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Teachers Perspectives on Transition to Online Teaching Deaf and Hard-of-Hearing Students during the COVID-19 Pandemic: A Case Study

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Wajdi Aljedaani,

Mona Aljedaani,

Mohamed Wiem Mkaouer,

Stephanie LudiAuthors Info & Claims

ISEC '23: Proceedings of the 16th Innovations in Software Engineering Conference

Article No.: 7, Pages 1 - 10

https://doi.org/10.1145/3578527.3578531

Published: 23 February 2023 Publication History

Abstract

Education has faced various challenges due to the COVID- 19 pandemic. These challenges were even more dramatic for deaf and hard-of-hearing students as they transitioned to the online setting. This paper aims to explore the teachers’ perspectives on transitioning to educating computer science deaf students at a technical college in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (KSA). Therefore, the paper presents the results of 10 surveys and 5 interviews with faculty to identify the main obstacles that teachers have faced during the transition. This study outcomes reveal several challenges related to poor accessibility of learning tools, issues with the online availability of materials, no updates on the teaching pedagogy to accommodate the new settings and communication problems between teachers and students. Our study outlines important takeaways to provide deaf and hard-of-hearing students with a better learning experience.

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Index Terms

Teachers Perspectives on Transition to Online Teaching Deaf and Hard-of-Hearing Students during the COVID-19 Pandemic: A Case Study
1. Human-centered computing
  1. Accessibility
2. Social and professional topics
  1. Professional topics
    1. Computing education

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ISEC '23: Proceedings of the 16th Innovations in Software Engineering Conference

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DOI:10.1145/3578527

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Aljedaani WEler MKeeland LJalali HAl-Raddah KMkaouer M(2024)Accessible Gaming Through Better Captions: A Study on Captions Preferences and Inclusivity of Deaf and Hard-of-Hearing PlayersProceedings of the 21st International Web for All Conference10.1145/3677846.3677858(75-86)Online publication date: 13-May-2024
https://dl.acm.org/doi/10.1145/3677846.3677858
Alghamdi AAljedaani WEler MLudi S(2024)Accessibility Guidelines and Standards: Analyzing Stack Overflow PostsProceedings of the 21st International Web for All Conference10.1145/3677846.3677857(118-122)Online publication date: 13-May-2024
https://dl.acm.org/doi/10.1145/3677846.3677857
Shafique RAljedaani WRustam FLee EMehmood AChoi G(2023)Role of Artificial Intelligence in Online Education: A Systematic Mapping StudyIEEE Access10.1109/ACCESS.2023.3278590(1-1)Online publication date: 2023
https://doi.org/10.1109/ACCESS.2023.3278590

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