Usability applied in training of professors - Abstract

This project aims to develop a course of continuing training of professors for the domain of the conceptions and techniques of usability applied to higher education at a distance. The course will be conducted in semi-distance mode with a total of 30 hours, divided into 5-face meetings and more 21 hours of online activities in Moodle environment. During the course will address the major concepts of usability and linking its use and techniques for the creation of disciplines in on-line environments. The application of usability techniques in developing a distance course considers the cultural and social diversity of students and help in creating disciplines more comprehensible and intuitive in its navigation, serving of basis for the construction of knowledge.