A structuring project for supervising the achievement of computing undergraduating courses: what opportunities for HCI?

• Germana M. da Nóbrega University of Brasilia
• Gabriel T. da Silva University of Brasilia
• Thiago V. R. Silva University of Brasilia

DOI: https://doi.org/10.5753/weihc.2022.227516

Abstract

SmartUnB.ECOS is a digital educational ecosystem project for university campuses that aims at providing interoperability of communication and educational tools in order to foster socialization and learning. From a methodological viewpoint, this is a structuring project for supervising under-graduating final work (TCC), grounded on the articulation between various computing themes. Students from the 3 courses provided by the department have the opportunity to interact with the ecosystem by playing the role of learner-user or designer-apprentice. In this paper, we share TCCs recently accomplished or in progress and, based upon the literature on HCI education, we identify possibilities for debate.

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