Participants’ Views about Mobile Skill Teaching Software Developed for Parents of Individuals with Intellectual Disability

Abstract

The software developed for parents of individuals with intellectual disability in the context of a project supported by The Scientific and Technological Research Council of Turkey (Project Number: 110K545) offers educational supports, opportunities of communication with experts and other parents, behavior tracking system and multimedia content for teaching activities performed at home. It is important to investigate the views of parents about design, ease of use and efficacy of the software after they use it. The purpose of the research is to investigate the views of participants about the software developed for parents of individuals with intellectual disability. With this purpose in mind, a survey and an interview form were prepared. 107 participants were used the software and filled the survey form, and semi-structured interviews were performed with ten of them. Qualitative and Quantitative data were analyzed and it was found the participants had positive opinions about the software in terms of design, ease of use and efficacy. As a result it was thought that the software can make significant contributions to parents that they can teach daily living skills to individuals with intellectual disability and their computers, mobile devices and home environments can be turned into educational environment. 

Keywords

• Individuals with intellectual disability
• applied behavior analysis
• skill teaching software
• video model

Zihin Engelli Bireylerin Ebeveynlerinin Kullanımına Yönelik Geliştirilen Mobil Beceri Öğretimi Yazılımına Yönelik Katılımcı Görüşleri

Abstract

Zihin engelli bireylerin ebeveynlerinin kullanımına yönelik bir Tübitak projesi (Proje no: 110K545) kapsamında geliştirilen mobil beceri öğretimi yazılımı ile ebeveynlere eğitsel içerikler, uzmanlarla ve diğer ebeveynler ile iletişim kurma olanakları ve evlerinde yapacakları beceri öğretimi çalışmalarında kullanabilecekleri davranış takip sistemi ve çoklu ortamlar ile destekler sunulmaktadır. Geliştirilen yazılımın ebeveynler tarafından kullanılması, onların yazılım ile ilgili düşüncelerinin alınması ve yazılımın onlar tarafından tasarım, kullanım kolaylığı ve faydalılık açılarından değerlendirilmesi önem taşımaktadır. Bu araştırmanın amacı; zihin engelli bireylerin ebeveynlerinin kullanımına yönelim geliştirilen mobil beceri öğretimi yazılımına yönelik kullanıcı görüşlerinin incelenmesidir. Bu amaç doğrultusunda araştırmacılar tarafından bir anket formu ve bir görüşme formu hazırlamıştır. Yazılımı kullanan 107 katılımcı anket formumu doldurmuş ve bu 107 katılımcı arasından 10 katılımcı ile yarı yapılandırılmış görüşmeler gerçekleştirilmiştir. Anket ve görüşme sonuçları incelendiğinde katılımcıların yazılımdaki içerikleri faydalılık, kullanım kolaylığı ve tasarım açısından olumlu olarak değerlendirdikleri görülmüştür. Bu bağlamda geliştirilen bu yazılımın zihin engelli bireylere günlük yaşam becerilerinin öğretiminde ebeveynlerin birer öğretici olarak devreye sokulması ve onlara destek verilerek kendi ev ortamlarının, bilgisayarlarının ve mobil cihazlarının birer öğretim ortamına dönüştürülmesi konusunda katkılar getirebileceği düşünülmektedir.

Keywords

• Zihin engelli bireyler
• uygulamalı davranış analizi
• beceri öğretimi yazılımı
• video model

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