Ehsan Toofaninejad
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The use of new technologies such as virtual social networks (VSN) in learning environments, in addition to the impact on learning, has provided solutions that were previously difficult to implement. This is doubly important in the field of people with special needs. The aim of this study was to investigate ...
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The use of new technologies such as virtual social networks (VSN) in learning environments, in addition to the impact on learning, has provided solutions that were previously difficult to implement. This is doubly important in the field of people with special needs. The aim of this study was to investigate the effect of VSN as an enriching medium on the communication skills of deaf and hard of hearing (DHH) students and also to introduce the social network analysis (SNA) technique. The research method was quasi-experimental with pre-test, post-test design and the statistical population was all DHH students in the 9th grade in Tehran in the academic year 2017-2018 who enrolled in DHH schools. The data collection tool was a name-generating questionnaire with verified validity and reliability. SNA was used to analyze the data. The results showed that there is a significant difference between DHH students' academic relationships after attending and educational activities in VSN. Therefore, VSN can have a positive effect on increasing DHH students' interaction and academic relationships.
Ehsan Toofaninejad; Esmaeil Zaraii Zavaraki; Parviz Sharifi Daramadi; Shane Dawson; Mohammadreza Nili Ahmad Adbadi; Ali Delavar
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The goal of this study was to design a learning environment enriched by virtual social network instructional model for deaf and hard of hearing (DHH) students and find the validity of this model. Considering that in order to ascertain the aims of this research a mixed method in a type of the exploratory ...
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The goal of this study was to design a learning environment enriched by virtual social network instructional model for deaf and hard of hearing (DHH) students and find the validity of this model. Considering that in order to ascertain the aims of this research a mixed method in a type of the exploratory was used. In the qualitative part, to obtain an instructional design model, an inductive content analysis was performed. In addition, in the quantitative part, for internal validity, the experts’ judgment using a questionnaire survey method was used. The population in qualitative part was all related studies and faculty members familiar with the domain of educational technology, special education, educational technologists, and educationists, teachers of special education, DHH students and their parents, and experiences of successful countries in the field of the research topic. By the goal-oriented sampling procedure, 39 experts for qualitative and 34 experts for the quantitative part was chosen from Iran, Australia and United States. The results showed that in regards to content analysis seven main categories of the model was obtained: engagement, interaction, feedback, content, sources, evaluation, and support. 24 subcategories also were extracted. Finally, the results of all content analyses were presented as a model. Also, the results of internal validation according to the experts' judgment indicated that the instructional model enjoys a good validity and has the effectiveness on learning environments of DHH student