Mapeamento de rota de estudo na web baseada na estratégia de gamificação.

Abstract

The Web has become an important channel for the information obtaining and study space. If before that space the access of the information was limited and dependent of communication media, books and any other study material, today the challenge is to locate and organize what is helpful due to the information excess. The evolution of Web allowed several tools aimed for teaching would be created generating environments know as Distance Learning (or Distance Education), that in addition to the vast collection of materials, resources and activities, allowed the education process to happen despite the distance. Many of these environments explore interactive features so that users could get motivated to learn and, with that, it is noticed the importance of the use of strategies that could encourage the user to perform different tasks and the (re)construct his knowledge. One of that strategies is the gamification that aims for make the proposed activities most attractive, generating as well, motivation and user engagement for its fulfillment. Based in that context, the present final paper aimed for the development of an agent application that could follow the user during his search for information in a Web environment, registering his study route. This route matches to the user study process, his interest of research is mobilized by gamification techniques. At final, the application generate a map that represents the study route, which highlights the relevant pages, selected by user and the real route covered. The route map purpose was to encourage the user to think over the paths taken during his research and search for knowledge, results that were observed during the tests. As well, by tests, it was possible to check that the participants consider that the use of gamification elements is interesting, because it cause involvement and a dynamic guided by challenge.