O Bando do Lim: jogo de aprendizagem de bandolim

• Autor(a) principal: Sousa, Micaela Sofia Silva
• Data de Publicação: 2019
• Tipo de documento: Dissertação
• Idioma: por
• Título da fonte: Repositório Científico de Acesso Aberto de Portugal (Repositórios Cientìficos)
• Texto Completo: http://hdl.handle.net/10400.13/2340
• topic: Jogo educacional; Jogo musical; Bandolim; Aprendizagem; Motivação; Educational game; Musical game; Mandolin; Learning; Motivation; Engenharia Informática; .; Faculdade de Ciências Exatas e da Engenharia; Domínio/Área Científica::Engenharia e Tecnologia::Engenharia Eletrotécnica, Eletrónica e Informática

In the technological age we live in, the use of educational games becomes more and more frequent to encourage and motivate children for learning. The game “O Bando do Lim” was created during an internship at Directorate of Artistic Education and Multimedia Services, within the scope of the Master’s thesis in Informatics Engineering, with the purpose to complement the activities taught during the mandolin classes. The initial observation of classes revealed which aspects became real obstacles for students while practicing this instrument. It was also found which elements should be present in the game in order to facilitate this learning. Given the design and requirements of the game, there were developed functional prototypes that allowed an evaluation of the usability defects. “O Bando do Lim” was implemented and analyzed, to test theoretical and practical skills of students in an entertaining way, following its programming guidelines. As a result of the playtest conducted, students revealed to be motivated to use the game as a support to the activity, demonstrating enthusiasm in repeating the experience. Through the interviews, teachers showed to be opened to make the game a complementary tool to classes. It was also found the possibility of using the game as a means of connection between children, the practice of mandolin and the parents/guardians.