Cristina Portugal

Work place: São Paulo State University, São Paulo, Brazil

E-mail: crisportugal@gmail.com

Website: https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Cristina-Portugal

Research Interests: Educational Technology, Information Systems, Computer Vision, Interaction Design, Digital System Design

Biography

Dr. Cristina Portugal is a Ph,D and Master in Design and Graduated in Visual Communications from the Pontifical Catholic University of Rio de Janeiro (PUCRio). Doctoral Internship Abroad PDEE with the Seville University. Specialization in Graphic Design from the U. C. Berkeley Extension California, USA. She is leading the research group Pedagogy of the National Council for Scientific and Technological Development – CNPq and Interdisciplinary Design / Education LIDE - Currently bond Scholar Postdoctoral CNPq program in the Graduate Design at PUC-Rio.

Author Articles
Digital Games and Interactive Activities: Design of Experiences to Enhance Children Teaching-Learning Process

By Natalia Brunnet Cristina Portugal

DOI: https://doi.org/10.5815/ijmecs.2016.12.01, Pub. Date: 8 Dec. 2016

This paper discusses teaching-learning experiences for children using today games and digital interactive activities in order to understand the benefits and difficulties for their use. This study also contextualizes the subject under the light of authors from the fields of design and education, resulting in conclusions about the relationship between the advancement of technology, its integration into the school and the effectiveness of new digital materials designed today.

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Hypermedia E-book as a Pedagogical Tool in a Graduation Course

By Cristina Portugal

DOI: https://doi.org/10.5815/ijmecs.2014.09.02, Pub. Date: 8 Sep. 2014

The e-book (www.design-educacao-tecnologia.com) is a support for teaching Hypermedia Design, which constitutes a didactic material to support teaching and research activities for the Design area. The book will gather issues about Design, Education and Hypermedia aimed at offering resources to enhance the use of multiple languages that converge in hypermedia environments, their applicability, techniques and methods in light of Design in Situations of Teaching-Learning. This paper is divided into five parts: the first part introduce the paper subject, the second part shows the e-book Design, Education and Technology, the third part presents the use of this hypermedia e-book as a pedagogical tool in a graduation course in Design, some of the results developed by the students, the fourth part presents the main questions observed about this digital environment and the last part is the conclusion.

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Educational Suport for Hypermedia Design

By Cristina Portugal Rita Maria de Souza Couto

DOI: https://doi.org/10.5815/ijmecs.2012.06.02, Pub. Date: 8 Jun. 2012

This paper presents a project directed towards the production of a book in two versions, printed and digital, with the provisional title of "Design, Education and Technology: support for teaching Hypermedia Design, which constitutes a didactic material to support teaching and research activities for the Design area. The starting point was the work by Dr. Cristina Portugal, funded by National Council for Scientific and Technological Development – CNPq, as a scholarship researcher in a Post-PhD internship in the Graduate Studies in Design Program. Besides the theoretical content itself, the project for the aforementioned book includes studies on information architecture, layout, programming language and navigability, among other aspects. The book will gather issues about Design, Education and Hypermedia aimed at offering resources to enhance the use of multiple languages that converge in hypermedia environments, their applicability, techniques and methods in light of Design in Situations of Teaching-Learning. The content for producing didactic material, the object of this project, is partially concluded.

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