Development and evaluation of REMIC: self-instructional website about remote microphone systems

Purpose  1) To develop, update, and improve a self-instructional website on Remote Microphone Systems for hearing-impaired students and their speechlanguage therapists, ​​​​​​​ teachers, and parents; 2) to validate the website as a continuing education tool for teachers.

Methods  This is a cross-sectional, descriptive, quantitative study. 1) All REMIC content was converted into infographics based on instructional design; 2) Thirteen elementary school teachers answered three questionnaires (pre- and post-intervention theoretical questionnaire, Motivational Survey Form, and Self-Assessment Scale of the Impact of Training on the Job).

Results  1) Six modules were created using infographics, communicating specific content objectively to the target audience. 2) There was a statistically significant difference between pre-and post-training about the questionnaire (p-value 0.005), the “Meaningful” domain of the Motivational Research Form had the highest score (19.23), and the average of the Training Impact on the Job Self-Assessment Scale was 42.3 points. These results indicate that the website is valuable for teacher training.

Conclusion  REMIC has been updated and is available at https://remic.fob.usp.brin Brazilian Portuguese and American English. Teachers considered it effective as a continuing education tool.

Keywords:
Hearing loss; Hearing devices; Remote microphone; Education; School teachers