential in content learning, little research informs the teaching practices for glossary learning. We discuss the role of a command of domain specific terms in content learning. Informed by Self-determination theory and cognitive academic language approach, we examined the relationship between knowledge of terms and definitions and course performance. We also examined the role of autonomy, perceived competence, and engagement in glossary quiz on course performance. We collected glossary quiz scores, the number of attempts at quizzes, and the final grade from 209 Business Law undergraduate students in the United States. Students also completed presurvey and postsurvey regarding their motivation toward the course, perceived competence in discipline vocabulary, and engagement with the glossary quizzes. Students were divided into two groups in which the glossary quizzes were (a) required and graded and (b) optional and not graded. Data were analyzed using t-test and regression. There was significant relationship among quiz scores, quiz attempts, and overall course performance. While both groups valued the glossary quiz as a helpful learning activity, students`` engagement with the activity was significantly different. Students in the required group made more attempts at the quizzes and received higher scores, and perceived competence in their command of domain vocabularies than students in the optional group. However, there was no relationship among the glossary quiz score, perceived autonomy support and engagement with quizzes, perceived competence in the command of discipline vocabulary and the overall course performance. We discuss that memorization of specialized terms and definitions outside of real world context does not add value to content learning. This type of glossary quizzes would prove effective only when students actually complete them numerous times.

환경 친화적 색채를 이용한 농촌 마을의 환경색채 연구

문은배(EunBae Moon),한지원(JiWon Han),김영훈(YoungHun Kim),오경선(KyoungSeon Oh) 한국색채학회 2014 한국색채학회 논문집 Vol.28 No.4

2010년 이후 국내 환경색채디자인은 각 지자체별로 다양한 시도와 많은 선진 사례들로 활발히 연구되고 있으나 계획되어진 내용의 적용에 비해 실행적인 면에 대해서는 많은 성과를 내고 있지 못한 실정이다. 그 이유는 농촌의 환경을 이해하지 못한 색채와 조형을 사용하여 마을과 이질감을 갖는 벽화 위주의 계획이 많기 때문이다. 따라서 본 연구는 주변 경관과 조화로운 농촌 마을의 환경색채계획을 실행하기 위함으로써 주변경관과 조화를 이루고 넓은 의미에서 마을의 경관을 자연스럽게 형성하는 것을 목표로 하였다. 대상지는 구미시 선산읍 죽장리 일원으로 하며 다음과 같은 다섯 가지 방법으로 연구를 진행하고자 한다. 첫째, 국내·외 자연 경관과 조화로운 마을의 사례를 분석하여 시사점을 도출한다. 둘째, 대상지인 죽장리 일원에 대한 자연적, 인문적 입지 현황에 대해 조사한다. 셋째, 상위계획을 분석한 뒤 대상지의 자연물 및 인공물에 대한 현황을 분석한다. 넷째, 주된 테마선정을 위해 연구 대상지의 마을 어원을 조사한 결과 ‘대나무가 많은 대밭’에서 유래된 지명으로 죽장리 마을의 기본방향은 대나무 이야기(Bamboo Story)로 계획하였다. 본 계획에서는 대나무가 갖는 다섯 가지의 콘셉트 스토리로 농촌색채 마을을 계획하였다. 다섯째, 계획된 색채 기본설계를 보다 완전하게 적용될 수 있도록 색채 팔레트와 KS A 0062에 기준한 정확한 색채 좌표를 도출하여 구체적으로 도면을 작성 하였다. 본 연구의 결과로는 죽장리 일원의 22개 건축물과 마을 내 담장에 자연친화적이며 마을 전체 아이덴티티를 가진 저채도, 저명도의 색채가 적용되어 주변경관과 조화로운 마을로 조성되었다. 주민들의 반응은 효과적이었으며 경관을 유지보수하기 위해서는 친자연적인 색이 유리한 것으로 분석되어 이것은 농촌마을의 친환경적 사례를 선도적으로 실행할 것이며 나아가 다른 유사한 마을의 환경색채계획에도 시사점을 줄 것으로 기대한다. 또한 이번 연구에서 제시되는 접근 방법과 실시설계는 다른 연구의 지침이 될 것으로 기대한다. Domestic environmental color design has been vigorously researched since 2010 based on various attempts by local government and many cases of advanced applications, but has not produced much results in practical implementation compared to the application of the planned details. That is attributed to the fact that the plans are mostly based on wall paintings which do not blend harmoniously well with the villages and trigger a sense of alienation due to the use of colors and formative artistic features revealing ignorance of farming village environment. Thus, this study was intended to implement the environmental color planning for farming villages which would blend well with the surrounding landscape, inducing the spontaneous and natural formation of village landscape in a broader sense which ensures harmony with the landscape of adjacent area. For this study, the farming village located at Jukjang-ri, Seonsan-eup, Gumi-si was selected and was investigated based on the five methodologies as below: First, the cases of domestic and overseas villages harmonious with natural scene were analyzed and the related suggestions were derived. Second, the area in and around Jukjang-ri village was investigated to determine the natural and humanistic location conditions. Third, the upper-level planning were analyzed, before analyzing current conditions of natural objects and artificial objects in the concerned site. Fourth, the basic direction for Jukjang-ri village was planned as "Bamboo Story", considering that the village name "Jukjang-ri" originated from the toponym meaning the bamboo grove in terms of the village etymology which was investigated to select major theme. Bamboo, was incorporated into the colorful farming village based on the 5 concept of bamboo in this study. Fifth, the specific design drawing was generated by deriving the correct color coordinates based on the color palette and KS A 0062 to ensure that the planned basic design can be applied with greater perfection. The results of this study are expected to be applicable directly to "Jukjang-ri" to initiatively implement the eco-friendly cases for farming villages and present suggestions for environmental color planning for other similar villages. In addition, the approach and detail design, which are presented in this study, are expected to provide guidance to other studies.