CLTD: Collaborative Learning Tool for Deaf

Collaborative e-learning is a learning approach where two or more interact to learn a topic, accomplish a task, or find a solution. Collaborative e-learning proved to encourage learning, help achieve higher academic performances and improve their social communication skills compared to individual learning. For deaf students, it is important to reveal the best out of the collaborative tools and introduce an opportunity to enhance their learning experience and alleviate current challenges. Many decisions need to be considered while designing and using a collaborative tool, the deaf students' requirements how it can be supported by collaborative tools, the barriers and how to overcome them. Therefore, proper approaches to design collaborative tools need to be defined. This paper proposes a roadmap to define an interactive collaborative tool architecture that aims to improve the learning outcomes for Arab deaf students. The proposed architecture is based on five-pillars: pedagogy, activity learning space, the technology used, communication, and assessment. We believe that considering these pillars while designing a collaborative tool will improve the learning experience, retain their motivation and concentration throughout the learning process, improve their information transfer skills with their peers and teachers, and shows more satisfactory attitudes toward learning.