Verbal decision analysis applied on the choice of educational tools prototypes: a study case aiming at making computer engineering education broadly accessible

• Autores: Plácido Rogério Pinheiro, Isabelle Tamanini, Thais Cristina Sampaio Machado
• Localización: The International journal of engineering education, ISSN-e 0949-149X, Vol. 30, no. Extra 3, 2014, págs. 585-595
• Idioma: inglés
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• Resumen

  • Nowadays there is a growing demand for professionals with knowledge on software processes. With the aim of introducing thesetechniques to a considerable number of people, in an easy and accessible way, this paper presents ideas for educational tools thatsupport its teaching. Currently, the only way people can have a good knowledge on the area is attending to formal courses, andour aim is to divulge the area via Computer Engineering Education techniques, such as educational tools or games that arousepeople’s interest for learning. This way, six prototypes are defined and Verbal Decision Analysis methods will be used to helpselecting the prototype that fits the necessity of the users. The ORCLASS method will be applied using the ORCLASSWEB tool,with the aim of classifying the prototypes in two groups, acceptable and unacceptable designs. Then, the prototypes of the firstgroup will be ordered using a tool based on the ZAPROS III-i method so that the most preferable interface will be selected. Theresearch results show that the use of qualitative methods of decision support can benefit significantly on selecting the preferableinterface for future development of real educational tools applications.