Análise da percepção da utilidade de uma ferramenta de apoio à leitura de textos digitais

Abstract

A digital text can be defined as any information content, similar to a book, in digital format, which can be read on electronic equipment, such as computers, cell phones, digital book readers, among others, in a way that, regardless of the existence of the version on paper. With advances in technology, new applications have been computed in the educational sector. Educational texts or even current textbooks are limited to replicating printed content plus a few DERs (digital educational resources) with a low level of interaction. Therefore, the distance that digital texts are from the potential of technology is remarkable. The present work has as its general objective the development of an interface of a tool that will manage digital digital texts with personalized resources, allowing students to have a better reading experience, as well as a better synthesis of the content read. After analyzing the results, functionalities such as “Zoom”, “add comments to the text”, “enlarge the size/change the text color”, mainly, were understood as useful resources that could help in the reading/understanding of the text and are resources that should be added to digital texts, in addition to being considered useful to improve the experience in reading comprehension and learning. The functionalities that offer questions about the text to the readers, had a medium evaluation in the first experiment and a not so good evaluation in the second, although this resource was considered easy to use.