As rápidas mudanças causadas pelo avanço tecnológico e pelo processo de globalização reforçam a necessidade de se redefinir o perfil do engenheiro para atender as exigências tanto do mercado de trabalho como da sociedade. O surgimento de novas técnicas e ferramentas de análise é uma conseqüência natural deste avanço tecnológico e científico e deveria ser rapidamente incorporado a cursos com forte base tecnológica, como a Engenharia. O desafio para que isto efetivamente ocorra é que o tempo dedicado às disciplinas não pode mais ser ampliado para incorporar novos conteúdos. No entanto, a hipótese desta pesquisa é que, ao mesmo tempo em que fazem parte do problema, as novas tecnologias podem fornecer os recursos necessários para a sua solução. Neste contexto, um novo paradigma para o ensino-aprendizagem é necessário, sendo importante para isto, reconhecer não somente o potencial papel do computador e das ferramentas a ele associadas, como também compreender os diferentes estilos de aprendizagem. Diante disto, o objetivo deste trabalho de tese é explorar e avaliar alternativas para adequação do processo de ensino-aprendizagem ao contexto de rápidas e constantes inovações hoje observado, fazendo-se uso de recursos da hipermídia, fundamentada nos conceitos do construtivismo e testada a partir da introdução de conteúdos inovadores em uma disciplina que trata de Planejamento de Transportes. Através dessa disciplina procurou-se avaliar se os alunos seriam capazes, com a abordagem proposta, de absorver novos tópicos sem comprometer o conteúdo programático tradicional. Para tanto, complementou-se o paradigma tradicional com diversas alternativas pedagógicas (trabalhos em grupo, CD educativo, pesquisas na Internet, WebCT, etc.) em uma turma do terceiro ano do curso de Engenharia Civil. Os resultados encontrados indicam que as alternativas consideradas contribuíram de alguma forma para o aprimoramento da metodologia tradicional, apresentando resultados positivos para o aprendizado. Pode-se afirmar assim que a contribuição desse trabalho para o ensino de Engenharia de Transportes foi significativa, na medida em que demonstra que é possível aprimorar o processo de ensino-aprendizagem, inclusive incorporando novos conteúdos, mesmo diante de uma grade curricular rígida. / The fast changes produced by the technological development and by the globalization process highlight the need for a new profile of an engineer that can meet the demands of the labor market and of the society. The emergence of new techniques and analyses tools is a natural consequence of that technological and scientific development and it should be immediately incorporated into courses with a strong technological basis, such as Engineering. The challenge to do so is the time constraint imposed to disciplines, which can no longer be increased to include additional topics. However, the hypothesis of this research is that although the new technologies are part of the problem, they can also provide the resources needed for its solution. In such a context, a new paradigm for the teaching learning process is required, in which not only the potential role of the computer itself and of the tools associated to are acknowledged, but also the different learning styles of the students should be taken into account. Therefore, the objective of this research work is to search and evaluation of alternatives for adapting the teaching-learning process to the context of fast and constant innovations currently observed. This is achieved by using multimedia resources for exploring concepts of constructivism, tested with the inclusion of innovative concepts in a Transportation Planning discipline. This experiment was meant to evaluate if the students would be able to grasp new topics along with the long-established contents with the proposed approach. The traditional paradigm was then combined with several pedagogical alternatives (team work, educational CD-ROM, research on Internet, WebCT, etc.) in a Civil Engineering attended by third-year students. The results found indicate that the alternatives considered have contributed to some extent, to the improvement of the traditional teaching method, bringing positive outcomes to the learning process. Therefore, one can conclude that this study brought a valuable contribution for Transportation Engineering education, given that the teaching-learning process was improved while making possible the inclusion of new topics even in a very inflexible grid course.

