PROFIX: METHOD FOR ON-LINE EVALUATION OF DIGITAL PROFICIENCY

• Autor(a) principal: Júnior, Euro Marques
• Data de Publicação: 2014
• Outros Autores: Oliveira Neto, José Dutra de, Marques, Emília de Mendonça Rosa
• Tipo de documento: Artigo
• Idioma: por
• Título da fonte: Paidéi@
• Texto Completo: https://periodicos.unimesvirtual.com.br/index.php/paideia/article/view/379
• topic: Educação; Educação a Distância; Proficiência Digital, Literacia em TIC, Educação a Distância, Avaliação On-Line

The Digital Proficiency level is a measure of how effectively individuals and organizations engage with digital technology for their own benefit, and their internal and external customers. There are certification programs to identify those levels through practical tests, thus informing the digital competences of an individual associated with computer knowledge and Internet usage. Such certification and evaluation programs are not easily accessible due to the cost of application or the distance from the test site. The PROFIX method presented in this article, is also a tool for assessing the level of digital proficiency, and was developed to overcome those difficulties. This approach is based on an online survey with questions related to the main components of Digital Proficiency. In this article it also presents a comparative case study of the use of PROFIX by university students and professors, and elementary school teachers in Brazil (n = 440).The usage of this method associated with a course or distance training, provides teachers and educational designers with prior knowledge about Digital Proficiency levels, individual and collective and enables them to propose online activities appropriate to the group's profile. Also allows the planning of support and training actions about the information and communication technologies so that these contribute effectively in the formation of students in courses that use resources of Distance Education through the Internet. Thus, this method is available to the public free of charge and can be offered online, facilitating the access. PROFIX is quite flexible and can be adapted for use other public sectors (bank customers, employees, users of social networks etc.).