Made available in DSpace on 2016-04-29T14:23:25Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 Alexandre Vieira da Silva.pdf: 25563227 bytes, checksum: 7415fc1d98a4a0a59344dc8032fc4b55 (MD5) Previous issue date: 2014-02-19 / The research aims to discuss the possibility of reducing the conflict between the drama of classic interactive media and freedom of digital media through the development of an electronic game focused on the narrator and the act of narration , introducing the concept of narrative management, contextualizing it within digital games and discussing the relevance of the presence of a narrator in real time intervening in the discourse . The discussion starts from the premise inserting a interactor , endowed with the functions of narrating and acting within the game , which has the task of managing immersive three-dimensional environments and conducting an interactive narrative experience with greater breadth and dramatic . Through participation in the narrative of human intelligence driving within the interactive medium , it seeks to reduce the verbal limitations of the media and create a favorable condition for the application of classical narrative structures in the digital environment . The research relies methodologically on two core elements: narrative structures applied to the digital medium , aligning the narrative and drama to new concepts such as procedural narrative classic elements and features of the digital narrative , and investigates the possibilities of introducing the figure of interactor / narrator in a new digital narrative structure , in which it is possible and in this game, player to reach a wider range of possibilities of meaning and narrative / A pesquisa apresenta e analisa a situação de conflito entre a dramaticidade das mídias clássicas e a liberdade interativa das mídias digitais através do desenvolvimento de um jogo digital focado no narrador e no ato de narrar. Apresenta o conceito de gestão narrativa, contextualizando-o no âmbito dos jogos digitais e discutindo a relevância da presença de um narrador em tempo real intervindo no campo do discurso intra jogo. A análise e discussão partem da premissa da necessidade da inserção de um interator, dotado das funções de narrar e atuar dentro do jogo, o qual tem a tarefa da gestão dos ambientes tridimensionais imersivos do jogo e da condução de uma experiência narrativa com maior amplitude interativa e dramática. (Hipótese) Através da participação da inteligência humana na condução narrativa dentro do meio interativo, se busca diminuir as limitações verbais da mídia e criar uma condição favorável à aplicação de estruturas narrativas clássicas no ambiente digital. A pesquisa apoia-se metodologicamente em dois elementos de base: estruturas narrativas aplicadas ao meio digital, alinhando elementos clássicos da narrativa e do drama a novos conceitos como a narrativa procedural, e particularidades da narrativa digital; e investiga as possibilidades de introdução da figura do interator/narrador dentro de uma nova estrutura de narrativa digital, na qual seja possível que este, bem como o jogador presente no jogo, alcancem uma gama maior de possibilidades de sentido e narrativa

Made available in DSpace on 2016-04-29T14:23:43Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 Antonio Carlos de Melo.pdf: 4543844 bytes, checksum: c6032b2ee380f40d31d8061603e135f7 (MD5) Previous issue date: 2008-07-31 / Coordenação de Aperfeiçoamento de Pessoal de Nível Superior / The aim of this research is to talk about the narrative structures in different stages and historical contexts. According to the investigation line, I intend to do relations between the narratives from the XV century on, here represented by the origin of the printed culture, and the use and contemporary interactions in the hypermedia. The use and contemporary interactions are the constant technological updating and the resultant evolution of the creation processes. The narrative in the digital universe, the influential innovations and the potential in immersive, participative, encyclopedic and space environments lead us to a reflection of the imaginary, to the pleasures that this cyberliterature will bring to the narrative art and the promise of a new way of expression, like the printed books and the cinema, finally the future of the narrative in the digital environment. The hybrid of languages and ways, before the new technologies of intelligence change the format of the narratives structures in the support of the hypermedia inside the context of cyberspace / O objetivo desta pesquisa discorre sobre as estruturas narrativas em diferentes etapas e contextos históricos. Seguindo a linha de investigação pretendo fazer relações entre a narrativa a partir do século XV, aqui representada pelo nascimento da cultura impressa e o uso e interações contemporâneas na hipermídia. O uso e as interações contemporâneas são as constantes atualizações tecnológicas e a conseqüente evolução dos processos de criação. A narrativa no universo digital, as influentes inovações, e o potencial em ambientes imersivos, participativos, enciclopédicos e espaciais nos levam a reflexão do imaginário, aos prazeres que essa ciberliteratura acarretará à arte narrativa e a promessa de um novo meio de expressão, como os livros impressos e o cinema, enfim o futuro da narrativa no meio digital. O híbrido das linguagens e meios, face às novas tecnologias da inteligência altera o formato das estruturas narrativas no suporte da hipermídia dentro do contexto do ciberespaço

