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As mudanças aceleradas que estão a ocorrer nos vários sectores da sociedade, principalmente a nível tecnológico, colocam os cidadãos perante uma diversidade de novos problemas, com vários graus de complexidade, os quais exigem novas competências, novas estratégias e permanente adaptação ao mundo envolvente. A dinâmica da sociedade de informação e do conhecimento conduz à definição e utilização de novas estratégias de vida, à construção de novos saberes e de novas formas de gestão, assim como de fontes de conhecimento, de novos modos de aprender e de actualização, numa perspectiva de formação permanente ao longo da vida.
No sentido de contribuir para a evolução, a inovação e a integração das tecnologias de informação e comunicação na sociedade, desenvolveu-se uma reflexão, acerca do tema educação online, orientada, principalmente, a partir da revisão bibliográfica e da execução de procedimentos no âmbito de um estudo de caso, que envolveu na sua implementação 32 alunos do ensino superior e uma plataforma de ensino e aprendizagem, designada por alfamat. Esta plataforma, suportada pela Internet, entre outras características, disponibiliza ferramentas de comunicação síncrona e de comunicação assíncrona.
Constituíram preocupações deste estudo compreender a adequação da plataforma alfamat ao processo de ensino e de aprendizagem e analisar as percepções dos alunos relativamente à sua utilização e adaptação aos estilos individuais de aprendizagem.
A questão de investigação que orientou o estudo foi: ”os ambientes de aprendizagem online são adequados ao desenvolvimento do processo de ensino e aprendizagem dos alunos do ensino superior, tendo em conta os seus estilos de aprendizagem?”. Dos vários temas desenvolvidos a partir desta questão foi dada particular ênfase aos seguintes: as percepções dos alunos acerca dos ambientes de aprendizagem online; a interacção entre os alunos em ambientes de aprendizagem online; as percepções dos alunos acerca da adequação da plataforma alfamat aos estilos de aprendizagem.
Os principais resultados foram obtidos em contexto real de ensino e aprendizagem, com a utilização da plataforma alfamat, como apoio à implementação de um curso de ensino presencial. Os instrumentos de recolha de dados foram construídos e validados no contexto do estudo, sendo os dados organizados e analisados pela autora no âmbito da abordagem de estudo de caso que orientou os trabalhos de investigação.
Dos resultados obtidos salienta-se a apreciação muito favorável pelos sujeitos do grupo de estudo da adequação do ambiente alfamat à consecução dos objectivos de ensino e aprendizagem, reforçando com aspectos positivos a complementaridade de ferramentas de comunicação síncrona e assíncrona na mesma plataforma. Os alunos valorizaram a metodologia usada, discutindo os assuntos da disciplina de um modo bastante profundo em fóruns de discussão e de um modo mais espontâneo e natural em chat. As intervenções dos alunos, sob a orientação da professora, geraram uma dinâmica de partilha de informação, de negociação de sentido dos conceitos e de construção conjunta de conhecimento. Salienta-se o reconhecimento, pelos alunos, da adequação dos ambientes online aos seus estilos de aprendizagem, contudo há alunos que se sentem mais confortáveis em fóruns, enquanto outros manifestam idêntica opinião relativamente ao chat.
