Understanding the Interaction of Design Students with Portable Computers in the Classroom

Lavin, Luís; Filgueiras, Ernesto; Figueiredo, Carlos; Desouzart, Gustavo

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Understanding the Interaction of Design Students with Portable Computers in the Classroom

2015Journal article

datacite.subject.fos	Ciências Médicas::Ciências da Saúde
datacite.subject.sdg	03:Saúde de Qualidade
dc.contributor.author	Lavin, Luís
dc.contributor.author	Filgueiras, Ernesto
dc.contributor.author	Figueiredo, Carlos
dc.contributor.author	Desouzart, Gustavo
dc.date.accessioned	2025-10-28T11:59:23Z
dc.date.available	2025-10-28T11:59:23Z
dc.date.issued	2015
dc.description	The authors would like to thank Portuguese University of Beira Interior. We would also like to thank the professors and the students of this university who participated in this research for their effort and time spent. Without them, this study would not be possible.
dc.description.abstract	Laptop computers are an indispensable tool for the learning of Product Design. However the universities classrooms are not adapted to the new technological evolutions and working processes. The main objectives of this study were to analyze the human-computer interaction in Product Design classrooms, by observing the users, the work activity and the environment, to understand the current demands for the use of laptop computers, and to observe current patterns of student interaction, and their needs. Data were gathered and analyzed from a set of classrooms in a Portuguese university using the following methodologies: free observation; systematic indirect observation through video recording and analysis; and student survey. The results show that 56.5% of the study participants use information systems in the classroom, of these, 90% use laptop computers, and use this devices individually. In general, about 52% of the records indicate that in the classroom the information systems were used by less than 50% of the class students. This study results can promote: (a) the development of a set of data and information that can assist designers and other professionals in the product creation process; (b) the awareness of the universities to the need to modernize the spaces, furniture, and equipment, and to adapt them to the new processes of work and to the new student-computer interactional behaviors.	eng
dc.description.sponsorship
dc.identifier.citation	Luís Lavin, Ernesto Filgueiras, Carlos Figueiredo, Gustavo Desouzart, Understanding the Interaction of Design Students with Portable Computers in the Classroom, Procedia Manufacturing, Volume 3, 2015, Pages 6274-6281, ISSN 2351-9789, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.promfg.2015.07.800.
dc.identifier.doi	10.1016/j.promfg.2015.07.800
dc.identifier.issn	2351-9789
dc.identifier.uri	http://hdl.handle.net/10400.8/14407
dc.language.iso	eng
dc.peerreviewed	yes
dc.publisher	Elsevier
dc.relation.hasversion	https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S235197891500801X
dc.relation.ispartof	Procedia Manufacturing
dc.rights.uri	http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/
dc.subject	Classroom
dc.subject	Design Students
dc.subject	Human-Computer Interaction
dc.subject	Interaction Behavior
dc.subject	Portable Computer
dc.title	Understanding the Interaction of Design Students with Portable Computers in the Classroom	eng
dc.title.alternative	6th International Conference on Applied Human Factors and Ergonomics (AHFE 2015) and the Affiliated Conferences, AHFE 2015	eng
dc.type	journal article
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oaire.citation.title	Procedia Manufacturing
oaire.citation.volume	3
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