Paula Caroline Schifino Jardim Passos

Collective Text Editor: A New Interface Focused on Interaction Design

The Collective Text Editor ETC is a tool that follows Web 2.0 philosophy. Thus, its aim is to foster collaborative work mediated by computer and to create a space where the synchronous and asynchronous construction of collective texts among geographically dispersed users can be encouraged. The ETC is linked to a research project of NUTED/UFRGS. The present article deals with the reconstruction of the interface so as to adapt it to the current technological demands, giving it credibility and new personality.

A organização do conteúdo em periódicos científicos: uma análise da Arquitetura da Informação

Organization is a component of Information Architecture that deals with system content classification. In electronic journals, organization impacts user interaction with the content and the visibility of published articles. Thus, the objective of this article is to verify how the organization systems of electronic scientific journals work. For the analysis, three journals of relevance to science and with high impact factors in the multidisciplinary area were selected: Nature, Science and PLOS Biology. The method chosen was the inspection by checklist, which was performed through the test sentences, described with basis on reference authors in the area. The analysis considered if organizational schemas divide information into defined and unique sections when used in journals, and if they support an associative learning process that enables the user to make new connections. It was also verified if the structures used in journals organize the content into logical groupings and benefit the research, navigation, filtering and linking of the information. In addition to the traditional schema and organizational structures, the study also verifies if journals present alternative ways of classifying digital information based on the collaborative content organization generated from user tags. As results, the research presents the mapping of the organization systems of the journals that were analyzed. These results can be applied to improve other scientific journals and their systems.

Interação e Interatividade através das interfaces de materiais educacionais digitais

Este artigo trata da relacao entre a interface de um material educacional digital e as formas de interacao entre aluno e conteudo que esse dispositivo pode possibilitar. Para tanto, sao apresentadas as definicoes de interface, de interacao e de interatividade e argumenta-se a respeito da influencia delas para a aprendizagem do aluno. Piaget (1974; 1996) postula que o conhecimento nao procede nem do sujeito nem do objeto, mas e construido no caminho entre os dois, dependendo tanto de um, como de outro. Considerando o aluno como sujeito e a interface como objeto, a interface e colocada, neste caso, em igualdade de importância com o aluno. Pretende-se refletir a respeito da influencia da interface na maneira como o aluno se apropria do conteudo e como isso se reflete em seu aprendizado.