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Herzig, Melissa; Allen, Thomas E. – Journal of Deaf Studies and Deaf Education, 2023
Design features of American Sign Language (ASL)-English bilingual storybook apps on the tablet computers, based on learning research, are intended to facilitate independent and interactive learning of English print literacy and of ASL skill among young learners. In 2013, the Science of Learning Center on Visual Language and Visual Learning…
Descriptors: Deafness, American Sign Language, Vocabulary Skills, Computer Software
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Campbell McDermid – Interpreter and Translator Trainer, 2025
With the advent of online learning, instructors are challenged to engage with students in asynchronous learning environments. This study explored Perusall, a social annotation tool (SAT), in an undergraduate introductory course in sign language interpreting. Despite the growing popularity of SATs, their impact on sign language interpreter…
Descriptors: Translation, Computer Software, Computational Linguistics, Reading Rate
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Baer, Joey; Osbrink, Rory – Odyssey: New Directions in Deaf Education, 2015
Deaf students are visual learners, and technology should be part of every bilingual classroom. However, deaf students need to learn to manipulate the hardware and software that allows them to express themselves and to advance their knowledge. Students need to understand what is meant when they are referred to "ASL text" or…
Descriptors: American Sign Language, Bilingualism, Audience Awareness, Video Technology
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Andrei, Stefan; Osborne, Lawrence; Smith, Zanthia – Journal of Educational Multimedia and Hypermedia, 2013
The current learning process of Deaf or Hard of Hearing (D/HH) students taking Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM) courses needs, in general, a sign interpreter for the translation of English text into American Sign Language (ASL) signs. This method is at best impractical due to the lack of availability of a specialized sign…
Descriptors: Deafness, Hearing Impairments, College Students, STEM Education
PEPNet 2, 2013
"Career Interests and Education Choices: It's My Plan!" will help students discover their interests and abilities. By learning about themselves, "It's My Plan!" will help students match their characteristics to career options and postsecondary education choices. "It's My Plan!" has four lessons: (1) Getting to Know Yourself; (2) Determine a Career…
Descriptors: Interests, Education Work Relationship, Glossaries, Postsecondary Education
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Parton, Becky Sue – Journal of Information Technology Education: Innovations in Practice, 2014
Foreign sign language instruction is an important, but overlooked area of study. Thus the purpose of this paper was two-fold. First, the researcher sought to determine the level of knowledge and interest in foreign sign language among Deaf teenagers along with their learning preferences. Results from a survey indicated that over a third of the…
Descriptors: Electronic Learning, Assistive Technology, Sign Language, Deafness
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Parton, Becky Sue – Journal of Information Technology Education: Research, 2014
Foreign sign language instruction is an important, but overlooked area of study. Thus the purpose of this paper was two-fold. First, the researcher sought to determine the level of knowledge and interest in foreign sign language among Deaf teenagers along with their learning preferences. Results from a survey indicated that over a third of the…
Descriptors: Electronic Learning, Assistive Technology, Sign Language, Deafness
Thumann, Mary Agnes – ProQuest LLC, 2010
This dissertation examines depiction in American Sign Language (ASL) presentations. The impetus for this study came from my work as an instructor in an interpreter education program. The majority of ASL/English interpreters are second language learners of ASL, and many of them find some features of ASL challenging to learn. These features are…
Descriptors: Video Technology, Nonverbal Communication, Second Languages, Deafness
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Gannon, Rosalyn L.; Kurlychek, Ken – Perspectives in Education and Deafness, 1995
Reviews and compares two CD-ROMs designed to teach sign language skills: "The American Sign Language Dictionary on CD-ROM" and "Sign Language for Everyone." The first is seen to be the better reference tool whereas the second is judged the better choice for computer users wanting to learn sign language in a structured way. (DB)
Descriptors: American Sign Language, Autoinstructional Aids, Computer Software, Computer Software Reviews
McIntire, Dean P. – 1995
This paper and the accompanying CD-ROM disks are the outcome of a federally funded project to research and develop an interactive multimedia sign language training system for educational interpreters for students with deafness. The program consists of four 20- to 30-minute lessons on the use of non-manual grammatical markers in American Sign…
Descriptors: American Sign Language, Computer Assisted Instruction, Computer Software, Computer Uses in Education