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The objective of this article was to demonstrate that the third-grade elementary school mobile application for mathematics, Matercergrado, enhanced collaborative problem-solving. The instructional design of the application followed the ADDIE methodology, and its creation employed the Mobile-D methodology. The research approach was mixed and descriptive, with a convenience sample of 18 participants from an elementary school in the municipality of Nezahualcóyotl, State of Mexico. These participants completed a Likert-type survey, validated using the Delphi method and Cronbach’s Alpha, which evaluated usability, interface design, functionality, thematic content, and comprehension of exercises and components. The results indicated that students highly appreciated Matercergrado, and teachers validated its thematic content and explanatory procedures for teaching mathematics. In addition, students reported collaborative and union sentiments while solving problems and doing exercises. Overall, Matercergrado achieved excellent results during the study, showing the potential to enhance students’ understanding and academic performance.

The advancement of technology enables new resources for education. The convergence of accessibility, usability, serious games (SG), and user-centered design (UCD) enables the development of inclusive resources to meet the needs of people with disabilities. This work aims to analyze and synthesize the developments of digital educational games, focusing on technical aspects to facilitate their implementation in the classroom. The criteria and recommendations of the PRISMA protocol (2020) were applied to conduct the search. Keywords were used to explore the Web of Science, Scopus, PubMed databases, and 21 journals, covering the period from 2018 to 2023. Initially, 799 articles were identified, and after the refinement process, 24 publications were analyzed. The results indicate a growing and ongoing interest in the topic. Current trends in the design and use of accessible video games for individuals with intellectual disabilities were identified, along with their impact on learning and educational inclusion.

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The objective of this work was to design and test an all-terrain wheelchair for the rural population, implementing an AZ31 magnesium alloy and a lever propulsion mechanism to reduce the effort made during mobility. Two wheelchair prototypes were evaluated under the ISO7176 standard and usability testing. To validate the fact that the wheelchair weight reduction represents a benefit, a repeated measures study was carried out to establish the effect of the material change on mobility efficiency. The tests were carried out in an academic campus in Colombia in an open space with a surface covered with grass, unevenness, and other obstacles to emulate the conditions of a rural environment. A convenience sample was used, randomly selecting 17 subjects from the academic community without disabilities or overweight. Two prototypes were manufactured, one in aluminum and the second in magnesium alloy. For the study of repeated measurements, each participant had to complete three tests with both prototypes: a short-dis ance test, an obstacles test, and a long-distance test, which were performed randomly. The magnesium alloy prototype achieved a 25% weight reduction. In ISO7176 testing, both prototypes maintained their structural integrity and functionality. Also, with a confidence of 95%, it was possible to establish that with the magnesium prototype, the users traveled a greater distance in the same time. The new design meets the needs of mobility, support, and comfort of users, making efficient use of magnesium alloy. Weight reduction in the wheelchair allows the user to save time on mobility or cover greater distances with less physical effort. This is a starting point to offer a contextualized and affordable product to the Latin American population.

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With the fashion industry's negative impact already widely acknowledged, we've seen new ways of consuming and investing in the circular economy system. After establishing the importance of new technologies in today's fashion consumption, the spotlight is now on the role of e-commerce in the advent of circularity. This article presents a comparative analysis on four second-hand fashion ecommerce websites available in Portugal, with the goal of understanding the importance of usability and user experience for e-business and identifying the best and worst interaction design practices. With implications for academia as well as the fashion and communication industries, this study demonstrates that the analyzed platforms do not have structural issues, becoming examples to be considered for their good performance - which may be the cause for increased interest in the circular economy - and exposing guidelines for future research. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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Background: the Proximal Femur Fracture (PFF) is a serious public health concern, and the ABLEFIT Medical Device (MD) may be an added asset in the patient’s process of rehabilitation after PFF. Objectives: to assess usability and ergonomics of the ABLEFIT for patient rehabilitation after PFF. Methodology: a descriptive observational study, using a mixed methodology, with data sourcing through two focus groups and usability questionnaire. Focus groups made up of eight participants each, one group with end users and one with Nurses Specialized in Rehabilitation Nursing (NSRN). All ethical principals were met. The quantitative data were analyzed using the Statistical Package for the Social Sciences (SPSS) v25 software, in addition to content analysis technique for focus groups. Results: the descriptive analysis of the quantitative data shows a positive appreciation, with higher scores in group A. Overall, participants considered the device to be useful for patient rehabilitation after PFF. Some group B participants perceived the learning process and usability of the medical device as complex. Conclusion: this study allowed to assess usability and improvement of the ABLEFIT for patient rehabilitation after PFF, and to contribute to better quality in Rehabilitation Nursing care services.

