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A case study on the design of learning interfaces Gabriela Trindade Perrya,?,?,?,? Fernando Schnaidb a?DEG/UFRGS – Departamento de Design e Express?o Gráfica/Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul, Av. Sarmento Leite, 320, CEP 90040-060 Porto Alegre, Brazil b?PPGEC/UFRGS – Programa de Pós Gradua??o em Engenharia Civil/Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul, Av. Osvaldo Aranha, 99, 3° andar, CEP 90035-190 Porto Alegre, Brazil Abstract The design of educational software interfaces is a complex task, given its high domain dependency and multidisciplinary nature. It requires that teachers’ knowledge and pedagogical beliefs be incorporated into the interface, posing a challenge to both teachers and designers, as they have to act as partners from the earliest phases of the process, sharing their knowledge. The present work investigates the strategies designers used when paired with experienced teachers, to design two interfaces on chemistry, evaluating how designers work with subjects they know little about, in the initial phases of the design process. Our observations demonstrate that although experienced and non-experienced designers use different strategies to couple with the design task, both approached the task in a depth-first manner. These results should not be generalized, because few subjects were investigated, but point to the importance of being familiar with the knowledge domain – which poses a challenge for designers. Highlights ? The experienced designer used the approach “integrate as fast as you can”. ? The inexperienced designer used the approach “structure then design”. ? Both can be classified as depth-first strategies. ? Our result does not match Goel’s, probably because the domain was unfamiliar. Keywords Human–computer interface;? Interdisciplinary projects;? Multimedia/hypermedia systems 1. Introduction The prevalence of Information and Communication Technologies (ICT) for educational environments justifies the urge to understand how to better