Development of MultiMedia Modules on Information Literacy for Special Education Teachers in the Information Oriented Society

本研究旨在开发一套适合特殊教育教师的教育电脑多媒体教学模组，以加强特殊教育教师的在职训练。该单元包含74个由特殊教育教师开发的教育软件程序的描述和视频剪辑，用于特殊需要儿童的学习，以及一篇关于特殊教育教育软件的评论文章。作者选择HTML（超文本标记语言）作为编程语言，因为它将非常容易为用户执行的模块使用各种类型的计算机，以及通过互联网提供。在评估研究一中，被试包括27位特殊学校教师。作者对被试者使用计算机图像的语义区分方法。使用了四个形容词对计算机，（1）“困难-容易”，（2）“像机器-像人”，（3）“硬-软”和（4）“不喜欢”，每个对由七个等级量表评估。前后测结果表明，该模块对他们是有效的（“难-易”：t检验，p<0.01 ;“机器样-人样”：t检验，0.05<p<0.1）。指出多媒体教学模块对特殊教育教师是有效的，但在实用性方面还有待提高，并基于GIDEI（General Input Device Emulating Interface）开发了PC机红外遥控模块，使学习者能够方便地使用多媒体教学模块。

In this sutudy, the authors developed an multimedia teaching module on educational computing for special education teachers to enhance in-service training program in special education field. The module contains both descriptions and video clips of 74 educational software programs, well developed by special education teachers, for the learning of children with special needs as well as a review article of educational software in special education. The authors choose HTML (Hyper Text Markup Language) as the programming language, because it will be very easy for users to execute the modules using various types of computers as well as to deliver through the Internet. In the evaluation study 1, the subjects consisted of 27 special school teachers. The authors used semantic defferential method on images of computers to the subjects. Four adjective pairs to computers were used, (1) "difficult-easy", (2) "machine like-human like", (3) "hard-soft"and (4) "dislike-like", and each pairs evaluated by a seven rating scale. The results of pre-post tests suggested that the module was effective for them ("difficult-easy" : t-test, p<0.01 ; "machine like-human like" : t-test, 0.05<p<0.1.). It was suggested that the multimedia teaching module was erfective for teachers in special education, though it should be improved interms of usability.The Authors also developed Infrared remote control module for PC,based on GIDEI : General Input Device Emulating Interface, which allows learners to use the Multimedia module easily.