Computer-Assisted Video Instruction at Moore-Norman Vocational Technical School

This paper describes the Computer-Assisted Video Instruction (CAVI) programs that have been developed at Moore-Norman Vocational Technical School for use with young adult hearing-impaired students. The programs provide individualized instruction in vocabulary, activities, and concepts for specific areas of study (accounting and shop safety). They run on a reasonably priced and accurate interactive computer-video system. The specific value of the program to deaf students is that it provides visual examples of vocabulary, activities, and concepts on the video tape that are not easily understood from written explanations on the computer. The computer program can then teach the vocabulary, activity, or concept that has been demonstrated and test the student, review the video, or continue the program depending on student responses.