FISIOGAME: Game for learning respiratory system in higher education

The teaching-learning process in the brazilians federal universities outdated, because traditional methodologies are still being used. A change in the way of building knowledge in higher education is necessary. It should be flexible and promote the development of students` skills in a more effective way. The student must be the central part of the process. The student body is still considered passive in the teaching-learning process and the teacher is seen as an agent of knowledge transfer. Therefore, the use of active methodologies is necessary to chance the paradigms, because they are fundamental to the innovation of higher education and improvement of the motivation of students in relation to the chosen course. We realize that the use of active methodologies can bring many benefits to the subject of Physiology in Higher Education, thus the use of electronic games could contribute to the creation of a differentiated learning environment and may be effective in creating conditions for effectiveness teaching-learning process.