Banca de DEFESA: LAYANE NASCIMENTO DE ARAÚJO

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STUDENT : LAYANE NASCIMENTO DE ARAÚJO
DATE: 07/12/2023
TIME: 09:00
LOCAL: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/87980952615?pwd=c3RRMG1LVmowWFFDeTAzUDFZZXhwUT09
TITLE:

The Students' Attention in the Metaverse: A study on the conception of learning environments in the metaverse, in the light of Design and Ergonomics.

KEY WORDS:

Design. Ergonomics. Metaverse. Educational Environment. Attention.

PAGES: 276
BIG AREA: Ciências Sociais Aplicadas
AREA: Desenho Industrial
SUMMARY:

The study is anchored in the changes in educational paradigms that occurred primarily after the COVID-2019 pandemic. Thus, it focuses on the evolution from traditional teaching, centered on the physical classroom setting, to a new approach to the learning environment through the integration of technological resources. Therefore, the main focus of this research is to propose ergonomic and design guidelines for the development and use of 3D learning environments in virtual reality for the metaverse, suitable for the educational context, with a focus on students' attention. Recognizing that in the relationship between the environment and learning, attention plays a fundamental role in knowledge construction. Given the proven connection between attention and learning and the built environment, this study aims to understand the relationship between the metaverse virtual teaching environment and student attention. To this end, the study is conducted using the Design Science Research methodology (Dresch et al., 2015), with the use of the user perception analysis phase of the Ergonomic Methodology for the Built Environment (MEAC) (Villarouco, 2009; 2011). In terms of technical procedures, the research is configured as experimental, participatory, and a case study. To ensure depth in the study, bibliographical, observational (photographs and videos), and interactional methods (interviews, forms, and questionnaires) were used for data collection. These methods were employed to gather qualitative data on users' perceptions of the teaching space. Additionally, Environmental Psychology tools such as Mind Mapping, as well as the analysis of students' focused, divided, and alternating attention (AOL-C, AOL D, and AOL-A), were used to collect quantitative data for the study. Thus, through a comparative analysis of 10 metaverses used for educational practices, FrameVR was selected for the experiment. Environmental factors related to Attention Restoration Theory (ART) by Kaplan and Kaplan (1982, 1989) were chosen. This theory explains that attention can be restored through stimuli from natural landscapes and was evaluated in the experiment. An experiment was conducted with a group of 36 students divided into groups of 6 individuals, with 2 having superior general attention capacity, 2 with average capacity, and 2 with lower capacity to make the sample more homogeneous, using the Frame VR metaverse platform. Students interacted with three types of environments: Environment A, a closed environment without windows; Environment B, a semi-open environment with windows and a view of landscapes; and Environment C, an open environment with a view of landscapes. In conclusion, it was observed that open or semi-open spaces are required for activities that require focused and/or divided attention, while closed spaces are recommended for educational activities that require students to focus on one stimulus or another. It was confirmed that the metaverse has great potential for promoting enjoyable and efficient teaching activities, with a focus on attention and consequently student learning.

COMMITTEE MEMBERS:
Presidente - 1131839 - AMILTON JOSE VIEIRA DE ARRUDA
Externa à Instituição - ELISANGELA BRITO PESSOA VILAR - ULisboa
Externo à Instituição - JOSÉ GUILHERME DA SILVA SANTA ROSA - UFRN
Externo à Instituição - LUIS CARLOS PASCHOARELLI - UNESP
Externo à Instituição - RAIMUNDO LOPES DINIZ - UFMA