Aprendizagem mediada por artefatos impressos e digitais móveis: um estudo comparativo para a análise e desenvolvimento de aplicativos educacionais

This study presents a survey on printed artifacts and digital mobile artifacts used in teaching and learning activities. In order to recommend guidelines for development and analysis of educational applications that meet students’ learning needs, this research came from an experiment developed with fifty high school students from the Federal Institute of Education, Science and Technology of Paraiba. The subjects tested print and digital learning materials and from the data of the experiment proceeded to a comparative analysis between the printed and digital artifacts. This analysis was based methodological Activity Theory Leontiev (1978), the System Activity Engestrom (1987), the study of Breakdowns and Changes Focus Bodker (1997). With the results, it was possible to discuss the main differences between the handling of artifacts and understanding the educational content. In the end, this dissertation contributes to the development of guidelines for the analysis and development of educational applications for use on tablet.