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

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

doi:10.1109/IEMBS.2011.6091304

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

Annu Int Conf IEEE Eng Med Biol Soc. 2011:2011:5271-4. doi: 10.1109/IEMBS.2011.6091304.

Authors

In Sook Ha¹, Seung Il Lee, Eun Jong Cha, Tae Soo Lee

Affiliation

¹ Department of Biomedical Engineering, Chungbuk National University, Korea. o27000o@hanmail.ne

PMID: 22255527
DOI: 10.1109/IEMBS.2011.6091304

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.

Publication types

Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

Cell Phone*
Computer-Assisted Instruction / methods*
Information Dissemination / methods*
Internet*
Korea
Martial Arts / education*
Physical Education and Training / methods*