<p> <p>&nbsp / </p> </p> <p align="left">Within a context of rapid technological change and shifting market conditions, the South African education system is challenged with providing increased education opportunities without increased budgets. Many educational institutions are answering the challenge without increased budgets. Several educational institutions are answering the challenge by developing distance education programs through information technology, but in the case of one institution, strategic intentions involving information technology and distance learning have not been fulfilled. At its most basic level, distance education takes place when a teacher and student(s) are separated by physical distance. Technology, often in combination with face-to-face communication, can be used to bridge instructional gaps. It can be argued that modes of teaching and learning are changing, and we must redefine what is meant by the word &ldquo / student&rdquo / . For example: what should we really call an adult involved in life long learning? The term &ldquo / student&rdquo / seems inappropriate. These types of programs can provide adults with a second chance at tertiary education, reach those disadvantaged by limited time, distance or physical disability, and update the knowledge base of workers at their places of employment. The aim of this research is to determine and understand the growing role of information technology in promoting quality assurance in higher education, and in expanding the education opportunities and workplace learning through the use of distance learning. This work investigates how distance learning can be improved by making use of IT with <font face="Times-Roman" size="3">particular regard to the underprivileged, and the potential contribution to national transformation. This is summarized in the research question: </font><i><font face="Times-Italic" size="3"><font face="Times-Italic" size="3">&ldquo / How can we improve distance learning in South Africa with emerging technologies?&rdquo / </font></font><font face="Times-Roman" size="3">&nbsp / review of the literature, interviews with experts, and reviews of conference papers provided the principle inputs. The academic literatures were supplemented by studies of papers from the Department of Education and other non-academic sources. Based on the reading of the literature, and the views of experts, questionnaires and field experiments were designed and applied to a statistically significant population of respondents. A combination of statistical analysis and content analysis of open questions from the questionnaires lead to comparative evidence about different learning styles and different communities of learners, and the extent to which different learning styles are effective for the different kinds of learners.</font></i></p>

<p> <p>&nbsp / </p> </p> <p align="left">Within a context of rapid technological change and shifting market conditions, the South African education system is challenged with providing increased education opportunities without increased budgets. Many educational institutions are answering the challenge without increased budgets. Several educational institutions are answering the challenge by developing distance education programs through information technology, but in the case of one institution, strategic intentions involving information technology and distance learning have not been fulfilled. At its most basic level, distance education takes place when a teacher and student(s) are separated by physical distance. Technology, often in combination with face-to-face communication, can be used to bridge instructional gaps. It can be argued that modes of teaching and learning are changing, and we must redefine what is meant by the word &ldquo / student&rdquo / . For example: what should we really call an adult involved in life long learning? The term &ldquo / student&rdquo / seems inappropriate. These types of programs can provide adults with a second chance at tertiary education, reach those disadvantaged by limited time, distance or physical disability, and update the knowledge base of workers at their places of employment. The aim of this research is to determine and understand the growing role of information technology in promoting quality assurance in higher education, and in expanding the education opportunities and workplace learning through the use of distance learning. This work investigates how distance learning can be improved by making use of IT with <font face="Times-Roman" size="3">particular regard to the underprivileged, and the potential contribution to national transformation. This is summarized in the research question: </font><i><font face="Times-Italic" size="3"><font face="Times-Italic" size="3">&ldquo / How can we improve distance learning in South Africa with emerging technologies?&rdquo / </font></font><font face="Times-Roman" size="3">&nbsp / review of the literature, interviews with experts, and reviews of conference papers provided the principle inputs. The academic literatures were supplemented by studies of papers from the Department of Education and other non-academic sources. Based on the reading of the literature, and the views of experts, questionnaires and field experiments were designed and applied to a statistically significant population of respondents. A combination of statistical analysis and content analysis of open questions from the questionnaires lead to comparative evidence about different learning styles and different communities of learners, and the extent to which different learning styles are effective for the different kinds of learners.</font></i></p>

The insertion and use of media, in educational settings, increased greatly in recent years, in Brazil, due to the technological advancement and the need for schools to innovate with varying strategies to stimulate and motivate students to the teaching-learning process. Given the above, this study aims to examine the pedagogical use of Information and Communication Technologies (ICT) in initial training in a Bachelor of Arts in Physical Education of the Center for Physical Education and Sports in the Federal University of Santa Maria. The research, featured as a study case, and the analysis of activities in development, also intends to contribute with suggestions for pedagogical action, which can be developed in the discipline of Physical Education and New ICTs, during the sixth semester of the Course s curriculum, based on geotechnologycal resources such as Google Maps and Google Earth. In addition to the work undertaken in the discipline, the activities of the extension project are also analyzed in partnership with the municipality of Santa Maria and as part of the discipline. For data analysis, it was considered all activities implemented since 2007, the responses of nine students interviewed and the interview with the teacher responsible for the course. After this stage, the pedagogical proposal was drafted