Educational games are effective tools for children, as they naturally increase their motivation and engagement. While previous studies have revealed the varying influences of different types of feedback in education, there has been a lack of attention to the design of constructive feedback in educational games.

This study involves a 2 (peer and adult voice) x 3 (verification, encouragement, and elaboration type) factorial design to observe how different voices and types of feedback affect children’s performance, retention, inquisitiveness, impressions, and emotional reactions while playing a math game designed for preschoolers called MathSoup.

With the emergence of computational technology, interactive media art installation enabled a unique experience of engaging the audience to be part of the artwork. This research aims to verify how media art itself affects the audience's locus of control and whether possessing interactivity can make a significant difference.

This study involves experimental pre-test and post-test with questionnaires to measure change of locus of control, which will be analyzed through paired t-test and independent t-test. Post-test questionnaire also measured emotional engagement through an exploratory approach. Overall, this study verifies the impact of media art on participant engagement and implies what types of emotions would interactivity provoke, which ultimately expands the potential of interactive media art.

While the popularity of hiking is increasing, fast-changing hiking trends and hikers’ needs are not being reflected actively. In order to discover young hikers’ behavioral patterns and their needs, we conducted several user researches. We conducted several in-depth interviews, performed affinity mapping, led a participatory design workshop, and finally derived a design solution based on the insights we gathered. We have discovered that users sought specific and personalized information.

The solution designed through these user researches is Meari, an interactive smart screen that allows users to either receive hiking trail suggestions or customize their own hiking trail based on their preferences. Through usability testing, we have confirmed potential to improve hiking experience by effectively aiding hikers by providing the most befitting trail for their preference. This would also prevent possible injuries for hiking a course with a difficulty beyond users’ capacity.