Analisar a carga cognitiva envolvida no processo de ensino e aprendizagem online é um fator importante para a garantia de resultados educativos mais concretos, principalmente porque observa a interferência que diferentes formatos de apresentação de conteúdos podem causar na aquisição de informações pela memória humana. Pensando nisso, este artigo apresenta um Framework denominado FACCE que tem por base os aspectos oriundos da convergência de quatro estudos: a Teoria da Carga Cognitiva, a Teoria Cognitiva da Aprendizagem Multimídia, os princípios do aprendizado eletrônico e as Heurísticas de Usabilidade de Interfaces e busca instrumentalizar a avaliação da carga cognitiva na educação online. Esta é uma pesquisa qualitativa que aborda a construção e validação do FACCE que foi construído com base nos recursos disponíveis no HTML5, CSS, Framework Bootstrap, JavaScript e PHP. Para o levantamento dos dados na fase de validação da ferramenta foi utilizada uma adaptação da Escala de Usabilidade de Sistemas SUS (System Usability Scale) que identifica a qualidade da interface de sistemas computacionais. Os resultados demonstraram que o Framework proposto apresenta qualidade de interface e por isso pode ser amplamente utilizado na qualificação do ensino online a partir do balanceamento da carga cognitiva na apresentação dos conteúdos. /// Analyzing the cognitive load involved in the online teaching and learning process is an important factor in ensuring more concrete educational results, mainly because it observes the interference that different formats of content presentation can cause in the acquisition of information by human memory. With this in mind, this article presents a Framework called FACCE, which is based on aspects arising from the convergence of four studies: the Cognitive Load Theory, the Cognitive Theory of Multimedia Learning, the principles of electronic learning and the Usability Heuristics of Interfaces and search instrumentalize the assessment of cognitive load in online education. This is a qualitative research that addresses the construction and validation of FACCE which was built based on the resources available in HTML5, CSS, Bootstrap Framework, JavaScript and PHP. For data collection in the validation phase of the tool, an adaptation of the SUS System Usability Scale (System Usability Scale) was used, which identifies the quality of the interface of computer systems. The results showed that the proposed Framework has interface quality and therefore can be widely used in the qualification of online teaching from the balance of the cognitive load in the presentation of contents.

Introduction: Users of digital environments have specific characteristics that differ from their social context and the degree of usability of Information and Communication Technologies for access to the most diverse informational platforms, in which such particularities must be considered to meet the informational needs of these individuals and provide a better experience in digital environments. A discipline that proposes to investigate aspects related to user experience in digital environments is User Experience (UX) and, from the application of usability techniques, it is possible to identify barriers that can affect user interaction. Objective: The present study aims to analyze the usability of the e-Campo portal, from Embrapa, based on Nielsen's heuristic. Methodology: The methodology adopted in this research is characterized as a bibliographical, qualitative and exploratory analysis. Results: In the 10 steps identified, 10 usability problems were found, with the violation of heuristic 4 (Consistency and standards) being the most recurrent. Conclusion: Aspects related to usability were verified, which may hinder access to the content available on the portal. Thus, the relevance of the user in the context of studies in the area of Information Science is verified so that the construction of more interactive systems that allow a satisfactory user experience can be proposed. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

