Research Article
Online Learning Experiences of Students with Deaf and Speech Disabilities During Covid-19 Pandemic
@INPROCEEDINGS{10.4108/eai.15-9-2021.2315558, author={Astri Hanjarwati and Aninda Aji Siwi}, title={Online Learning Experiences of Students with Deaf and Speech Disabilities During Covid-19 Pandemic }, proceedings={Proceedings of the First International Conference on Democracy and Social Transformation, ICON-DEMOST 2021, September 15, 2021, Semarang, Indonesia}, publisher={EAI}, proceedings_a={ICON-DEMOST}, year={2022}, month={2}, keywords={covid-19 pandemic; online learning experiences; deaf and speech disabilities; learning obstacles; learning adaptation}, doi={10.4108/eai.15-9-2021.2315558} }- Astri Hanjarwati
Aninda Aji Siwi
Year: 2022
Online Learning Experiences of Students with Deaf and Speech Disabilities During Covid-19 Pandemic
ICON-DEMOST
EAI
DOI: 10.4108/eai.15-9-2021.2315558
Abstract
Since Covid-19 pandemic hit Indonesia in early 2020, the government has issued policies to minimize the spreading. One of the policies is School from Home. This policy was then adapted by UIN Sunan Kalijaga to carry online learning to all students. UIN Sunan Kalijaga, as an inclusive university, has students with disabilities, of course, has to make a lot of modifications related to the platform used in learning. Based on this background, this study aims to explore the online learning experiences of deaf and speech-disabled students related to barriers and adaptations in adjusting the learning. The results shows that the obstacles are at the beginning of the implementation of online learning. The lecturers used unfriendly platforms that cannot be accessed by deaf and speech-disabled students. This obstacles only lasts for the first three months of lectures. Then, the next lectures already used accessible platform for deaf and speech-disabled students. The other adaptations also been made by the deaf and speech-disabled students, some of them are doing communication with the lectures, asking for help from volunteers from Difable Service Center (PLD), and asking help from classmates.