Title :
IT Effects on Higher Education for the Deaf: A Research on Graduate Employability
Author :
Xin, Tong ; Bin, Zhou ; Han, Tan ; Cailing, Lu
Author_Institution :
Technol. Coll. for the Deaf, Tianjin Univ. of Technol., Tianjin, China
Abstract :
The application of Information technology (IT) has become the mainstream of social development, which also brings new chances for higher education for the deaf. The effects on graduate employability brought by IT have become a realistic subject of higher education for the deaf. This paper designs a questionnaire to survey the current graduate employability of deaf, and finds IT has made positive and negative effects on many aspects of deaf students´ employability. Some strategies are provided to strengthen the positive effects and weaken the negative effects.
Keywords :
computer aided instruction; employment; further education; handicapped aids; information technology; social aspects of automation; IT effect; deaf education; graduate employability; higher education; information technology; social development; Educational institutions; Employment; Information technology; Internet; Loading; Real time systems; graduate employability; higher education for the deaf; information technology; negative effects; positive effects;
Conference_Titel :
Information Technology and Applications (IFITA), 2010 International Forum on
Conference_Location :
Kunming
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-7621-3
Electronic_ISBN :
978-1-4244-7622-0
DOI :
10.1109/IFITA.2010.34
