국내 청각장애인의 IT 교육 실태조사

Abstract

The study aims to understand the deep desires and learning tendencies of the deaf through research on the actual condition of IT education and vocational status in order to develop IT education contents based on u-Learning. The study also suggests ways to enhance the cultivation of IT experts who have hearing impairments based on training cases of IT education provided to domestic and overseas learners with hearing impairments. The results of this study are as follows:First, Although IT education services are provided offline and online, these are only intermediate and advanced levels of computer learning and are offered as short-term courses. In order to foster high-level IT Professionals, the education services should be provided through IT-related programs within 2-year or 4-year programs; or a special one-year IT vocational training program should be established. Second, voice services, subtitle services, video chatting with sign language interpretation, and tutoring are needed for the development of u-Learning-based IT education contents for people with hearing impairments. Third, in terms of occupations of people with hearing impairments, occupations varied from manufacturing to office work. Moreover, subjects in the workforce showed a turnover rate, and this reinforces the need to implement the IT Professionals Training Plan for the deaf. Lastly, after developing u-learning-based IT education contents for the deaf as a way to cultivate IT Professionals, it is important to select participants of IT Education Focus Group and provide video chatting services with sign language interpretation and employment liaison services in a sustainable manner. IT education and training that integrates both online and offline courses are also required which are similar to the NTID.