| Title |
A Study on the u-School Design based on the Constructivism - Focused on the User Needs for Common Areas and Cyber-Learning Facilities - |
| Authors |
Park Soo-Been ; Park Jung-Eun |
| Keywords |
u-School ; Constructivism ; User Needs ; School Facilities ; Common Space ; Cyber-learning |
| Abstract |
This study aims to understand what the constructive learning theory is and to find the way of adapting ubiquitous technology into the educational environmental based on new teaching-learning theory. The students and teachers in six schools located in Busan answered the questionnaire and 752 individuals were analyzed by the statistical method including frequencies, crosstabs, and ANOVA. The results are as follows. (1) The students spent time on corridor near classroom mostly than internal/external lounge and entrance lobby. More active use of common areas will encourage the users to construct interactive activities at school. (2) The needs of ICT utilization were apparent at internal lounge and entrance than corridor and external lounge. The needs of diverse ICT types in the common areas, however, showed that users expected more active use of common areas in the future. (3) Even though cyber learning space is not physically included in the current school facilities, it should be considered as one of school facilities when ICT embedded in educational environment. The students and the teachers use internet computer during an hour or less, or one to two hours in a day for learning and entertainment. (4) The internet learning, the support for efficient learning activities between students and teachers should be considered, and the ways to promote active mutual exchange should be find. |