On the development of Educational Software: proposal of a Software Product Line for Interactive Learning Modules
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Software Product Line; Interactive Learning Module; Application Framework; eLearningInformática na Educação; Ciência da Computação; Educação;
Software Educacional; Linha de Produto de Software; Arcabouço de Aplicação
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The current intense use of the Web to support education demands the development of new educational systems that promote better interactions between learners and contents, and also improve teachers’ tasks. This has implied on more complex systems and on the need to better integrate them on Web environments. This is the case of Interactive Learning Modules (iLM), a family of educational systems that can be integrated to Learning Management Systems. However, the lack of quality on development process can disturb potential benefits of using these learning tools, such as when the system behaves unexpectedly or when it takes a long time to fix this flaw. In order to reduce these problems, this work proposes a Software Product Line (SPL) for iLM, as a systematic development method. We present the design process of SPL and the creation of two iLM used to evaluate the influence of the SPL on this process. The evaluation showed better perception of productivity, code quality and programmers' satisfaction. Another contribution is an application framework, available as free software to improve the creation of new iLM.O atual uso intensivo da Web para apoiar a educação tem demandado o desenvolvimento de novas soluções educacionais que proporcionem maior interatividade do aprendiz com o conteúdo e que aprimore as atividades docentes. Isso tem implicado em sistemas mais complexos e na necessidade de uma maior integração deles com os ambientes Web. Este é o caso dos uma família de aplicativos educacionais (FAE omitido para revisão), uma família de sistemas educacionais que podem ser integrados de modo transparente a Sistemas de Gerenciamento de Cursos.Entretanto, a falta de qualidade no processo de desenvolvimento de sistemas educacionais pode anular eventuais benefícios didáticos, por exemplo, quando o sistema apresenta uma falha inesperada ou quando leva-se muito tempo para sanar esta falha. Para reduzir estas dificuldade, este trabalho propõe uma Linha de Produto de Software (LPS) para FAE, como método sistemático de desenvolvimento. Neste artigo serão apresentados o processo de construção da LPS, além de dois FAE que foram implementados para avaliar a influência da LPS no processo de desenvolvimento. As avaliações mostraram melhorias na percepção de produtividade, na qualidade do código produzido e na satisfação dos programadores. Outro resultado deste trabalho é o arcabouço de aplicação, disponível na forma de software livre para alavancar a produção de novos FAE.
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2014-03-08Type
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oai:ojs.pkp.sfu.ca:article/2403http://br-ie.org/pub/index.php/rbie/article/view/2403
10.5753/RBIE.2013.21.03.113
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