Accelerating Learning of Special Education Students with Intellectual Disability via Technology-Enhanced Extracurriculum

• In Event: D&D 23: Instructional Design

Short Description

This study illustrates an effective practice utilizing an innovative instructional design, namely, technology-enhanced extracurriculum (TEE) created for special education students with intellectual disability. A formative research with post-facto multiple cases was designed to find out how a TEE affects students with intellectual disability in terms of cognitive and physical development; along with teachers’ perceptions about technology use in special education. Findings showed that TEE accelerates learning and has positive affects regarding cognitive and physical development.

Authors

• Goknur Kaplan Akilli, Middle East Technical University

• Sibel Dogan, Middle East Technical University