A hipermídia adaptativa permite o desenvolvimento de sistemas capazes de fornecer um conteúdo personalizado para cada usuário, baseado em suas características individuais. Essa capacidade é importante em áreas como o ensino, em que o conteúdo didático pode ser apresentado de forma individualizada, de acordo com o progresso e interesse do aluno. Dentre os diversos modelos de Sistemas Hipermídia Adaptativos, destacam-se os modelos AHAM e Munich. No entanto, as propostas de Sistemas Hipermídia Adaptativos conhecidas focam-se apenas nas funcionalidades do sistema, não apresentando maior preocupação com os requisitos não funcionais, ou seja, aqueles mais profundamente relacionados com aspectos de qualidade. O desenvolvimento de uma arquitetura de software precisa considerar tantos os aspectos funcionais quanto os não funcionais e, ao ignorar esta premissa, corre-se o risco de produzir sistemas de baixa qualidade. Partindo deste cenário, este trabalho propõe o desenvolvimento de visões arquiteturais para o sistema SHASIM. SHASIM é um sistema de hipermídia adaptativa, derivado do modelo Munich, que tem como proposta ser um sistema Web adaptativo voltado à educação, adaptando o conteúdo de acordo com o estilo cognitivo e as inteligências múltiplas do aluno. Com base no levantamento dos requisitos funcionais e não-funcionais de Sistemas Hipermídia Adaptativos, este trabalho propõe visões arquiteturais que complementem a arquitetura originalmente proposta para o sistema. Essas visões contemplam um conjunto de atributos de qualidade desejáveis e não considerados na sua implementação inicial, porém fundamentais para conferir qualidade mínima a um sistema desse tipo. / Adaptive hypermedia supports the development of systems able to provide a personalized content for each user, based on his/her personal attributes. This feature is valuable in areas such as e-learning where the learning content can be presented individually according to the progress and interest of the student. Among the several models of Adaptive Hypermedia Systems, the most relevant ones are the AHAM and Munich models. However, the known proposals of Adaptive Hypermedia Systems focus only on functional aspects of the system and show low concern about nonfunctional requirements, i.e. those requirements more deeply related to quality aspects of the system. The development of software architecture has to consider both functional and non-functional aspects and by ignoring this premise, it assumes the risk of developing low quality systems. From this actual scenario, this dissertation proposes the development of architectural views to SHASIM system. SHASIM is an adaptive hypermedia system derived from Munich model that is a proposal for an adaptive Web system focused on learning by adapting the domain contents according to the cognitive style and multiple intelligences of the student. Based on the functional and non-functional requirement of Adaptive Hypermedia Systems, this dissertation proposes architectural views that complement the system architecture. These new views involve the desired quality attributes that were not considered during the first version of the system, but that are essential to grant the minimum quality for this class of systems.

Esta tese apresenta uma reflexão filosófica sobre a retomada epistemológica representada pela Produção Partilhada do Conhecimento. Ao contrário do saber universitário, marcado pelo uso da razão metódica originada no Iluminismo no século XVII, que distingue sujeito de objeto, a Produção Partilhada do Conhecimento busca a interatividade entre estatutos epistemológicos distintos, onde sujeitos tornam-se ao mesmo tempo objetos. A partir da análise do encontro entre os saberes da oralidade em culturas tradicionais, e o saber racional metódico da ciência universitária, a passagem da oralidade à escrita no processo de colonização das Américas e o uso da hipermídia no século XXI, o trabalho apresenta contribuições de Hans-Georg Gadamer, Jürgen Habermas e Paul Ricoeur quanto à necessidade de uma hermenêutica que estabeleça o entendimento entre culturas distintas, e enfim demonstra como a hipermídia representa um intermeio adequado pelo qual esta hermenêutica se expressa, ilustrando com exemplos de casos como o do pesquisador Caio Lazaneo junto a comunidades indígenas, e o trabalho dos pesquisadores do Instituto Socioambiental junto às comunidades quilombolas do Vale do Ribeira. / This thesis presents a philosophical reflection on the epistemological recovery represented by the Shared Production of Knowledge. Contrary to university knowledge, marked by the use of methodical reason originated in the Enlightenment in the seventeenth century, which distinguishes subject from object, the Shared Production of Knowledge seeks the interactivity between distinct epistemological statutes, where subjects become objects at the same time. Based on the analysis of the meeting between oral knowledge in traditional cultures and the methodical rational knowledge of university science, the transition from orality to writing in the colonization process of the Americas and the use of hypermedia in the 21st century, the work presents contributions of Hans-Georg Gadamer, Jürgen Habermas and Paul Ricoeur on the need for a hermeneutic that establishes the understanding between distinct cultures, and finally demonstrates how hypermedia represents one intermedia by which this hermeneutic is expressed, illustrating with examples of cases like the researcher Caio Lazaneo with indigenous communities, and the work of researchers from the Socioambiental Institute with the quilombolas (descendants of enslaved Africans) communities of the Vale do Ribeira.

