Design of e-learning courseware for hearing impaired (HI) students

Abstract

Nowadays, e-learning courseware could be used as an alternative to simplify the process of teaching and could create an effective learning process for the disable students. The problem is how far the helpfulness of the current education multimedia application could be used to suit and to attract student disabilities in learning. This research focuses on design a new interface courseware based on user requirements on disabilities students mainly for students who have hearing problem. The research was conducted using qualitative methods whereby observation and interview approaches were used to collect data from teachers and the hearing impaired students in Sekolah Pendidikan Khas Selangor (SPKS) on what would better approach to help them in learning. Significance of this application is to increase the attention and intention level for the HI students in their learning process. Thus, the results of this research would contribute the significant impact in terms of how the improvements in the design interface from the courseware influence the learning performance of HI students.