Design, Development and Evaluation of a Web-Based Malay Braille E-Learning Tutorial System to Teach Special EducatorslParents
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2012
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Lee, Lay Wah
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This report describes the design, development and the evaluation of an online multimedia tutorial
system to teach Malay Braille. The eKodBrailleBMTutorial System is an open-access web-based
tutorial system which is specially designed to teach, facilitate and support the learning of Kod
Braille Bahasa Malaysia to individuals who are sighted. The targeted group includes special
education teachers, pre-service teachers, and parents. Instruction in eKodBrailleBM consists of
three phases: Modelling, Guided Practice and Independent Practice. Self-Learning Tutorials,
Braille Simulator, Braille Exercises, Summative Self-Assessments and Braille Games are
developed to support the instructional phases. The evaluation results indicated that the objectives
of the project are met, which are: to make Braille learning more efficient, interesting and fun; to
make Braille learning accessible to in-service teachers, pre-service teachers, parents, NGO
personnel and other interested individuals throughout the country. In conclusion, with
eKodBraille, unlimited number of people can be trained anytime, anywhere, without the need for
face-to-face tutors. The system is accessible at http://ekodbraille.ses.usm.my.