It aims to establish theoretical and practical contributions for the analysis of open data platforms that offer visual resources for the understanding of the meaning of its elements. From a bibliographic survey directed to the conceptual and procedural aspects and topics concerning the areas of Data Visualization, Information Architecture and Usability, it identifies principles that were the basis for the definition of criteria for the examination of sites that make data available. As a result, it presents a systematization of issues related to the three fields mentioned above, in the form of checklists that provide subsidies for the analysis of portals that make open data available and tools to visualize them. It concludes that, from the application of the systematizations presented, it will be possible to identify differences and particularities in the way each platform deals with its data, as well as its strengths and weaknesses, favoring the proposition of improvements in certain aspects for information retrieval. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Educational institutions should carefully evaluate the usability of their Learning Management Systems (LMS) before delivering them to teachers and students. This paper presents the process and the results of the usability evaluations in the teaching-learning activities supported by the Canvas and the Blackboard LMS at a Brazilian University. The methodology considered tests with users to evaluate five usability features in the Canvas and Blackboard systems. In addition, usability experts performed usability inspections to analyze problems and possible solutions. The results indicated that both platforms have severe usability issues. In terms of the comparisons between the two LMS systems, the results did not show a significant disparity in usability between them. As a result, we also pointed out the main problems and solutions of the LMS. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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This study assessed whether the design of screens in light mode (white background with dark text) or dark mode (dark background with light text) impacts the number of questions and time that people answer mobile surveys. The study relied on humancentered design processes (observation, generation, prototyping and testing). Twenty adults took part in usability tests and 120 received a link to answer a long survey on their cell phones, and clicked on "give up" when they got tired. Though most participants reported a preference for dark mode, and the mean number of dark mode responses was higher, statistical tests did not indicate significant differences between groups. This data suggests that the use of light or dark designs did not sufficiently influence the number of questions that participants answered and the time they took to do that. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Subtitling has become one of the most important audiovisual translation modes and cannot be understood outside the context of the technology that makes it possible. New audiovisual media are appearing, such as 360o videos, and the necessity of subtitling this type of content to make it accessible is emerging. In this article, an updated review of current subtitling technology is presented to contextualise the study. Then, a review of main immersive environments (3D, augmented reality and virtual reality) and their implications for subtitling has also been introduced. The focus of the study is on virtual reality and, therefore, the main challenges of subtitling 360o content are presented. To respond to the needs of subtitling this type of content, a prototype version of a subtitle editor has been developed and presented to twenty-seven professional subtitlers who have tested the tool and reported the correspondent feedback on usability and preferences. This study has proven the importance of carrying out usability tests with end users when developing specific software. Finally, the challenges faced by subtitlers in new audiovisual media such as 360o content are presented.

Sonata is a mobile game to assist children with auditory dyslexia in the process of literacy writing through the association of graphemes and phonemes. From then on, the user's time and progress are respected by allowing the child to learn from repetition and changing levels of difficulty. His project was preceded by the analysis of five similar solutions (Dyslexia Learn Letters, Dyslexia Go, Eye Game, Domlexia and Percival's Helps for Dyslexia) in order to highlight its differential. For its development, the EducAPI was adopted, whose multimedia database makes it possible to group words by context in order to customize the game to the learner's interests. Sonata was evaluated using the heuristic inspection method, applied by three evaluators. The evaluation was conducted considering 43 accessibility recommendations for dyslexia and the 10 usability heuristics. As a result, 32 problems were identified, predominantly in the aspect of Layout, Media and Titles, and Emphasis, the heuristics of System Status Visibility and Consistency and Patterns had predominance of problems, and a guide for the redesign of Sonata before it can be evaluated with the end users. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The use of Information and Communication Technologies (ICT) is now democratized in the information society, however there are some age brackets that use less, such as senior citizens over the age of 65. Although the use of ICT among the senior population is rising, some distance still exists. The reality has shown that more and more services are using ICT to replace traditional services. This research aims to "understand the difficulties senior citizens experience when using the 'e-fatura' service". A mixed methodology was used with a convenience sample of 50 senior citizens living in nine parishes in the municipality of Viseu, in Portugal. Although three patterns of use have been identified according to the degree of independence with which they perform the task, it should be noted that there are usability problems related to the 'e-fatura' service which are linked to the lack of contrast between the background and the various elements, to the comprehension of languages (graphic and textual) and also to the size of the clickable areas.

