The Development of E-Learning on Topic of Impact of Foreign Education to Thai Deaf Education for Undergraduate Students

Abstract

The objectives of this study were (1) to develop an e-Learning Courseware on Topic of Impact of Foreign Education to Thai Deaf Education for undergraduate students with hearing impairment; (2) to study the learning achievement in pretest and posttest of undergraduate students with hearing impairment who learn with 
e-Learning Courseware on Topic of Impact of Foreign Education to Thai Deaf Education; and 3) to study the students’ satisfaction with  e-Learning Courseware on Topic of Impact of Foreign Education to Thai Deaf Education for undergraduate students with hearing impairment. The sample consisted of 12 students of the Bachelor of Education Program in Deaf Education enrolled to a two-years course on Introduction to Deaf History and Culture at Ratchasuda College, Mahidol University in the first semester of the academic year 2022, obtained by simple random sampling. It was used the one group pretest-posttest design. The employed research instruments comprised 1) an e-Learning Courseware on Topic of Impact of Foreign Education to Thai Deaf Education, 2) a learning achievement test through e-Learning Courseware on Topic of Impact of Foreign Education to Thai Deaf Education; and 3) a questionnaire on students’ satisfaction with e-Learning Courseware on Topic of Impact of Foreign Education to Thai Deaf Education. Statistics employed for data analysis were the mean, standard deviation, and t-test. The research findings were as follows: 1) the result on overall evaluation of expert opinions to e-Learning Courseware on Topic of Impact of Foreign Education to Thai Deaf Education for undergraduate students was at the highest level; 2) the students’ score in the posttest showed higher than pretest significantly at the .05 level; and 3) the students were satisfied with the e-Learning Courseware at highest level.