SUNRISE App: A tool to validate the characteristics of an infocommunicational model capable of potentiating social and emotional education for high school students

This paper discusses the design and evaluation of a prototype (SUNRISE), a proof of concept of a digital platform capable of representing an info-communication model to potentiate Social and Emotional Education (SEE) applications. Contextualized by the theoretical background, a taxonomy is proposed with categories related to organizing the classification of SEE apps. The FIGMA prototype integrates 4 use case scenarios and the corresponding user narratives, tested at José Estêvão of Aveiro School Cluster with a sample of 16 subjects. Secondary school teachers and senior high school students performed user experience (UX) and usability tests (May 2024) of the prototype and revealed evidence of pertinence related to the prototyped model's characteristics. Qualitative data also highlights the relevance of the crucial model's elements and guidelines that can in fact be facilitators of specific SEE application usage.