scholarly journals UX e Design Inovação: evoluções metodológicas no processo de construção de apps

2021 ◽  
Vol 11 (23) ◽  
pp. 116-126
Author(s):  
Letícia Vasconcelos Morais Garcez ◽  
Ana Lya Moya Ferrari ◽  
Isabela Sousa Guimarães ◽  
Galdenoro Botura Jr

O presente estudo aborda questões metodológicas de projeto de design em que o usuário atua de maneira mais participativa, na etapa de teste. O objetivo dessa reflexão é apresentar uma experiência projetual de um aplicativo para smartphones que partiu de um exercício proposto em uma disciplina do Programa de Pós-Graduação em Design da Faculdade de Arquitetura, Artes e Comunicação e Design da Universidade Estadual Paulista, durante o primeiro semestre de 2019. A problemática levantada no presente estudo foi a gestão e o desperdício de alimentos em âmbito doméstico. Para o desenvolvimento do APP, utilizou-se em seu processo o Método das múltiplas convergências proposto por Barcellos (2020), que é uma adaptação e combinação ordenada entre o Design Process, Engineering Design Process, Double Diamond e Design Thinking. A metodologia direciona-se para o projeto-inovação, como uma ferramenta de avaliação e identificação de problemas e interação. Com isso, foram realizados durante o processo dois testes avaliativos diretamente com os usuários. Através dos feedbacks recebidos identificou-se algumas problemáticas e, requisitos projetuais foram alterados para atender com efetividade às diretrizes de UX. As mudanças realizadas puderam ser resolvidas antes do protótipo final do produto. Com relação a inovação do produto apresentado, (87,5%) participantes consideraram o produto muito inovador ou totalmente inovador, demonstrando boa adequação do produto proposto ao conceito e a problemática inicial do projeto. Entretanto, identifica-se que uma metodologia que apresente a etapa de criatividade, a entrega da ideia e o processo de testagem em pequenas partes, que são adicionadas e avaliadas de maneira frequente, acomodaria melhor o escopo do projeto em futuras etapas programáveis, se mostrando favorável para o aprofundamento desta pesquisa e de próximos estudos de caso.

2021 ◽  
Vol 8 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Kuen-Yi Lin ◽  
Ying-Tien Wu ◽  
Yi-Ting Hsu ◽  
P. John Williams

Abstract Background This study focuses on probing preservice technology teachers’ cognitive structures and how they construct engineering design in technology-learning activities and explores the effects of infusing an engineering design process into science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) project-based learning to develop preservice technology teachers’ cognitive structures for engineering design thinking. Results The study employed a quasi-experimental design, and twenty-eight preservice technology teachers participated in the teaching experiment. The flow-map method and metalistening technique were utilized to enable preservice technology teachers to create flow maps of engineering design, and a chi-square test was employed to analyze the data. The results suggest that (1) applying the engineering design process to STEM project-based learning is beneficial for developing preservice technology teachers’ schema of design thinking, especially with respect to clarifying the problem, generating ideas, modeling, and feasibility analysis, and (2) it is important to encourage teachers to further explore the systematic concepts of engineering design thinking and expand their abilities by merging the engineering design process into STEM project-based learning. Conclusions The findings of this study provide initial evidence on the effects of infusing the engineering design process into STEM project-based learning to develop preservice technology teachers’ engineering design thinking. However, further work should focus on exploring how to overcome the weaknesses of preservice technology teachers’ engineering design thinking by adding a few elements of engineering design thinking pedagogy, e.g., designing learning activities that are relevant to real life.


Science Scope ◽  
2017 ◽  
Vol 041 (01) ◽  
Author(s):  
Nicholas Garafolo ◽  
Nidaa Makki ◽  
Katrina Halasa ◽  
Wondimu Ahmed ◽  
Kristin Koskey ◽  
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Procedia CIRP ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 100 ◽  
pp. 660-665
Author(s):  
Giovanni Formentini ◽  
Núria Boix Rodríguez ◽  
Claudio Favi ◽  
Marco Marconi

2021 ◽  
Vol ahead-of-print (ahead-of-print) ◽  
Author(s):  
Michael S. Rugh ◽  
Donald J. Beyette ◽  
Mary Margaret Capraro ◽  
Robert M. Capraro

Purpose The purpose of this study is to examine a week-long science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) project-based learning (PBL) activity that integrates a new educational technology and the engineering design process to teach middle and high school students the concepts involved in rotational physics. The technology and teaching method described in this paper can be applied to a wide variety of STEM content areas. Design/methodology/approach As an educational technology, the dynamic and interactive mathematical expressions (DIME) map system automatically generates an interactive, connected concept map of mathematically based concepts extracted from a portable document format textbook chapter. Over five days, students used DIME maps to engage in meaningful self-guided learning within the engineering design process and STEM PBL. Findings Using DIME maps within a STEM PBL activity, students explored the physics behind spinning objects, proposed multiple creative designs and built a variety of spinners to meet specified criteria and constraints. Practical implications STEM teachers can use DIME maps and STEM PBL to support their students in making connections between what they learn in the classroom and real-world scenarios. Social implications For any classroom with computers, tablets or phones and an internet connection, DIME maps are an accessible educational technology that provides an alternative representation of knowledge for learners who are underserved by traditional methods of instruction. Originality/value For STEM teachers and education researchers, the activity described in this paper uses advances in technology (DIME maps and slow-motion video capture on cell phones) and pedagogy (STEM PBL and the engineering design process) to enable students to engage in meaningful learning.


Author(s):  
Victoria Zhao ◽  
Conrad S. Tucker

Information is transferred through a process consisting of an information source, a transmitter, a channel, a receiver and its destination. Unfortunately, during different stages of the engineering design process, there is a risk of a design idea or solution being incorrectly interpreted due to the nonlinearity of engineering design. I.e., there are many ways to communicate a single design idea or solution. This paper provides a comprehensive review and categorization of the possible sources of information loss at different stages of the engineering design process. Next, the authors present an approach that seeks to minimize information loss during certain stages of the engineering design process. The paper i) explores design process and dissemination methods in engineering design; ii) reviews prior work pertaining to these stages of the engineering design process and iii) proposes an information entropy metric that designers can utilize in order to quantify information loss at different stages of the engineering design process. Knowledge gained from this work will aid designers in selecting a suitable dissemination solution needed to effectively achieve a design solution.


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