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Recognition and Needs of Parents on the Use of IoT Health-Care Devices in Daycare Centers

  • Global Creative Leader: Education & Learning
  • Abbr : GCL
  • 2018, 8(4), pp.117-136
  • DOI : 10.34226/gcl.2018.8.4.117
  • Publisher : Research Institute for Gifted & Talented Education, Soongsil University
  • Research Area : Social Science > Education
  • Published : December 30, 2018

Kwon, Hye JIn 1

1순천향대학교

Candidate

ABSTRACT

The purpose of this study was to examine parents' recognition and needs for the use of IoT healthcare devices in daycare centers. A total of 153 questionnaires were used for the final analysis. Collected data were analyzed with frequency analysis, t-test, ANOVA, Scheffé using the SPSS WIN 22.0 Statistical Program. The results of the study are as follows: First, parents showed relatively low awareness of IoT healthcare devices and this result showed a significant difference according to academic background. Parents' healthcare technology awareness of IoT healthcare devices showed a significant difference according to academic background and age of children. For the awareness of healthcare cases, smart app. and TweetPee were comparatively high. Parents' expectations on the device application as a preference on the healthcare device in the daycare center was shown a significant difference according to age. Parents' recognition on the problem of personal information leakage was shown comparatively low, and this result showed a significant difference according to age. Second, parents demand healthcare devices could be used for the emergency situations in the daycare center and preferred wearable-type devices. Also, they wish the information could be shared by the all teachers in the daycare center. They showed the demand that the fee under thirty thousand Korean won per month shared by both the daycare center and parents would be appropriate.

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This paper was written with support from the National Research Foundation of Korea.