Online Learning Achievement Combines the Online Learning Materials Usage for Deaf Students

Abstract

This study is experimental research; the objectives of this research are to 1) develop an online teaching approach by the online learning materials usage, and 2) study the learning achievement of the deaf students who received online instruction using online learning materials. This study was conducted by five deaf students who enrolled in the Application Software for Library and Information Work course. The research tools consisted of online instructional plans, online learning materials, interviews and learning behaviour notes. The researcher used data analysis based on the principles of content analysis.

          The results revealed that the approaches to online teaching should consist of 3 phases: 1) before studying, the preparation of instructional plans, research tools, and sign language interpreters, 2) during studying, the follow-up, the discussion, and the learning behaviour record, 3) After studying, the learning results verification of the learners. In addition, the development of online learning materials was considered about the suitability of deaf students. For students' learning achievement, it was found that they had better instructional accomplishment after they were treated with the online instruction combined with online learning materials.