A concept of assistive courseware for hearing-impaired learners

• Main Authors: Abdul Mutalib, Ariffin, Ab Salam, Sobihatun Nur, Mahmuddin, Massudi, Ahmad, Mazida, Syed Yahya, Syarifah Nadia
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: Asian Research Publishing Network (ARPN) 2015
• Subjects: QA76 Computer software
• Online Access: http://repo.uum.edu.my/13746/1/7.pdf; http://repo.uum.edu.my/13746/; http://www.arpnjournals.com/jeas/volume_02_2015.htm
• Institution: Universiti Utara Malaysia

This paper reports on an initiative that develops a concept of teaching and learning material for hearing-impaired learners in higher learning institutions. It describes the needs for the concept. The aim of the paper is to describe about the concept that is developed through User-centered Design approach.It involves observation and interview in three seminars in gathering the components of the concept. In the three seminars, users who are the hearing-impaired learners and their teachers were involved very closely. In the end, the concept has been derived and evaluated. The evaluation further reveal that the concept has been well-accepted by the users.