SINTERA: objeto de aprendizagem com realidade aumentada para o ensino da fotossintese

Abstract

The appearance and evolution of new Information and Communication Technologies (ICTs) has provided a range of resources that can be used to support educational processes in the various areas of knowledge, knowledge, enabling new forms of mediation and interaction between the individuals involved in such processes. Among these resources, stands out the augmented Reality (RA), which is a technology that enables coexistence between the real and virtual world through the insertion and exhibition of objects in a given environment. Such objects can be viewed with a wealth of details, allowing more concrete experiences and a greater interaction of the students with the studied contents. Thus the present work presents the elaboration and the evaluation of the potentiality of a Learning Object, called SINTERA, in RA as an aid instrument to the teaching of the content of photosyntesis. During the process of development of this object, consultations were carried out with a professional from the Biology area of the Itacoatiara Study Center (CESIT) with the intention of identifying the initial requirements, as well as the changes and possible improvements. To evaluate the potential of SINTERA, an evaluation was carried out with the participation of students of Forestry Engineering course at CESIT. Such students had brief contact with the object and, posteriorly, answered a questionnaire about their perception with regard to the utility and ease of use of SINTERA.