Aplicación móvil educativa usando el Framework Flutter para el aprendizaje de lengua de señas ecuatoriana en la ciudad de Ambato.

Abstract

Nowadays, the use of mobile applications in education has become an increasingly relevant and beneficial tool for students and teachers. In addition, mobile applications in education are often highly interactive and customizable, adapting to the individual needs of each student. By using visual elements, games, assessments and immediate feedback, mobile applications encourage student participation, engagement and motivation, resulting in more effective and meaningful learning. The present project aims to design a mobile application for learning Ecuadorian Sign Language. The application will have a variety of resources including structured lessons, instructional videos, interactive games, and an extensive sign vocabulary. In the development of this project, the Mobile-D methodology was used in order to obtain greater flexibility and agility to deal with possible changes that could arise during the development process. In addition, the Flutter development framework with the Dart programming language was used, which provided an efficient and versatile development environment. In addition, the "Cloud Firestore" service, provided by the Firebase platform, was used as a database, which was beneficial for data management and storage. Firebase provides a wide range of services, such as "Firebase Authentication" for user authentication, "Firebase Cloud Storage" for cloud storage and "Firebase Cloud Messaging" for push notifications, without the need to create separate services or a backend. This simplified development and allowed for a more seamless integration of the required functionality into the mobile app.