Desenvolvimento de sistema web gamificado para alfabetização de pessoas com síndrome de Down

Abstract

Down syndrome is a genetic change that causes delay in cognitive development. Therefore, people with Down syndrome require differentiated teaching methods. In this monograph, the research and development of a web gamificate system for literacy of people with Down syndrome is presented, focusingon gamification techniques and concepts of human-computer interaction, more specifically usability. The study of usability techniques is important for the correct insertion of gamification elements. Gamification techniques are used to make the web system attractive to students. From a heuristic analysis, one can perceive the usability of three educational software for literacy of people with intellectual disabilities. With the compilation of the results obtained, a gamificated web system was developed and later applied the heuristic evaluation to verify its usability.