Challenges Faced by Technical Course Students Due to the Distance During the COVID-19 Pandemic 

• Autor(a) principal: Kuhn, Nuvea
• Data de Publicação: 2020
• Outros Autores: Lopes, Luis Felipe Dias
• Tipo de documento: Artigo
• Idioma: por
• Título da fonte: EAD em Foco
• Texto Completo: https://eademfoco.cecierj.edu.br/index.php/Revista/article/view/1018

This article has the objective to identify the main challenges faced by technical course students due to the distance while accessing the course and disciplines during the coronavirus pandemic. Thus, according to access reports in Moodle, there was a considerable decrease of student’s participation in the Virtual Learning Environment (VLE), considering the following weeks after suspending in person activities as determined by the Ministry of Education (MEC). The course is offered by a federal public educational institution, in two on-site support centers in municipalities located in the northwest region of the state of Rio Grande do Sul (RS). In addition to the reports, a structured questionnaire was applied to 132 students of the course. The results have showed that social distancing and suspension of face-to-face activities have substantially influenced the dynamics of study and dedication to the course. Aspects such as unemployment, not having a computer and internet access, as well as closing the face-to-face support area have proved to be determining factors in the decrease of accesses. Therefore, 86.4% (Centre 1) and 84.8% (Centre 2) are the percentage of students who are feeling the direct influence of coronavirus on their school performance. Keywords: Social distancing. School performance. Virus.