and entitled "Treasure Hunt", to be introduced in the discipline, which can contribute to the development of content, carried out at Masters studies in Geomatics which have given rise to this work. We realized that the activities performed during the five years in which the discipline exists, the media are used pedagogically in Physical Education and that geotechnologycal resources can be effective teaching tools to help the development of the content for the initial training. The activities are developed positively every school year to encourage students to reason, for those whom used it and started to regard ICT as a teaching resource that can and should be deployed to improve the lessons. The lack of continuity of the proposal, to the public schools, however, is still a problem to be overcomed, both from the University, as the municipality, as well as a fort in the discipline, to break the resistance of some academics to the new, to the unknown. / No Brasil, a inserção e o uso das mídias, no contexto educacional, cresceram muito nos últimos anos, devido ao avanço tecnológico e à necessidade das escolas inovarem com diferentes estratégias, para estimular e motivar os alunos ao processo ensino-aprendizagem. Diante do exposto, o presente trabalho tem por objetivo analisar o uso pedagógico das Tecnologias de Informação e Comunicação (TIC) na formação inicial, no Curso de Educação Física Licenciatura, do Centro de Educação Física e Desportos, da Universidade Federal de Santa Maria. A pesquisa, caracterizada como estudo de caso, além da análise das atividades em desenvolvimento, pretende também contribuir com sugestão de ação pedagógica, que pode ser desenvolvidas na disciplina de Educação Física e as Novas TIC, do sexto semestre da matriz curricular, do Curso, a partir de recursos geotecnológicos, como o Google Maps e o Google Earth. Além dos trabalhos desenvolvidos na disciplina, são analisadas as atividades do projeto de extensão em parceria com o município de Santa Maria e que faz parte da disciplina. Para a análise dos dados, considerou-se todas as atividades implementadas desde 2007, as respostas de nove alunos entrevistados e a entrevista com a professora responsável pela disciplina. Após esta etapa, foi elaborada a proposta pedagógica chamada Caça ao Tesouro , para ser introduzida na disciplina, que pode contribuir com o desenvolvimento dos conteúdos, a partir dos estudos realizados no mestrado em Geomática e que deram origem a este trabalho. Percebemos que as atividades desenvolvidas nos cinco anos em que existe a disciplina utilizam pedagogicamente as mídias na Educação Física e que os recursos geotecnológicos podem ser eficientes ferramentas pedagógicas para contribuir no desenvolvimento dos conteúdos, durante a formação inicial. As atividades evoluíram positivamente a cada ano letivo, motivo de estímulo aos alunos, que as realizaram e que passaram a encarar as TIC como recursos pedagógicos que podem e devem ser acionados para melhorar as aulas. A falta de continuidade da proposta, junto às escolas municipais, no entanto, ainda é um problema a ser superado, tanto por parte da Universidade, quanto do município, assim como um trabalho, junto à disciplina, para quebrar a resistência de muitos acadêmicos ao novo, ao desconhecido.

Made available in DSpace on 2016-06-02T19:39:43Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 5937.pdf: 1780355 bytes, checksum: 40765c55c2b1e6aed4a5304672bb68ef (MD5) Previous issue date: 2014-02-18 / Financiadora de Estudos e Projetos / The integration of technological resources in teaching and learning process assigns to education a need for new thinking and sets new challenges to the routine of the classroom, leaving the teacher to review practices and concepts confront this issue. Given this situation, we conducted a qualitative research, as Lüdke and Andrew (1986) through a case study in a public school in the city of São Carlos - SP, with two active teachers in elementary education from the early years, with in order to answer the following question: What ideas have influenced the organization of pedagogical practices with technological resources of teachers in the early years of elementary school? Data were grouped into two angles: 1) the design of technological resources for teachers; and 2) Characterization of teaching practices with the use of technological resources. Our analyzes received theoretical background , mainly from Maurice Tardif , Maria Luiza Belloni , Vani Kenski Moreira , Vieira Pinto , Lion , Bernadette Gatti , Marcelo Garcia. Generally the teachers investigated using resources such as radio and television, which are dominated by them. Resources such as computers and data projectors are used by teachers with more fear; since these are equipments that they do not dominate. These and other aspects lead us to realize the importance of training teachers to use technological resources in a way that leverages the educational process, promoting student learning. Yet conducted a bibliographic study on digital database of thesis and dissertations to articulate the data found by analyzing the concepts and practices of the two teachers. / A integração dos recursos tecnológicos no processo de ensino e aprendizagem atribui à educação uma necessidade de novas reflexões e estabelece novos desafios ao cotidiano da sala de aula, cabendo ao professor rever práticas e conceitos referentes a essa questão. Realizamos o estudo numa escola pública da cidade de São Carlos - SP, com duas professoras atuantes nos anos iniciais do ensino fundamental, com o objetivo de responder a seguinte questão: Quais concepções têm influenciado a organização de práticas pedagógicas com recursos tecnológicos de professores dos anos iniciais do Ensino Fundamental? Os dados coletados foram agrupados em dois eixos de análise: 1) Concepção de recursos tecnológicos para as professoras; e 2) Caracterização das práticas de ensino com o uso dos recursos tecnológicos. Optamos pelo estudo de caso, com a abordagem da pesquisa qualitativa (LÜDKE; ANDRÉ, 1986). Para atender aos objetivos, além das entrevistas e da observação de aulas das professoras, foi realizado um levantamento bibliográfico nos bancos digitais de teses e dissertações nos Programas de Pós-Graduação em Educação de quatro universidades para a articulação dos dados. Nossas análises receberam subsídio teórico, principalmente, de Maurice Tardif, Maria Luiza Belloni, Vani Moreira Kenski, Vieira Pinto, Lion, Bernadete Gatti, Marcelo Garcia. De maneira geral, as professoras investigadas utilizam recursos como o rádio e a televisão, que são dominados por elas. Recursos como computadores e o datashow são utilizados com dificuldade pelas professoras, pois se tratam de equipamentos que elas não dominam. Esses e outros aspectos nos levam a perceber a importância da formação dos professores para que possam utilizar os recursos tecnológicos de uma forma crítica e que potencialize o processo educacional, promovendo a aprendizagem dos alunos.

