The Design of Sign Language Module Application (m-ISHARAH) Content for Special Education Undergraduate Students

Abstract

This study is related to the design of sign language module application (m-ISHARAH) content for special education undergraduate students. Twenty experts were used in this study consisting of experienced teachers and lecturers who teach sign language. The Fuzzy Delphi technique is used to obtain expert consensus in determining the content titles that should be included in the m-ISHARAH module. The results show that all the experts have agreed to place five main topics in this application. Among them are the principles of sign language, basic sign language, sign language in schools, total communication, and special education teachers with 27 sub-topics with defuzzification values ​​of 0.937 to 0.987. All of the topics and sub-topics assigned by the experts are based on the needs of special education students in helping them improve their sign language skills and preparation as special education teachers for the deaf.