Selected Applications of Computer-Assisted Video Instruction in the Education of Hearing-Impaired Students

Chapter 28 Selected Applications of Computer-Assisted Video Instruction in the Education of Hearing-Impaired Students Larry M. Dillingham Jonelle J. Roe Michael D. Roe LARRY M. DILLINGHAM holds undergraduate degrees in mathematics and music and a master's degree in educational technology from the University of Oklahoma. Mr. Dillingham has taught in the public schools for 5 years and in vocational-technical schools for 3 years. All but two of these years were in classrooms which had one or more microcomputers . He has written a large number of teaching and management programs for the schools and has given many seminars and workshops designed to help teachers get started in educational computer usage. Mr. Dillingham is currently an Instructional Development Specialist in the Instructional Development Center of Moore-Norman Vocational-Technical School in Norman, Oklahoma and is Assistant Professor of Education at the University of Oklahoma. JONELLE J. ROE is a Deaf Education Specialist at the Moore-Norman Area Vocational-Technical School in Norman, Oklahoma. In this capacity, she assists high school and post high students who are mainstreamed into technical programs in acquiring the skills needed to successfully enter the job market. Support is given in the technical area, basic skills area, and in development of job acquisition and retention skills. In addition, Mrs. Roe has a special interest in the teaching of independent living skills for hearingimpaired adults and conducts semi-monthly life skills seminars. She is also involved in adapting the individualized Learning Activity Packets which are used as the curriculum base at Moore-Norman. Mrs. Roe completed a B.S.E. in the education of the hearing impaired at the University of Arkansas and received a M. A. in adult and community education at the University of Oklahoma. She began her teaching career at the Colorado State School for the Deaf teaching an elementary class of multi-handicapped students. She is currently active on a statewide committee through the Oklahoma Department of Education to formulate guidelines for school systems establishing programs for the hearing impaired. 652 A.A.D. I September 1982 Selected Applications MICHAEL D. ROE is the Director of the Instructional Development Center at Moore-Norman Area Vocational-Technical School at Norman, Oklahoma. He has a B.A. in psychology, a M.Ed, in educational technology from the University of Oklahoma, and has 15 years of experience in instructional media development. Mr. Roe has developed special interests in individualized , competency-based vocational instruction for secondary and postsecondary students. Currently , his efforts are in the development of computer -assisted video-interaction (CAVI) materials for the hearing impaired and other handicapped students. This paper illustrates two unique applications of computer -assisted video instruction (CAVI) techniques for educating deaf and hearing-impaired students. CAVI involves the interactive qualities of microcomputers and the visual impact of videotape. Instructional content is carried primarily through the videotape presentation while the interactive aspects of pacing, review, reinforcement, evaluation, and note-taking are handled by the computer. This partnership lends itself naturally to two basic approaches: linear instruction and concept searching. Vocational-technical education for hearingimpaired students presents some unique chaUenges peculiar to the special knowledges and skills of vocational-technical training and education. Technical vocabulary, programrelated math, verbal instruction, audio feedback from equipment sounds, and safety requirements are only a few of the many obstacles which must be overcome by the hearing-impaired student who wishes to learn a trade in order to become self-sufficient in the world of work. In order to maximize the hearing-impaired student 's chances for employment in a job market where he or she must compete with nonhandicapped job applicants, the educational philosophies of the institution and its approaches to teaching must promote self-pacing and mastery demonstration rather than the lock-step inter-student competition for grades. Moore-Norman Area Vocational-Technical School uses an open-entry/open-exit, competency -based, individualized instruction format in all of its 27 program areas. Students are given an opportunity to enter a program at any point in the academic year and learn at their own pace, progressing by demonstrating specified competency levels in tasks. Once the criteria for mastery are met, the student can exit the...