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This paper presents a method to evaluate usability and gameplay efficiency for educational games developed for children undergoing cancer treatment, as well as a case study involving the game “Corrida Gramatical”. The methodology of this paper consists of the use of tablets by patients aged 10 to 15 years old to evaluate and quantify the usability and gameplay of the game, while the process is documented through non-participant observation, a System Usability Scale (SUS) questionnaire and a semi-structured interview. The proposed method has proved to be supportive in the evaluation of existing educational games, considering the participants of the research, as well as in the improvement of the game by analyzing the flaws identified in the game design. For future studies, we intend to change the inclusion criteria to select a larger group of patients and reaffirm the effectiveness of the proposed method.

Access to new technologies is slowly changing classrooms and theirdynamics. Gamification has been a widely used approach, and its benefits are still being studied. This paper aims to present a serious game which assists in teaching the SCRUM (software development) framework in higher education disciplines. For this, a virtual game has been created containing two different ways of playing, and its performance as a support tool to traditional teaching methodologies has been analyzed. Through a planned experiment, it was possible to identify a direct positive impact on students Learning Gain.

In this paper, we analyze the interference of the leaderboards in the number of correct answers in the problem-solving activities present in a gamified application. Also, we checked the usability level of the application with/without leaderboards. In order to achieve these objectives, we applied a study in a test scenario and verified the effect of the leaderboards on the number of correct answers. Then, we applied a survey with the participants to analyze the usability level of the application. As a result, although the level of satisfaction of the participants who used the application with the leaderboards was higher, this difference was not significant. Also, the leaderboards did not influence the number of correct answers to problem-solving.

Augmentative and Alternative Communication (AAC) is a strategy to deal with communication deficiencies. Such deficiencies are presented in people with Intellectual Disability (ID). AAC exploits more than one communication channel to send messages, however it cannot ensure that communication happens. In this paper we develop a prototype of collaborative system to support the communication of people with ID. We employ Design Science Research (DSR) and Participatory Design (PD) to tackle the problem. PD is used in the three design cycles of DSR, which are: knowledge about the user; adaptation of a communication model; and development of screens prototypes. The results are requirements related to communication of people with ID.

Despite Software project management (SPM) being one of the most relevant topicsin the area of software engineering that should be addressed in computing programs, SPM skills of recent graduates are not satisfactory yet. In this context, besides being important to know there are skill deficiencies, we also need to gather specific information on how to adjust and improve the education on the corresponding topics. In this paper we attempt to identify what knowledge deficiencies in SPM can persist after a student graduates from a computing degree program. We surveyed practitioners that graduated and worked as software project managers to gather the knowledge deficiencies from the industry perspective. In general, the results indicated that there is a number of professionals who seeks postgraduate programs to fill the deficiencies of the undergrad programs.

Considering how Mobile Digital Technologies can assist in the teaching andlearning process, in the most diverse areas of Teaching. This paper results from a Systematic Literature Review on the use of Mobile Learning in teaching and learning. Thereby, we identified its central characteristics, which refers to the use of mobile devices, and mapped out areas of Education and Teaching that have been using the MLearning in their educational activities in school scope. The methodological referral used was the Systematic Literature Review, over a period of 10 years, from 2007 to 2017, on the Theses and Dissertations Bank from Coordination for the Improvement of Higher Education Personnel (CAPES), on Capes Periodic Bank and in the periodic listed in the restricted index (A1, A2 and B1) in the Teaching area of the WebQualis platform - Quadrennial Periodic Classifications 2013-2016. The results are an even small number of effective use of Mobile Learning in school scope, although there is evidence that its using is feasible in classrooms due to its characteristics of working with portable and simple devices, commonly used by students in personal life, not implying in additional costs.

Este artigo discute a implementação de recursos de acessibilidade para deficientes visuais em sistemas síncronos e cooperativos na Internet. Com base no cenário sociocultural de afirmação da diferença e nos contextos de cooperação estabelecidos pela Web 2.0, discutimos a aplicação da Percepção no Espaço de Trabalho em ferramentas do Groupware através de Ícones Auditivos, Earcons, fala sintetizada, Live Region e Screen Readers em um sistema de chat na web. Trata-se de uma pesquisa experimental qualitativa com validação interna de dados e de objetivo exploratório. O processo de análise de coleta de dados foi realizado utilizando protocolos aplicados com cinco usuários reais. Os resultados das experiências mostraram uma adesão satisfatória dessas tecnologias na construção de percepção sonora para usuários de leitores de tela. This paper discusses the implementation of accessibility features for visually impaired people in synchronous and cooperative systems on the Internet. Based on the sociocultural scenario of affirmation of difference and on the contexts of cooperation established by Web 2.0, we discuss the application of Sound Workspace Awareness in Groupware tools through Auditory Icons, Earcons, synthesized speech, Live Region, and Screen Readers in a Web chat system. The article presents a qualitative experimental research with internal data validation and an exploratory goal. The process of data collection and analysis was performed using protocols applied with five real users. The results of the experiments showed a satisfactory adherence of these technologies in the construction of Sound Workspace Awareness to screen reader users.

This paper presents Ludos Top - an educational 3D game that use virtual reality techniques, which can support multi-student with anew design model of networking on the web. The project has actively involved end-users to focus on increase interactivity through the use of versatile system architecture.We present a quick prototyping of a multi-user virtual world through the employment of Ajax, X3D and Web Services provides an efficient, flexible and robust means for distributed application. Results showimproved network capabilities, in terms of interactive, ease of use, enjoyability, playability and usability.