Online Platforms for Remote Mediation in Angolan Public Higher Education in Times of COVID-19

• Autor(a) principal: Chitungo, Herculano Henriques Chingui
• Data de Publicação: 2021
• Tipo de documento: Artigo
• Idioma: por
• Título da fonte: Tear: Revista de Educação Ciência e Tecnologia
• Texto Completo: https://periodicos.ifrs.edu.br/index.php/tear/article/view/4662

Abstract: In the Angolan educational scenario, with the publication of the recent Presidential Decree No. 59/20 of march 3, 2020, which approves the regulation of distance and semi-face-to-face teaching modalities in the higher education subsystem, the country reinforces education with the use of digital technologies, as measures to support face-to-face education, a timely measure, particularly in a public health emergency, such as the COVID-19 pandemic.  This paper aims to present teaching-learning alternatives through free online platforms Google Classroom (asynchronous tool), Meet and Zoom (synchronous tools) and their pedagogical potential for remote teaching in angolan public higher education in the period of COVID-19. This is a diagnostic, exploratory, descriptive and qualitative research, through the application of an online questionnaire to the teachers of the Polytechnic Higher Institute of South Cuanza, in order to explore their possible perceptions regarding the use of online platforms in the pandemic period.  From the analysis of contents of the questionnaire, there is evidence of positive results for the use of online platforms such as Google Classroom, Meet and Zoom in the teaching-learning process during the pandemic period and that there is a lack of training for teachers on the use of digital educational technologies in this period.  It is expected that this study will assist angolan university teachers who intend to alternate their classroom classes through remote education and that certain learning outcomes can be achieved during and after the COVID-19 period. Keywords: COVID-19. Higher Education. Online platforms. Remote Teaching.