Applying verbal decision analysis in selecting prototypes for educational tools

Author

Machado, Thais Cristina Sampaio ; Menezes, Andréa Carvalho ; Pinheiro, Lívia Figueiredo Rodrigues ; Tamanini, Isabelle ; Pinheiro, Plácido Rogério

Author_Institution

Grad. Program in Appl. Comput. Sci., Univ. of Fortaleza (UNIFOR), Fortaleza, Brazil

Volume

2

fYear

2010

fDate

29-31 Oct. 2010

Firstpage

531

Lastpage

535

Abstract

Aiming to answer the growing demand for professionals with knowledge about software processes, this article presents ideas for using educational tools that supports its teaching, through realistic experiences away from risks of real projects. The paper defines four options of prototypes of interfaces with specific characteristics which were evaluated qualitatively by applying the verbal decision analysis (VDA) methodology ORCLASS to classify them in decision groups, structured on the decision maker´s preferences obtained through the interview. The objective is to use the interfaces of the approved group for future development of real educational tools applications.

Keywords

computer aided instruction; decision making; user interfaces; ORCLASS methodology; educational tools; ordinal classification methodology; prototype selection; verbal decision analysis; Computational modeling; Interviews; Prototypes; Educational Tools; ORCLASS; Prototype; Verbal Decision Analysis;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Intelligent Computing and Intelligent Systems (ICIS), 2010 IEEE International Conference on

Conference_Location

Xiamen

Print_ISBN

978-1-4244-6582-8

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/ICICISYS.2010.5658285

Filename

5658285