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Education has several digital technologies, such as repositories in which virtual learning objects are made available, and these resources contribute to assisting the teaching and learning process. However, there are some problems, such as the lack of structure in the repositories of virtual learning objects that prevent the more effective use of digital educational resources. In this context, this research aims to propose a set of guidelines for structuring repositories of virtual learning objects, considering principles of information architecture, information representation structures and usability aspects. The research is characterized as basic and applied in relation to nature; with objectives, exploratory, descriptive and explanatory; bibliographic, case study and field study, regarding technical/methodological procedures; with quantitative and qualitative approaches. The methodological path includes the verification of the principles of information architecture, types of information representation structures and usability aspects that are inherent to the composition of the set of guidelines to be proposed; structuring a repository as a prototype, following the proposed guidelines; prototype validation with teachers and students using a questionnaire based on the integrative model as a data collection instrument, in addition to the validation data analysis through a comparative method. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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To avoid errors when handling nuclear medical equipment, it is important to develop products with a high degree of usability. This can be achieved by performing usability evaluations in the product development process to detect and mitigate potential usability problems. Usability evaluation focuses on how well users can learn and use a product to achieve their goals. To gather information about usability, practitioners use a variety of methods that gather feedback from users about an existing interface or plans related to a new interface. A wide range of usability evaluation methods have been proposed, but few methods focus on developing an objective and practical evaluation method for usability. Moreover, the usability evaluations are based on human judgments and most methods cannot fully solve the subjectivity of these evaluations. In order to remedy this deficiency, the purpose of this work is to adopt a Fuzzy Set Theory (FST) approach to establish a method for the usability evaluation of nuclear medical equipment based on usability heuristics for user interface design and international standards for ergonomics of human-system interaction. To exemplify the method we performed a usability evaluating of the Digital Spectrometer ESP 13004 by testing it with representative users. The results showed that the method is a proactive tool to provide a basis for checking usability of medical device interfaces.

The aim of this article is to explore the continuing education of teachers, questioning, through the bias of Social Pedagogy (VIEIRA, 2016; VIEIRA; VIEIRA, 2015), the pedagogical integration of Information and Communication Technologies (ICT). It is an initial research study, of an exploratory nature, according to Marconi and Lakatos (2003). It is a research in the field of Educational Technology (ET), because it places ICT on behalf of the educational function and not simply utilitarian. Methodologically, this work is segmented into two parts. Firstly, we discussed the continuing education of teachers and the context of use of technologies and Internet access in Brazil. Secondly, we explore the concept of usability (NIELSEN, 1990, 1993; SILIUS; TERVAKARI; POHJOLAINEN, 2003), proposing a model in which ICTs are reconciled with the concept of digital literacy, since pedagogical usability comprises practices of the user - being student or teacher - apart from the aspects determined by the immediate interaction between man and machine. Here is the course that we seeks to promote in the ongoing teacher education regarding the use of ICT in the classroom: from technical usability to digital literacy. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Information and Communication Technologies (ICT) seem to have a positive impact on senior communities and they could help to promote independent living at home. However, the interface design is not always adapted to this population. Given the current demands for delivering online the Income Tax Treaty Documents (using the website «e-fatura»), this fact may cause an additional barrier for senior citizens, who have never used a computer before. Thus, the purpose of this study was: identify the senior’s difficulties when using «e-fatura»; evaluate the website usability and verify if it is considered an age-friendly website for this specific group of people. This is an exploratory study with direct observation, where the participants performed a set of tasks, evaluated in the five parameters: tasks’ completion, completion time, number, types of errors and the requesting for help. These were later compared to evaluation heuristics. The «e-fatura» website has flaws that must be reviewed in order to improve a better usability for the senior citizen population.

Senior citizens may benefit from the use of Information and Communication Technologies (ICT) despite the existence of several barriers and difficulties regarding their use. Skype is both a synchronous and asynchronous communication tool that enables to make calls and exchange messages. The purpose of this study was to assess the usability of Skype by describing and observing the difficulties of senior citizens in their use and to offer suggestions to improve the interface. In this exploratory study, direct observation and cognitive walkthrough were used and the participants were asked to perform the planned tasks in order to assess the errors, the need for assistance and task fulfillment, which were later compared to specific heuristics. Participants demonstrated difficulties in learning, efficiency and overpassing some mistakes. Most of them weren't able to conclude the proposed tasks, suggesting that Skype still needs some improvements in order to be considered agefriendly and therefore fully accessible

This document analyzes and verifies agricultural applications available in Colombia, evaluating their level of functionality and usability, in order to make a proposal of the elements that an application for agriculture should contain, taking into account aspects that are not contemplated in the evaluated applications.

