Evaluating Human-Computer Interaction at Design Time: an experience report with MoLVERIC Check in a MOOC environment

Beatriz Brito do Rêgo; Filipe Adeodato Garrido; Jean C. S. Rosa; Ecivaldo Matos

doi:10.5753/jis.2023.2655

Authors

Beatriz Brito do Rêgo SPIDeLab/Universidade Federal da Bahia https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0832-0274
Filipe Adeodato Garrido SPIDeLab/Universidade Federal da Bahia https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0994-7746
Jean C. S. Rosa ITI/LARSyS https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1041-3162
Ecivaldo Matos SPIDeLab/Universidade Federal da Bahia https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3294-8950

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.5753/jis.2023.2655

Keywords:

Interaction Design, Semiotic Engineering, MoLVERICK Check, Design Time

Abstract

The Modeling Language for Interaction as Conversation (MoLIC) is an epistemic tool inspired by Semiotic Engineering to model (human-computer) interaction through diagrams. MoLVERIC check (MCheck) is a diagram inspection technique developed for MoLIC, whose objective is to identify defects that would propagate in the modeled system's implementation and become communication interruptions. In this sense, this article is an experience report of evaluating a massive open online course (MOOC) environment through MoLIC, and predicting the quality of interaction to mitigate disruptions of metacommunication by MCheck. Although MCheck supports the inspection of MoLIC diagrams, in this article, we noticed the lack of MoLIC elements in the MCheck, indicating that this technique needs to evolve.

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