Abstract
This article analyzes the visual design of a Virtual Learning Environment (VLE) taking into account recent studies related to Social Semiotics and to a current multimodal approach that emphasizes the use of different semiotic codes to express meanings. It comprises a documentary investigation from the perspective of the qualitative research. This environment was implemented on Moodle, a virtual platform that allows the orchestration of different semiotic modes to address the learning needs of its target audience, Brazilian deaf students. As instruments for our analysis, we used some of the categories of image-oriented grammar, the Grammar of Visual Design (GVD), and aspects related to typography, colors and reading paths. The focus of the VLE is on the educational context for the deaf and it incorporated pedagogical practices for the teaching of the writing of argumentative articles in Portuguese as L2 to Brazilian deaf students who were being prepared for the Exame Nacional do Ensino Medio (ENEM). Our study reveals that a VLE that comprises design choices like the ones discussed in this article can address the special needs of Brazilian deaf students. Our investigation results can be useful for those interested in different educational scenarios for the deaf in the Brazilian context. Keywords: visual design of a VLE, qualitative analysis, education for Brazilian deaf students.
Highlights
Este artigo discute as decisões de design de um Ambiente Virtual de Aprendizagem (AVA), destinado ao processo de ensino de escrita em português como segunda língua (L2), no contexto da Educação de Surdos
Our study reveals that a Virtual Learning Environment (VLE) that comprises design choices like the ones discussed in this article can address the special needs of Brazilian deaf students
Os resultados da análise qualitativa do nosso Ambiente Virtual de Aprendizagem (AVA) revelam que seu design combina tanto as affordances dos vários modos semióticos, quanto as das tecnologias digitais que nos permitiram criar um ambiente essencialmente multimodal, a fim de contribuir para o desenvolvimento da capacidade do aluno surdo para compor um artigo de opinião, em português como L2
Summary
Este artigo discute as decisões de design de um Ambiente Virtual de Aprendizagem (AVA), destinado ao processo de ensino de escrita em português como segunda língua (L2), no contexto da Educação de Surdos.
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