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No. of bitstreams: 1 ferreira_af_dr_rcla.pdf: 3081046 bytes, checksum: 193a373c90d6b7bd607259111040108b (MD5) Previous issue date: 2017-07-19 / Coordenação de Aperfeiçoamento de Pessoal de Nível Superior (CAPES) / O objetivo geral do estudo foi analisar a importância das Tecnologias Digitais da Informação e Comunicação (TDIC) como recurso didático para aulas de Educação Física a partir de um processo de formação em serviço para professores da rede pública (municipal e estadual) em um curso semipresencial. Para tal, a tese foi estruturada em quatro artigos. Os três primeiros são pesquisas de caráter bibliográfico que auxiliaram na ampliação de conhecimento sobre o tema e na análise das investigações que estão sendo realizadas nesse campo. Tais conhecimentos foram utilizados para elaboração e implementação do curso de formação. O Artigo I apresenta as informações advindas das publicações acadêmico-científicas referentes ao uso das TDIC como recurso didático e avaliativo nos últimos 11 anos (2005-2015), as quais foram analisadas à luz da tipologia proposta por Coll, Mauri e Onrubia (2010). Verificamos que essas publicações apresentam mais pesquisas sobre o uso das tecnologias como mediadoras das atividades de ensino e aprendizagem desenvolvidas conjuntamente por professores e alunos, caracterizando o tipo de uso 4. Conhecer estes tipos de uso e identificá-los em trabalhos científicos permitiu uma ampliação dos olhares sobre a utilização das tecnologias no ambiente educacional. No Artigo II, analisamos as informações advindas das publicações referentes ao uso das TDIC na formação de professores nos últimos 11 anos (2005 a 2015). Identificamos que a maioria das publicações encontradas diz a respeito à formação continuada de professores da Educação Básica na modalidade a distância, sendo promovidas pelos órgãos públicos. Os estudos apresentaram uma diversidade de resultados em diferentes pontos da formação, tanto em relação à estruturação dos cursos quanto nas implicações no trabalho pedagógico dos professores. Além disso, mostraram a importância de ampliar o conhecimento e as competências destes agentes educacionais. Sobre o Artigo III, o objetivo foi verificar as contribuições das teses e dissertações publicadas nos últimos 4 anos (2013 a 2016) para a incorporação das TDIC na Educação Física escolar. Os resultados indicaram que a maioria dos trabalhos estudam as mídias, utilizando este termo sem discriminá-las, seguido das diferentes tecnologias digitais. Em relação aos temas, o uso das TDIC para o ensino da Educação Física foi o mais estudado, apontando possibilidades pedagógicas de tecnologias produzidas pelos pesquisadores e das já existentes. Por fim, o Artigo IV desenvolveu o objetivo principal desta tese apontado no início do resumo. Esta investigação foi orientada pela Pesquisa Qualitativa, na qual foi ministrado e analisado um curso de formação continuada intitulado “Tecnologias da Informação e Comunicação na Educação Física escolar”, semipresencial com carga horária total de 40 horas. Finalizaram o curso nove professores de três redes municipais de ensino. Tal processo foi analisado a partir dos diários de aula, do questionário avaliativo do curso e do relato de experiência de cada um dos participantes, que foram discutidos em 3 categorias distintas: Curso; Uso das tecnologias; Dificuldades e superação. Em geral, verificamos que os professores conseguiram transpor os limites e as dificuldades do cotidiano para a integração das tecnologias em sua prática pedagógica. Consideramos que a aproximação dos participantes com as tecnologias, a experiência de elaborar e implementar aulas e a motivação para a continuidade de uso das TDIC foram os resultados mais significativos. Também, foi oportunizado aos participantes o conhecimento de algumas TDIC, aumentando seu nível de domínio tecnológico e a reflexão sobre essas ferramentas, bem como o início de sua utilização na prática educacional. Em uma escala macro, avaliamos que este estudo contribuiu para a área de Educação Física, especificamente a escolar, por trazer uma densa revisão de literatura e indicativos