CONCEPTS OF DISTANCE LEARNING AND ITS IMPLICATIONS AT UNIVASF

• Autor(a) principal: Silva, Marcello Moisés Dias
• Data de Publicação: 2014
• Outros Autores: Sousa, Geida Maria Cavalcanti de, Sousa, Aliny Paiva
• Tipo de documento: Artigo
• Idioma: por
• Título da fonte: Paidéi@
• Texto Completo: https://periodicos.unimesvirtual.com.br/index.php/paideia/article/view/313
• topic: Ciências Humanas; Tecnologias de Informação e Comunicação; processo educativo; concepções dos docentes; educação a distância.

Abstract: With the growing development in the field of information and communication technologies (ICT), we see the possibility of changes in educational processes, in which the democratization of access to knowledge has become the central issue, especially when it is related to distance learning. This study aimed to reflect on the conceptions of teachers about Distance Learning considering its implications in this type of education, so that they can contribute to the educational policies on it. This research took place in the period 2010-2011, at Federal University of São Francisco Valley, on the campus of Petrolina-Pernambuco and in Juazeiro-Bahia. To this end, two samples were selected randomly, with 10 teachers each, one with teachers who participated in some training in Distance Learning and others who did not take part in it, performing interviews and subsequently an analysis of discourses. The data found showed that participants in some of the courses offered by SEAD / UNIVASF significantly changed their outlook on Distance Learning, being favorable to the use of technological resources in teaching, as well as the distance leaning. Besides that they presented critical and important considerations that can be properly considered in future studies. Thus it is necessary to broaden the debate and articulate classroom teaching and learning distance in order to demystify certain resistances regarding this kind of teaching and create favorable conditions for a more collective construction, involving more actors in the process and creating a more reflective culture about practices in Distance Learning. Keywords: Information and Communication Technologies; educational process; teacher’s conception; learning distance.