Elaboração de instrumento de apoio à produção de infografia em materiais didáticos de educação a distância sob aspectos do design da informação

Abstract

This research was developed at the Secretaria de Educação a Distância (SEDIS) with the purpose of elaborating an instrument to support the production of infographics for didactic materials. The infographics were created based on the principles of the Information Design to optimize the visual features of this tool in the Educational environment. Therefore the research followed three defined steps: 1) a data and needs gathered through questionnaires, cognitive task analysis and interviews, with the purpose of discovering the person’s profile, as well as, knowning their way of working and by hearing their considerations about the interaction with others professionals with the aim of working together; 2) training the individuals so their language and basic knowledge about infographics were putted in a similar level, as well as, about the Information Design subjects involved; 3) development of a form to support the inherent questions about building infographics for didactic materials, based on the subjects of the training. This form was later evaluated and improved based on the results of tests performed in a collaborative approach of the work, so they could build the tool that they would use afterwards. This research hypothesis is that using a form to plan the tasks the work will be optimized not only on the matters of time but also in quality, if compared with the process of creating this visual tool, by promoting a more conscious and less automatic process.