IncluiDev: Desenvolvimento e Avaliação de uma Plataforma Baseada em Evidências para Apoio ao Ensino de Programação para Pessoas com Deficiência Visual

Abstract

The inclusion of blind and visually impaired (BVI) individuals in Computer Science presents significant challenges due to the historical de- pendence on visual metaphors in programming languages and environments [Stefik and Siebert 2013]. Although studies, tools, and guidelines for accessi- ble programming education exist, these resources are highly fragmented across literature and the web. This study aims to develop and evaluate a centralized re- pository, named IncluiDev, which organizes and provides these tools, methods, and scientific papers. The repository was built as an accessible web application and features a “Guided Assistant”, a dynamic recommendation system based on user profiles (Students, Teachers, Developers, and Researchers). Accessibi- lity compliance was validated through automated audits (Google Lighthouse, WAVE) and manual testing with screen readers and keyboard navigation. As a preliminary heuristic step, the recommendation logic was also assessed th- rough LLM-simulated user personas applying the System Usability Scale (SUS) [Brooke 1996] and the Technology Acceptance Model (TAM) [Davis 1989]; em- pirical validation with real participants is planned as future work.