Education, reregistration, and recommendation effect of iPhone Poomsae education app in Taekwondo academy

Author

Ha, In Sook ; Lee, Seung Il ; Cha, Eun Jong ; Lee, Tae Soo

Author_Institution

Dept. of Biomed. Eng., Chungbuk Nat. Univ., Cheongju, South Korea

fYear

2011

fDate

Aug. 30 2011-Sept. 3 2011

Firstpage

5271

Lastpage

5274

Abstract

This paper analyzed the effect of a smartphone application in Taekwondo Academy. The iPhone app was self-developed to display Taekwondo education contents for Poomsae training. From the viewpoint of education, reregistration and recommendation effect, it showed statistically significant difference in 196 trainee sample survey. Therefore, the research suggest that the use of smartphone technology in Poomsae education would be a great help to the trainee for the acquisition of Taekwondo knowledge and make a great contribution to the growth of Taekwondo.

Keywords

computer based training; educational aids; smart phones; sport; Taekwondo academy; iPhone Poomsae education app; recommendation effect; reregistration; smartphone application; Art; Biomedical engineering; Educational institutions; Mobile communication; Training; Videos; Cellular Phone; Computer-Assisted Instruction; Information Dissemination; Internet; Korea; Martial Arts; Physical Education and Training;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society, EMBC, 2011 Annual International Conference of the IEEE

Conference_Location

Boston, MA

ISSN

1557-170X

Print_ISBN

978-1-4244-4121-1

Electronic_ISBN

1557-170X

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/IEMBS.2011.6091304

Filename

6091304