A study to explore the effects of self-regulated learning environment for hearing-impaired students

Although computer- and Internet-aided learning for hearing-impaired students has been a trend in the modern days, a few studies were done to examine their effectiveness in strengthening learning motivation and, in turn, enhancing learning efficiency. This study attempts to establish an interactive self-regulated learning environment and employs Attention, Relevance, Confidence, Satisfaction motivation model, hyperlink technology, modular concepts and online learning community to design teaching contents and presentation of teaching materials. An empirical study was conducted to examine the effects of hearing-impaired students learning motivation and cognitive attitude of learning environment. The results showed that interactive and self-regulated learning environment could effectively strengthen learning motivation and promote positive learning behaviour in hearing-impaired students.