keyboard_arrow_up
SAITE STORE 2.0: Experience Report on The Development of an Improved Version of a Digital Library Application

Authors

Ana Emilia Figueiredo de Oliveira1, Katherine Marjorie Mendonça de Assis1, Camila Santos de Castro e Lima1, Carla Galvão Spinillo2, Elza Bernardes Monier1, Maria de Fatima Oliveira Gatinho1 and Marcelo Henrique Monier Alves Junior1, 1Federal University of Maranhao, Brazil

Abstract

The use of mobile technologies in the educational process has been generating positive results. In this context, institutions that work with Distance Education (DE) need to update and adapt their processes to these innovations. Considering this trend, UNA-SUS/UFMA has built, in partnership with the Saite Group, a virtual library that enables fast and free access to its contents using mobile devices. With the expansion of the tool's use, the institution invested in a new version to provide a better experience to its users. This paper aims to perform a detailing of the Saite Store new version, showing its operation and the technological implementations carried out. Finally, the importance of performing updates in the application is highlighted, considering its great potential for use by more than twenty thousand users.

Keywords

Distance education, virtual library, e-learning, mobile

Full Text  Volume 8, Number 17