"Interactive fiction" has been used to describe many of today's multimedia products. In reality, there is not a universal understanding of what interactive fiction is or what it should entail. The meaning of "interactive" is often interpreted in different ways. Many stories are considered to be interactive because they are placed on the computer. Meanwhile, such stories may lack most of the essential qualities for good literature. Interaction fiction should be upheld to the same standards as traditional texts. Following this belief, this research covers the underlying theories of interactive fiction, examples of misleading "interactive fiction" studies, and guidelines for design pulled from the fields of writing, children's literature and instructional technology. I have used these guidelines to develop a prototype of interactive fiction, which was be tested and revised in several cycles. First, I revised the prototype based upon reviews by several groups of experts from the areas of instructional technology and childhood education. The prototype was then pilot-tested by two participants from the target market. Based upon the pilot-test results, I revised the prototype. Finally, several participants read the prototype. In this final stage, I observed the participants and conducted interviews with open-ended questions. Using the prototype that was developed according to proposed standards, I was able to gain insight into the target market's perception of interaction fiction. All details of the design and development of the prototype are included in effort to provide guidelines for building future interactive fiction. Additionally, several themes emerged when participants from the target market were observed and interviewed. Among the most prominent were the themes of storybook characters and identifying with those characters. Children in this study were able to identity themselves as the protagonist, making the main character's decisions throughout the story. Further, participants added their own elaborations of the story. In the end, the evidence of this research showed that participants were able to go beyond reading the story. The submersion into to story can be rooted in several existing literacy theories, which are discussed. Lastly, this research provides suggestions for future research, development and implementation of interactive fiction.

This paper characterizes the need for a theory that links context to information through the behaviors rooted in cultural identity and social awareness. Based on hypermedia objects and four methods of social communication, I develop a framework for a theory of social linking. This theory assumes that social interaction is the plinth from which we communicate and argues that studies in human computer interaction and information retrieval require ongoing exploration of social communication.

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We launched an original large-scale experiment concerning informatics learning in French high schools. We are using the France-IOI platform to federate resources and share observation for research. The first step is the implementation of an adaptive hypermedia based on very fine grain epistemic modules for Python programming learning. We define the necessary traces to be built in order to study the trajectories of navigation the pupils will draw across this hypermedia. It may be browsed by pupils either as a course support, or an extra help to solve the list of exercises (mainly for algorithmics discovery). By leaving the locus of control to the learner, we want to observe the different trajectories they finally draw through our system. These trajectories may be abstracted and interpreted as strategies and then compared for their relative efficiency. Our hypothesis is that learners have different profiles and may use the appropriate strategy accordingly. This paper presents the research questions, the method and the expected results.

This thesis describes and analyzes implications of going from hypertext news to hypermedia news through a process of design, involving users and producers. As in any product development, it is difficult to conceive design of a novel news format that does not relate to earlier genres, and thus to antecedent designs. The hypothesis is that this problem can be addressed by explicitly taking a genre perspective to guide interaction design. This thesis draws on genre theory, which has previously been used in rhetoric, literature, and information systems. It is also informed by theories from humancomputer interaction. The methodological approach is a case study of the ELIN project, in which new tools for online hypermedia newspaper production were developed and integrated. The study follows the project from concept design to interaction design and implementation of user interfaces, over three years. The thesis makes three contributions. Firstly, a genre perspective on interaction design is described, revealing broadly in what respects genre affects design. Secondly, the online newspaper genre is described. Based on a content analysis of online newspaper front-pages, and interviews with users and producers, genre specific design recommendations regarding hypertext news front-page design are given. A content analysis of Swedish online newspapers provides a basis for a design rationale of the context stream element, which is an important part of the news context on article pages. Regarding hypervideo news, design rationale is given for the presentation of hypervideo links, in the context of a hypermedia news site. The impact on news production in terms of dynamics of convergence is also discussed. Thirdly, the design processes in cooperative scenario building workshops are evaluated, regarding how the users and producers were able to contribute. It provides implications and lessons learned for the workshop phase model. A discourse analysis also reveals important facilitator skills and how participants relied on genre in the design process.