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An e-learning environment embedded with sign language videos: research into its usability and the academic performance and learning patterns of deaf students

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This research investigates the usability of an e-learning environment that is embedded with sign language videos and deaf students’ related academic performances and learning patterns. A mixed-methods research design was utilized, which involved the use of a usability questionnaire, performance tests, learning activities, e-learning log data, and interviews. The results revealed that the deaf students showed a moderate level of e-learning usability. However, there was a statistically significant difference in the performance tests, and the treatment used had a large effect on the deaf students’ performance. Through decision tree analysis, eleven learning patterns emerged based on the three increment categories of the deaf students’ performance. Briefly, the deaf students who achieved the best performance increment category were those who accessed the sign language videos more frequently compared to other deaf students. The findings and implications are further discussed, and possible future studies are suggested.

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The authors would like to thank the Universiti Teknologi Malaysia (UTM) and Ministry of Higher Education (MoHE) Malaysia for their support in making this project possible. This work was supported by the Research University Grant (Q.J130000.2410.04G79) initiated by UTM and MoHE.

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This work was supported by the Research University Grant (Q.J130000.2410.04G79) initiated by the Universiti Teknologi Malaysia and Ministry of Higher Education (MoHE).

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Mohd Hashim, M.H., Tasir, Z. An e-learning environment embedded with sign language videos: research into its usability and the academic performance and learning patterns of deaf students. Education Tech Research Dev 68, 2873–2911 (2020). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11423-020-09802-4

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