Tecnologia assistiva para auxiliar o ensino de genética clássica a deficientes visuais: um estudo de caso na região amazônica

Abstract

Assistive Technologies has contributed significantly to the inclusion process, encompassing solutions that contribute to the dynamic and gradual construction of the teaching-learning process. It is possible to realize over the years the development of many computational solutions in this area for the visually impaired. However, there is also a strong need for productions in specific areas, such as Genetics, a subarea of Biological Sciences, still little explored. Analyzing this gap, the work in question proposes to make use of mobile devices as a facilitating tool in the inclusion process, through the development of an assistance application to assist in the teaching of classical genetics to students with visual impairments in the regular classroom. Allied to the mobile application, a web platform is proposed to promote and facilitate the interaction between students and professors of the discipline. Based on the survey of requirements and usability tests, through the SUS Usability Scale, the application interface was developed, according to meet the needs of the users. This study was carried out in the city of Tucuruí, the southeastern region of Pará. The results obtained in relation to the use of the application by the participants, show a high level of satisfaction (80%), also allowing it to be used by the visually impaired student to study inside and outside the school environment.