para futuras formações de professores referentes ao uso das TDIC no ensino dos conteúdos da cultura corporal, favorecendo o ensino contextualizado e crítico. / The general aim of this thesis was to analyze the importance of Digital Information and Communication Technologies (DICT) as a didactic resource for Physical Education classes from a process of in-service training for public school teachers (municipal and state) in a semipresencial course. For that, the thesis was structured in four articles. The first three are bibliographic studies that have helped to broaden the knowledge about the subject and the analysis of the researches being carried out in this field. Such knowledge was used for the preparation and implementation of the training course. Article I presents the information from the academic and scientific publications about the use of DICT as a didactic and evaluative resource in the last 11 years (2005-2015), which were analyzed in the light of the typology proposed by Coll, Mauri and Onrubia (2010). We found that these publications have more research on the use of technologies as mediators of the teaching and learning jointly developed by teachers and students, featuring the type of use 4. Knowing these types of uses and identify them in scientific studies allowed an expansion of the use of technologies in the educational environment. In Article II we analyze the information coming from publications regarding the use of DICT in teacher training in the last 11 years (2005 to 2015). We have identified that most of the publications found relate to the continuing education of Basic Education teachers in the distance modality, being promoted by public agencies. The studies presented a diversity of results in different points of the formation, both in relation to the structuring of the courses and in the implications in the pedagogical work of the teachers. In addition, they showed the importance of expanding the knowledge and skills of these educational agents. On Article III, the objective was to verify the contributions of theses and dissertations published in the last four years (2013 to 2016) for the incorporation of DICT in Physical Education. The results indicated that most papers study the media, using this term without discriminating them, followed by different digital technologies. In relation to the themes, the use of DICT for the teaching of Physical Education was the most studied, pointing out pedagogical possibilities of technologies produced by researchers and those already existing. Finally, Article IV developed the main objective of this thesis pointed out at the beginning of the abstract. This research was guided by the Qualitative Research, in which a course of in-service formation, entitled "Information and Communication Technologies in School Physical Education", was attended and analyzed, with a total of 40 hours. The course was completed by nine teachers from three municipal teaching networks. This process was analyzed from the class diaries, the evaluation evaluative questionnaire and the experience report of each of the participants, which were discussed in 3 different categories: Course; Use of technologies; Difficulties and overcoming. In general, we verified that the teachers managed to cross the limits and the difficulties of the everyday for the integration of the technologies in their pedagogical practice. We consider that the participants' approach to the technologies, the experience of developing and implementing classes and the motivation for the continuity of the use of DICT were the most significant results. Also, the participants were given the opportunity to learn about some of the TDICs, increasing their level of technological expertise and reflecting on these tools, as well as the beginning of their use in educational practice. On a macro scale, we evaluated that this study contributed to the area of Physical Education, specifically to the school, for bringing a dense revision of the literature and indicatives for future teacher training regarding the use of DICT in teaching the contents of body culture, favoring the contextualized and critical teaching.

