Perspectivas de uso do método de avaliação de comunicabilidade para sistemas colaborativos (Mac-G) para sistemas colaborativos 3D

Abstract

In computational artifacts, especially in software, for user interaction with interface elements to occur in the most natural way possible, without interruptions caused by interaction and interface design problems, it is necessary to perform a sequence of steps that must be performed considered and one of them is the evaluation of interactions. However, interfaces that are composed of environments that offer users different forms of interaction from the usual are developed rapidly in today's times. The evaluations of interfaces in these conditions become complex, because it involves several specifications of each environment. In collaborative environments, for example, the behavioral aspects and purpose of use from the members are important items to be evaluated. In educational environments, student's learning performance, applied pedagogical models, and content disposition are important aspects to be evaluated. In three-dimensional environments such as: navigation, manipulation and system control are important evaluation items. In the literature, there were few studies that present the application of evaluation methods and techniques in hybrid environments. This paper proposes a new perspective of the Groupware Communicability Evaluation Method for three-dimensional environments in the educational domain. This new perspective came about through the semiotic interpretation of labels that configure the communication breakdown considering the specificities of three-dimensional educational environments. The need for new tags was identified from the preliminary studies with three distinct environments; these initial studies had the objective of observing the possibility of applying this method to these specific environments. The results obtained contribute to research related to the evaluation of Human-Computer Interaction, especially in three-dimensional, educational and collaborative environments.