Development of the Digital Technology Application Model for Mainstream Hearing Impairment Students to Promote Learning

Abstract

               The objective of this research is to 1) synthesize a digital technologies application model to promote learning for hearing-impaired students in an inclusive class, and 2) evaluate the suitability of the digital technology application model to promote learning for hearing-impaired students in an inclusive class. The target group consisted of 5 groups of related parties which included 155 people and 9 experts. Instruments used were a questionnaire about context, problems, and needs of relevant parties, and questionnaires eliciting experts’ opinions toward suitability of model. The statistical methods used were means and standard deviation.

          The results were as follows. 1) The digital technology application model to promote learning for hearing-impaired students in an inclusive class consisted of 3 main parts as follows: part 1, policies and principles of learning activities, consisting of learning in the 21^st century which focuses on the principles of 3R4C, students with hearing impairments was inclusive class together with a buddy and emphasized practicality; part 2, the digital technology application for hearing-impaired students in an inclusive class consisted of learning principles, learning activities; and part 3, learning indicators consisted of the characteristics of the learning activities, and the characteristics of the learners. And, 2) Suitability of the digital technology application model to promote learning for hearing-impaired students in an inclusive class consisted of the followings:1) suitability of the principles and the learning management concepts were at the highest level, 2) the suitability of the components of all 3 parts of the model in overall was at the highest level, 3) the suitability of the learning activities overall was at the highest level, 4) the consistency of overall learning activities was at the highest level, and 5) the suitability of the components of learning activities in overall was at the highest level.