Learning Online Environment for an Extra Curricular Course in Clinical Biochemistry

• Autor(a) principal: Martins, J.M.
• Data de Publicação: 2009
• Outros Autores: Maia, W.B., Araujo, B.C., Barreto, S.B., Aquino, I.J., Silva, L.G.C., Paiva, A.L.A., Lopes, E.P.A., Gomes, M.G.F.M., Porto, A.L.F.
• Tipo de documento: Artigo
• Idioma: por
• Título da fonte: Revista de Ensino de Bioquímica
• Texto Completo: http://bioquimica.org.br/revista/ojs/index.php/REB/article/view/199
• topic: Continued education, l ong distance learning, online environment.

Integration between digital technology and telecommunication resources present multiple possibilities regarding access to education, among them, the longdistance learning process. The purpose of this work is to offer a long distance extra  curricular course for health care students and professionals, intending to contribute with their continued education. The online cou rse (180h) was avail able on the webpage  www.ead.ufpe.biz in a LMS  platform(Learning Management System), in which 35 students from all over Brazil and 07 tutors (UFPE)subscribed.   The  subscribers had access to: web classrooms (12) withpresentations/notes (62); exercises (15); forums (27); technical dictionaries (119); scientific articles (70); theses e dissertations (04); web search links (50); email (30); clipboards (28); ch ats  (01); exams (01). The number of accesses to the online content by the students  (17.795 ) and the tutors (3.8 42) showed great participation on the online environment. Online classrooms were greatly accessed (3. 335)andthe  forum   demonstrated hasbeen thebest interaction tool (5.188). The asynchronous communication (email and forum) seemed more efficient than the synchronous (chat) one. Everyone performed the proposed activities between 07/25/08 and 02/05/09. The platform used was efficient in the online  long distance extra  curricular course   i n  clinical  biochemistry , with satisfactory didactic planning and selection of the contents which were properly related to the professionalcompetences to be acquired by the subscribers.