Educational technology, as it is nowadays understood, is a relatively new concept. Traditionally, it was understood as the use of audiovisual materials in the classroom; however, this concept has been left behind to be considered a fundamental part of educational processes, taking into account multiple disciplines. This research links theoretical foundations with the development of a web system considering pedagogical aspects for the generation of educational technology; this is done in three stages: (1) seeking educational foundation and its adaptation to technology, (2) the applicability of these to the concept of usability and (3) the development of the system web. The results obtained were favorable; the SUS (Scale Usability System) tool determined a usability level of 91.38. In this sense, creating a system that managed information about the Fungi kingdom considers the incorporation of pedagogical and technological techniques during the elaboration process. Considering the characteristics of the end-user will help the teaching-learning process and, thus, keep the interest from the user to continue using the generated instrument.

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The main objective of the study was to investigate the main attributes that characterize the dimensions of usability that justify the adoption of Management Accounting Practices more intensively used by managers from different functional levels by Mahama and Cheng (2013), namely: coercive, enabling, repair, flexibilization, internal transparency, and global transparency. Survey was the data collection method, and questionnaires were sent to companies listed in the yearbook 'Best & Largest', published by Exame magazine. We collected 149 valid responses from professionals working in different positions at the organizations. We carried out data analysis by using the factorial and correspondence analysis techniques. As main findings, we highlight that the most adopted practices are those related to the management process (Budget, Strategic planning, and Budget variations), and professionals understand that these practices allow corrections and facilitate the solution of problems (repair dimension), as well as improve job visibility (internal transparency). In addition, the results show that accountants perceive the most used practices as a control tool (coercive dimension), while other middle management professionals perceive them as a tool that allows them to develop their activities more efficiently (enabling dimension). [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

This research aimed to analyze the level of public transparency of information about the acts of public management published on the websites of city halls of municipalities in the states of Tocantins. As for the methodology, it is classified as descriptive, documentary and quali-quantitative. Thus, the official websites of 66 Tocantins city halls were accessed, analyzed by population range, according to models proposed by Silva (2013), Amorim (2012) and Amorim and Almada (2016). The results found, in general, reveal that compliance with LAI, on average, was better than with LRF. Regarding the accessibility of the official websites of the municipalities that are part of the sample, it was observed that they present reasonable public transparency in terms of access by people with special needs and the flexibility and efficiency of the portal. It was also noticed that the usability and accessibility and accessibility have been adopted by the portals, however they still need greater effort in order to fully meet the mandatory and voluntary aspects provided for in the legal provisions. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Experimentation of new navigation strategies and narratives, benefited by the advancement of design and programming languages, points out new "way of doing" and presenting information in digital journalism. Multimedia specials have been reproduced on several websites, integrating more and more elements such as photographs, videos, interactive infographics, among other elements. This paper intends to present, in a preliminary way, the experience of reading these reports on mobile devices in three leading Brazilian newspapers websites - Folha de S.Paulo, O Estado de S.Paulo, and O Globo, through usability tests and quantitative data. In this study, we concluded that the reports lose readability on mobile devices, in addition to slow loading and excessive visual stimuli, which bothered the reading of participants. Visuals resources are important in the cognition and attention process, but they cannot be excessive and must pass usability tests to meet readers' needs and involve them in the narrative. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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This paper aimed at evaluating the Usability of the 360º Virtual Era Project under the perspective of its Digital Curatorship, through the virtual visitation of the Vale Museum as a product of social memory space made available as a collection of its digital platform. As a methodology, the research has the nature of a descriptive research of a qualitative approach, using systematic observation of previously defined specialists. In this way, this paper contributes to the discussions and understandings of this new socio-cultural phenomenon, starting from the interdisciplinary relations between the areas of Information Science, Museology, Tourism and Usability Engineering, between the meanderings of mass culture, globalization and information technologies and communication in contemporary society. As a result of the use of the "Digital Curatorship Checklist" of the Vale Museum, a museological product was unveiled as a memory space in a digital platform where information and communication are shown to be highly navigable and accessible to its users, satisfactory, easy to memorize, providing little or no error rate in its use, with efficiency and effectiveness, which could also be confirmed in the observations and analysis of the 360° visitation to the Vale Museum. Providing the user with an experience of virtual visitation to exhibitions, museums and cultural heritages in 360º is something that should become increasingly common to promote the love of art, culture, musefilia, even more when it comes to Brazil, with so many social inequalities access to education and culture. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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