USE OF INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGIES IN DENTAL EDUCATION DURING THE COVID-19 PANDEMIC LOCKDOWN

• Autor(a) principal: Borges Mattos, João Marcelo
• Data de Publicação: 2021
• Outros Autores: Berry , Maria, de Moraes Telles , Daniel, de Castro de Souza, Maria Isabel
• Tipo de documento: Artigo
• Idioma: por; spa; eng
• Título da fonte: Revista Brasileira de Aprendizagem Aberta e a Distância
• Texto Completo: https://seer.abed.net.br/RBAAD/article/view/595
• topic: Distance learning; Dentistry; Information and communication technologies; Technology enhanced learning; Covid-19; Educación a distancia; Odontología; Tecnología de la información y la comunicación; Educación mediada por tecnología; COVID-19; Ensino à distância; Odontologia; Tecnologia de Informação e Comunicação; Educação Mediada por Tecnologia; Covid-19

Dental courses used to be mainly designed by traditional learning previously from the COVID-19 pandemic. To face in-person closure, one of the biggest challenges was adapt the dental course design to an online model, which guarantees the development of skills needed by future professionals. In this context, this paper aimed to present a report about the usage of information and communication technologies by a public university in XXX from April to December 2020. Procedures about the methodology applied and reflections about the implementation of Moodle and Whereby were described. A checklist for monitoring undergraduate units showed that before the pandemic the Moodle system was little used in the dental course. However, during the pandemic, the number of units that started using the platform rose from 09 to 32 (64%). Among the possibilities offered, some teachers used the Moodle platform only as a repository. Others also used tools available on Moodle such as forums, questionnaires, external links, and files. Therefore, the results from the checklist showed that the platforms worked positively during online learning in dental faculty. However, some policies and training remain necessary to ensure better educational outcomes.