Interaction Problems Accessing E-learning Environments In Multi-touch Mobile Devices: A Case Study In Teleduc

e-Learning environments offer content, such text, audio, video, animations, using the Web infrastructure and they are designed to users interacting with keyboard, mouse and a medium-sized screen. Mobile devices, such as smartphones and tablets, have enough computation power to render Web pages, allowing browsing the Internet and access e-Learning environments. But, their main interaction style is touching, bringing some problems, cosmetics or severe ones. To identify these problems and correct them to allow mobile users access the TelEduc, an e-Learning environment, we planned a user test case with four volunteers using smartphones for access it. The collected data was analyzed and some problems were identified, giving some insights about the problems and barriers multi-touch mobile users dealt and can be easily corrected to give them a better interaction experience. To have an e-Learning environment with good usability in mobile devices is a first step to have a virtual learning environment for sharing data between desktop and mobile devices and understand the behavior of mobile users in this context.199206(2013) IPhone 3GS-Technical Specifications, , http://support.apple.com/kb/SP565, Accessed in January 2013(2013) IOS 5, , http://developer.apple.com/library/ios/#releasenotes/General/ WhatsNewIniPhoneOS/Articles/iOS5.html, Accessed in January 2013Casany, J.M., Extending moodle services to mobile devices: The moodbile project (2012) Proceedings of the 6th International Conference on Mobile Ubiquitous Computing, Systems, Services and Technologies, pp. 24-28. , Barcelona, Spain(2013) CKEditor-WYSIWYG Text and HTML Editor for the Web, , http://www.ckeditor.com, CKSource-Frederico Knabben Accessed in January 2013Da Silva, A.C., Da Rocha, H.V., Improving e-learning environment with gpl software-the visualization content case for computers and mobile devices (2012) Proceedings of the 6th International Conference on Mobile Ubiquitous Computing, Systems, Services and Technologies, pp. 222-227. , Barcelona, SpainFranco, A.M., O ambiente virtual de aprendizagem e sua incorporao na Unicamp (2003) Educao e Pesquisa, 29 (2), pp. 341-353(2013) Google, , http://www.android.com/, Accessed in January 2013Kaikkonen, A., Full or tailored mobile web-where and how do people browse on their mobile? (2008) Proceedings of the International Conference on Mobile Technology, Applications and Systems, pp. 111-111. , I-Lan, TaiwanLave, J., Wenger, E., (1991) Situated Learning-Legitimate Peripheral Participation, , University Press, Cambrigde, USAMaurer, E.M., Mobile or desktop website? Website usage on multitouch devices (2007) Proceedings of the 6th Nordic Conference on Human-Computer Interaction, pp. 739-742. , Reykjavik, Iceland(2013) Moodle. Org: Open-source Community-based Tools for Learning, , http://moodle.org, Moodle Trust, Accessed in January 2013(2013) Moodle Trust Moodle App, , http://docs.moodle.org/dev/Mobile_app, AccessedinJanuary2013](2013) Milestone Android-Phone Without Compromise-Tech Specs-Motorola Mobility India, , http://www.motorola.com/Consumers/IN-EN/Consumer-Products-and-Services/ MobilePhones/ci.Motorola-MILESTONE-IN-EN.alt, Motorola Mobility Inc. Accessed in January 2013Normal, A.D., Nielsen, J., Gestural interfaces: A step backward in usability (2010) Interactions, 17 (5), pp. 46-49Papert, S., Constructionism: A new opportunity for elementary science education (1986) Proposal to the National Science Foundation, , Massachusetts, USA(2013) Sakai Project Collaboration and Learning-for Educators by Educators, , http://sakaiproject.org, SAKAI Environment, Accessed in January 2013Schmiedl, G., Mobile phone web browsing-a study on usage and usability of the mobile web (2009) Proceedings of the 11th International Conference on Human-Computer Interaction with Mobile Devices and Services, , Bonn, GermanyShrestha, S., Mobile web browsing: Usability study (2007) Proceedings of the 4th International Conference on Mobility Technology, Applications and Systems, pp. 187-194. , Singapore(2013) TelEduc Ensino Distia, , http://www.teleduc.org.br, AccessedinOctober2012] TelEduc EnvironmentValente, J.A., Computadores e conhecimento: Repensando a educao (1993) Gráfica da UNICAMP, , Campinas, BrazilValente, J.A., Formao de professores: Diferentes abordagens pedagógicas (1999) O Computador Na Sociedade Do Conhecimento, pp. 131-156. , Editor Valente, J. A. UNICAMP/NIED, Campinas, Brazi