Submitted by Renata Lopes (renatasil82@gmail.com) on 2016-06-16T17:25:27Z No. of bitstreams: 1 juniamariusadossantossilveira.pdf: 1038404 bytes, checksum: 4410e60616120566c95fefc4f0eef8f8 (MD5) / Approved for entry into archive by Adriana Oliveira (adriana.oliveira@ufjf.edu.br) on 2016-07-13T14:24:49Z (GMT) No. of bitstreams: 1 juniamariusadossantossilveira.pdf: 1038404 bytes, checksum: 4410e60616120566c95fefc4f0eef8f8 (MD5) / Made available in DSpace on 2016-07-13T14:24:49Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 juniamariusadossantossilveira.pdf: 1038404 bytes, checksum: 4410e60616120566c95fefc4f0eef8f8 (MD5) Previous issue date: 2015-08-28 / O objetivo deste trabalho é identificar qual o papel do diretor, suas ações que permitem a inserção das tecnologias no ambiente escolar e sua participação para a transformação da sala de informática num lugar de aprendizagem. As TIC estão cada vez mais presentes no cotidiano escolar e o uso efetivo dessas tecnologias é um desafio para diretores, professores e alunos. Nesta perspectiva, analisou-se duas escolas da Superintendência Regional de Ensino de Caratinga que possuem equipamentos tecnológicos instalados com o intuito de identificar se existe uma efetiva utilização das tecnologias no cotidiano escolar, mais propriamente a sala de informática. Verificou-se como o diretor escolar, sendo ator protagonista na utilização das novas tecnologias no ambiente educacional, pode fomentar o uso da sala de informática como ferramenta de apoio pedagógico e, reconhecendo seu papel como agente implementador destas tecnologias analisar, em virtude das novas tendências, sua perspectiva na implementação das TIC no cotidiano da escola. Trata-se de uma pesquisa qualitativa em que os instrumentos utilizados foram o grupo focal, aplicado a professores e alunos do 5º ano do Ensino Fundamental – anos iniciais, e a entrevista semiestruturada, aplicada aos diretores das duas escolas. Com base nos resultados da pesquisa, foi proposto um Plano de Ação Educacional – PAE, por meio do qual foram estabelecidas ações que viabilizem o uso das TIC nas escolas, como a formação docente, a inserção de projetos no PPP das escolas que fomentem o uso das TIC na prática pedagógica, a ampliação e reestruturação das salas de informática. / The objective of this study is to identify the role of the principal, his/her actions that allow the integration of technologies in the school environment and his/her participation to transform the computer room into a place of learning. ICTs are increasingly present in the daily school and the effective use of these technologies is a challenge for principals, teachers and students. In this perspective, we analyzed two schools of Caratinga Regional Superintendence of education that have installed technological equipment in order to identify whether there is an effective use of the technologies in everyday school life, more specifically the computer room. It was found as the school principal and actor protagonist in the use of new technologies in the educational environment, can promote the use of the computer room as an educational support tool and recognizing its role as implementing agent of these technologies to analyze, because of new trends, his/her perspective in the implementation of ICT in the school routine. It is a qualitative research, where the instruments used were focus group, applied to teachers and students of the 5th year of primary school - early years and semistructured interviews applied to principals of the two schools. Based on the results of the research it was proposed an Educational Action Plan - EAP, through which actions have been established that enable the use of ICT in schools, such as teacher training, the inclusion of projects in the schools PPP that promote the use of ICT in pedagogical practice, the expansion and restructuring of computer rooms.

Magister Commercii - MCom / Within a context of rapid technological change and shifting market conditions, the South African education system is challenged with providing increased education opportunities without increased budgets. Many educational institutions are answering the challenge without increased budgets. Several educational institutions are answering the challenge by developing distance education programs through information technology, but in the case of one institution, strategic intentions involving information technology and distance learning have not been fulfilled. At its most basic level, distance education takes place when a teacher and student(s) are separated by physical distance. Technology, often in combination with face-to-face communication, can be used to bridge instructional gaps. It can be argued that modes of teaching and learning are changing, and we must redefine what is meant by the word “student”. For example: what should we really call an adult involved in life long learning? The term “student” seems inappropriate. These types of programs can provide adults with a second chance at tertiary education, reach those disadvantaged by limited time, distance or physical disability, and update the knowledge base of workers at their places of employment. The aim of this research is to determine and understand the growing role of information technology in promoting quality assurance in higher education, and in expanding the education opportunities and workplace learning through the use of distance learning. This work investigates how distance learning can be improved by making use of IT with particular regard to the underprivileged, and the potential contribution to national transformation. This is summarized in the research question: “How can we improve distance learning in South Africa with emerging technologies?” review of the literature, interviews with experts, and reviews of conference papers provided the principle inputs. The academic literatures were supplemented by studies of papers from the Department of Education and other non-academic sources. Based on the reading of the literature, and the views of experts, questionnaires and field experiments were designed and applied to a statistically significant population of respondents. A combination of statistical analysis and content analysis of open questions from the questionnaires lead to comparative evidence about different learning styles and different communities of learners, and the extent to which different learning styles are effective for the different kinds of learners.

