Desenvolvimento e análise de impacto de uma aplicação colaborativa voltada para o aprendizado utilizando interação pen-based / Development and assessment of a pen-based learning tool

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DATA DE PUBLICAÇÃO

2010

RESUMO

Introducing new computational devices in an educational environment isn t only giving hardware and software to the peers. It s needed to identify the peers expectations and adequate them to the teaching methodology. The usage of computing in education can bring a great improvement in the students learning experience, but it s necessary to access these methodologies to verify if they indeed result in a better learning experience, since the peers expectations can vary given different subjects and students. The main input devices used in computers nowdays, mice and keyboard, were projected towards productivity. The usage of these devices in classroom activities, especially those that includes diagram, formulas and symbols drawing are limited. Thus, the importance of pen-based interface devices like the Tablet PC. The pen, different from mice and keyboard, allow students to draw simbols, formulas and schemes in a more natural way than with these devices. This thesis studies the Tablet PC usage in active learning environments and in the recording of screencasts. The results show that students found that the Tablet PC usage in these cenarios enhances the students learning experience, rasing their participation, access to the teacher for clearing doubts and supporting a better integration between students and instructors. Tablet PC makes the lecture recording very easy and cheap. By recording only the Tablet PC screen its possible to avoid the necessity of a large recording crew. This videos, as the research concluded, have great value for the students, whom use it for review parts of the recorded lectures. The biggest challenge for the ample adoption of this lecture methodology, as any inovation, is the equipment high cost. As soon as the technology price drops, this lecture methodology has high chances of being adopted by several Universities, as it already is in some pioneers institutions in developed countries

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aprendizado colaborativo pen-based computers interatividade informatica na educação video interativo pen-based computers colaborative learning interactivity educational informatics interactive video

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