This book provides an introduction to HCI and usability aspects of Geographical Information
Systems and Science. Its aim is to introduce the principles of Human-Computer Interaction …

Perception and action on physical or virtual objects are related to the perturbations (light,
sound, etc.) caused by them. For the design of collective spaces, with computational …

Developing technology to attend to social demands is an increasing challenge for the
Information and Communication Technology (ICT) area. Ubiquitous Computing, Wearable …

Usabilidade, acessibilidade e inteligibilidade aplicadas em interfaces para analfabetos,
idosos e pessoas com deficiência 1 Amanda Meincke Melo Lara Schibelsky Godoy Piccolo …

The open phenomenon coming from the free-software movement has gained several fields,
including services, digital and physical products. Nevertheless, some authors point out the …

Identifying, understanding and explicitly involving values and cultural aspects of
stakeholders have been regarded as a challenge in the design of interactive systems. There …

As interaction moves away from the screen into physical space, research on design
techniques and practices is of central importance to cope with novel interaction possibilities …

Situated in the diversity and adversity of real-life contexts facing crisis situations, this
research aims at boosting the resilience process within communities supported by digital …

Accessibility evaluation processes currently face important issues. One is the difficulty to
understand the issues pointed out in accessibility guidelines and the procedure to correct …

The need to properly design educational intervention, representing explicitly what students
and teachers are planned to do, has been acknowledged in literature. Thus, Learning …