The fast changes that are occurring within various sectors of society, mainly on the technological level place the citizens before a diversity of new problems, with some degrees of complexity, which demand new abilities, new strategies and permanent adaptation to the involving world. The dynamics of the of information and knowledge society leads to the definition and use of new strategies of life, to the new forms of knowledge construction and management, as well as knowledge sources management, new ways to learn and update, in a perspective of continuous life long learning. With the intention of contributing to the evolution, the innovation and the integration of the information and communication technologies in the society, a reflection was developed, concerning the subject education online, guided, mainly, from the bibliographical revision and the execution of procedures in the scope of a case study, that involved in its implementation 32 students enrolled in a College Undergraduate Program setting and a platform Web, assigned by alfamat. This platform, supported by the Internet, among others characteristic, provides tools of synchronous communication and asynchronous communication. Main goals of this case study concern the understanding of the adequacy of the platform alfamat to the educational process and the analysis of the perceptions of the students to its use and adaptation to the individual styles of learning. The main inquiry question that guided the study was: “Are the learning environments online adjusted to the development of learning process of the graduation students, having in account its styles of learning?". On developed subjects from this specific question, emphasis was given to the following ones: the perceptions of students concerning online learning environments; the interaction among students in online learning environments; the perceptions of the students concerning the adequacy of the platform alfamat to the learning styles. The main results were achieved in real context of education, with the use of the platform alfamat, as a support to the implementation of a regular course. The data collecting tools were constructed and validated in the context of the research design, being the data organized and analyzed by the author from the perspective of a case study approach. From the data gathered it is important to stress its positive appreciation and the evidence that it is adequate to the achievement of the objectives of education in the environment alfamat, strengthening with the positive aspects the complementary of tools of synchronous and asynchronous communication in the same platform. The students valued the used methodology, arguing the subjects of disciplines in a sufficiently deep way in forums and in a more spontaneous and natural way in a chat. The contributions of the students, under the orientation of the teacher, generated a dynamics of sharing of information, negotiation of the concepts and joint construction of knowledge. Still to salient is the recognition, of the students, of the adequacy of online environments to its styles of learning, however some students felt more comfortable in forums, while others revealed relatively identical opinion to the chat.
The fast changes that are occurring within various sectors of society, mainly on the technological level place the citizens before a diversity of new problems, with some degrees of complexity, which demand new abilities, new strategies and permanent adaptation to the involving world. The dynamics of the of information and knowledge society leads to the definition and use of new strategies of life, to the new forms of knowledge construction and management, as well as knowledge sources management, new ways to learn and update, in a perspective of continuous life long learning. With the intention of contributing to the evolution, the innovation and the integration of the information and communication technologies in the society, a reflection was developed, concerning the subject education online, guided, mainly, from the bibliographical revision and the execution of procedures in the scope of a case study, that involved in its implementation 32 students enrolled in a College Undergraduate Program setting and a platform Web, assigned by alfamat. This platform, supported by the Internet, among others characteristic, provides tools of synchronous communication and asynchronous communication. Main goals of this case study concern the understanding of the adequacy of the platform alfamat to the educational process and the analysis of the perceptions of the students to its use and adaptation to the individual styles of learning. The main inquiry question that guided the study was: “Are the learning environments online adjusted to the development of learning process of the graduation students, having in account its styles of learning?". On developed subjects from this specific question, emphasis was given to the following ones: the perceptions of students concerning online learning environments; the interaction among students in online learning environments; the perceptions of the students concerning the adequacy of the platform alfamat to the learning styles. The main results were achieved in real context of education, with the use of the platform alfamat, as a support to the implementation of a regular course. The data collecting tools were constructed and validated in the context of the research design, being the data organized and analyzed by the author from the perspective of a case study approach. From the data gathered it is important to stress its positive appreciation and the evidence that it is adequate to the achievement of the objectives of education in the environment alfamat, strengthening with the positive aspects the complementary of tools of synchronous and asynchronous communication in the same platform. The students valued the used methodology, arguing the subjects of disciplines in a sufficiently deep way in forums and in a more spontaneous and natural way in a chat. The contributions of the students, under the orientation of the teacher, generated a dynamics of sharing of information, negotiation of the concepts and joint construction of knowledge. Still to salient is the recognition, of the students, of the adequacy of online environments to its styles of learning, however some students felt more comfortable in forums, while others revealed relatively identical opinion to the chat.
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Educação online E-learning Estilos de aprendizagem Interacção Fóruns de discussão Chat
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Miranda, Luísa (2005). Educação online: interacção e estilos de aprendizagem de alunos do ensino superior numa plataforma web. Braga: Universidade do Minho. Tese de doutoramento em Educação (Área do Conhecimento de Tecnologia Educativa)