Made available in DSpace on 2014-12-17T14:36:27Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 EvanizeCR_DISSERT_1_129.pdf: 4699030 bytes, checksum: 92a2d0ec187f09e20c6813a2c78b87bc (MD5) Previous issue date: 2010-04-16 / Conselho Nacional de Desenvolvimento Cient?fico e Tecnol?gico / In contemporary society, distance education is expanding, especially in the offering of courses of initiatory professor training. By the side of possibilities, there is the need to critically reflect on the government decision to finance, and even to incite distance education, as a more economic way to achieve, within different time and space, the greatest quantity of the population, trying to fill the gaps of the Brazilian school education. The research was made in the Biology Bachelor Course offered by the Pernambuco University (UPE), in the context of the Presential Support Pole of the Paraiba State University, located in the city of Campina Grande. Along this study, we intend to analyze the evaluation practice and the instruments of valuation available in the virtual environment of learning (AVA), used by the former professors in the learning evaluation of the contents offered by the reference course. The relevance of the discussion is to reflect about the results of distance education in the initial of the professor training. To perceive the possibilities and limitations concerning the technological resources available at the educational process, especially to the evaluation practice, is primordial in order to comprehend the contents of learning that can be explored by the professors and which is the dialogical relation that is firmed between professor, preceptor and student, in favor of the learning development and an effective and meaningful education. The qualitative research had the symbolic interacionism as a methodological-theoretical approach. We gathered informations through institutional documents, documental records, questionnaires and semi-structured interviews. Treating and analyzing the data we used the content analysis method (Bardin, 1977). As a theoretical basis, we relied on authors such as Zabala (1998, 1999), Aretio (2002), Hoffmann (2003, 2005), Silva, M. (2003, 2006), Belloni (2006), Luckesi (2008), Silva, J. (2008), Vasconcelos (2008) and Domingos (2009). It was evident the need to reflect about the educational practice of the professors and preceptors responsible for the academic distance learning, concerning the evaluation of the learning contents in a autonomous and innovatory way, identifying its influence in the development of values which are considered vital to a complete professor upbringing. The evaluation in a mediator approach is necessary to the reality of an online classroom, because of its character to promote the improvement of the action of the one who is teaching and the one Who is learning in an interactive, collaborative and cooperative perspective, seeking a transformative praxis. Involved in this formation, the bachelors will be able to promote the development of capacities and skills necessary to the complete learning of theirs future students, certifying the education for life, which is a perspective that includes the knowing, the knowing how to do and how to be, a living being with sustainable relations with the others and with nature / A educa??o a dist?ncia na sociedade contempor?nea vem se expandido, sobretudo na oferta de cursos de forma??o inicial docente. Ao lado das possibilidades, h? necessidade de refletir criticamente sobre a decis?o governamental de financiar e at? incentivar o ensino a dist?ncia como uma maneira mais econ?mica de atingir o m?ximo da popula??o em tempo e espa?o diversos, almejando com isso o preenchimento de lacunas na educa??o escolar brasileira. A pesquisa foi realizada no curso de Licenciatura em Ci?ncias Biol?gicas oferecido pela Universidade de Pernambuco (UPE), a partir do contexto do P?lo de Apoio Presencial da Universidade Estadual da Para?ba (UEPB) na cidade de Campina Grande. Neste estudo nos propomos a analisar a pr?tica avaliativa e os instrumentos de avalia??o dispon?veis no ambiente virtual de aprendizagem (AVA), utilizados pelos professores formadores na avalia??o da aprendizagem dos conte?dos oferecidos pelo curso em refer?ncia. A import?ncia dessa discuss?o ? refletir sobre os resultados do ensino a dist?ncia na forma??o inicial docente. Perceber as possibilidades e limita??es dos recursos tecnol?gicos dispon?veis ao processo educativo, e em especial a pr?tica avaliativa, ? primordial para compreendermos quais os conte?dos de aprendizagem podem ser explorados pelos docentes e qual a rela??o dial?gica que se firma entre professor, tutor e aluno em prol do desenvolvimento da aprendizagem com vistas a uma a??o educativa eficaz e significativa. A pesquisa qualitativa teve a abordagem te?rico-metodol?gica voltada para o interacionismo simb?lico. Reunimos informa??es atrav?s de documentos institucionais, ficha documental, question?rio e entrevista semiestruturada. Para o tratamento e an?lise dos dados utilizamos o m?todo da an?lise de conte?do (Bardin, 1977). Como embasamento te?rico apoiamo-nos entre outros autores, em Zabala (1998, 1999), Aretio (2002), Hoffmann (2003, 2005), Silva, M. (2003, 2006), Belloni (2006), Luckesi (2008), Silva, J. (2008), Vasconcelos (2008) e Domingos (2009). Ficou evidente a necessidade de refletir sobre o redimensionamento da pr?tica educativa dos professores e tutores respons?veis pela forma??o acad?mica a dist?ncia, no que concerne ? avalia??o dos conte?dos de aprendizagem numa perspectiva aut?noma e inovadora, identificando sua influ?ncia no desenvolvimento de valores imprescind?veis ? consolida??o de uma forma??o docente de qualidade. A avalia??o numa abordagem mediadora ? necess?ria para a realidade da sala de aula online pelo seu car?ter de promover a melhoria da a??o de quem ensina e de quem aprende numa perspectiva interativa, colaborativa e cooperativa visando uma pr?xis transformadora. Inseridos nessa forma??o, os licenciandos de Ci?ncias Biol?gicas tornar-se-?o capazes de promover o desenvolvimento de capacidades, compet?ncias e habilidades necess?rias ? forma??o integral dos seus futuros alunos, garantindo o educar para a vida, perspectiva esta que inclui o conhecer, o saber fazer e o saber ser, um ser vivo com rela??es sustent?veis com todos os outros e com a natureza

The new information technologies are invading the school space, quickly, requiring a new attitude of the educator and bringing new possibilities to education. With this, the continuous formation is configured as an important way to put the teacher in contact with this new reality. This research aims to understand if the teacher is making use of his right to continued education in the state of Sergipe and how, and how much, this is contributing to the improvement of the quality of teaching. For this, it is intended to dialogue with teachers of Science and Biology on aspects the use of technologies in the classroom and the possible obstacles that are occurring to the insertion of the same in the school environment, thus allowing to clarify some questions and to advance in the solution of the problems That surround this universe. In its methodological outline, the research was divided into three stages: documentary analysis about continuing education courses in Sergipe; State of the art regarding the subject and interview with teachers of Sciences and Biology that act in the state education network. It was verified that there are public policies of continuing education for teachers in technologies, however, many teachers are not yet looking for this training. In the state of Sergipe, continuing education is mainly through the ProInfo Integrado program of the federal government, and through courses offered by the State Secretariat of Education itself. The vast majority of teachers interviewed recognize the importance of technology in the classroom, but says that it is not yet technologically literate. In general, it is possible to infer that there are enough places in the courses of continuing education in technology, however, there are still some obstacles for the participation of teachers, since they are not released from teaching activities to attend them and are not encouraged either To perform them, and it is necessary to find mechanisms that can attract these teachers to the continuous formation, thus allowing a greater use of the technologies in the classroom. Some have knowledge about this subject, but it is not yet enough to transform their practice through the insertion of technologies. The schools have technological resources like multimedia projector, television, internet, however, in small number for the great demand. Making use of technologies in the classroom requires preparation of teachers to explore them, otherwise it will only represent the exchange of simpler didactic resources by more complex ones. / As novas tecnologias da informação estão invadindo o espaço escolar, de forma rápida, exigindo uma nova postura do educador e trazendo novas possibilidades à educação. Com isso, a formação continuada se configura como uma importante forma de colocar o professor em contato com esta nova realidade. Essa pesquisa apresenta como objetivo perceber se o professor está fazendo o uso do seu direito à formação continuada no estado de Sergipe e como, e quanto, isto está contribuindo na melhoria da qualidade do ensino. Para tal, pretende-se dialogar com professores de Ciências e Biologia sobre aspectos o uso de tecnologias em sala de aula e os possíveis entraves que estão ocorrendo para a inserção das mesmas no ambiente escolar, permitindo assim esclarecer alguns questionamentos e avançar na solução dos problemas que envolvem esse universo. Em seu delineamento metodológico, a pesquisa foi dividida em três etapas: análise documental acerca dos cursos de formação continuada em Sergipe; estado da arte a respeito da temática e entrevistas com docentes de Ciências e Biologia que atuam na rede estadual de ensino. Foi verificado que existem políticas públicas de formação continuada para docente em tecnologias, porém, muitos docentes ainda não estão procurando essa formação. No estado de Sergipe, a formação continuada se dá principalmente através do programa ProInfo Integrado, do governo federal, e por meio de cursos oferecidos pela própria Secretaria de Estado da Educação em menor quantidade. A grande maioria dos docentes entrevistados reconhece a importância da tecnologia em sala de aula, porém, afirma que ainda não está alfabetizada tecnologicamente. De maneira geral, é possível inferir que há vagas suficientes nos cursos de formação continuada em tecnologia, porém, há ainda alguns entraves para a participação dos professores, uma vez que os mesmos não são liberados das atividades docentes para frequentá-los e tampouco são incentivados a realizá-los, sendo necessário encontrar mecanismos que possam atrair esses docentes para a formação continuada, possibilitando assim uma maior utilização das tecnologias em sala de aula. Alguns possuem conhecimentos sobre esse tema, mas ainda não é o suficiente para transformar a sua prática por meio da inserção das tecnologias. As escolas possuem recursos tecnológicos como projetor multimídia, televisão, internet, entretanto, em pequeno número para a grande demanda. Fazer uso de tecnologias em sala de aula requer preparação dos docentes para explorá-los, caso contrário representará apenas a troca de recurso didáticos mais simples por outros mais complexos. / São Cristóvão, SE