Avaliação da Aceitação de um Ambiente Virtual de Aprendizagem em uma Disciplina de Comunicação Científica / Evaluation of the Acceptance of a Virtual Learning Environment in a Scientific Communication Course
Keywords:
AVA, ensino superior, química, CoL, MATAbstract
Atualmente estão disponíveis na web vários Ambientes Virtuais de Aprendizagem (AVAs) que apóiam o ensino tradicional e a distância, porém ainda são poucas as investigações dedicadas a analisar a utilização e a aceitação desses ambientes por parte dos alunos. Neste trabalho o AVA denominado Cursos on-Line (CoL), desenvolvido e coordenado pelo LARC (Laboratório de Arquitetura e Redes de Computadores do Departamento de Computação e Sistemas Digitais da Escola Politécnica da Universidade de São Paulo), foi adaptado para aplicação em uma disciplina de comunicação científica, oferecida aos ingressantes de um curso de graduação em química da Universidade de São Paulo. Dentre as facilidades nele disponíveis estão: módulos com descrições textuais dos tópicos discutidos na disciplina, links para bases de dados eletrônicas, fórum de discussão, sistema de mensagem, glossário, chat e um banco de dados de questões para teste. O uso e a aceitação do AVA pelos estudantes foram investigados com base nos fundamentos do Modelo de Aceitação de Tecnologia.Currently there are several Virtual Learning Environments (VLEs) available on the web to support traditional and distance learning, but still there are a few investigations devoted to study the use and acceptance of such environments by the students. In this work, the VLE named Cursos on-Line (CoL), developed and coordinated by the LARC (Laboratório de Arquitetura e Redes de Computadores do Departamento de Computação e Sistemas Digitais da Escola Politécnica da Universidade de São Paulo), was adapted to be applied in a scientific communication course offered to freshman students in an undergraduate chemistry course at the University of São Paulo. The VLE included the following elements: content modules with textual descriptions of the concepts discussed in the course, links to the web that provide access to the major electronic databases, online forum, message system, glossary, chat, and a database of homework questions. The use and acceptance of the VLE by the students were investigated based on the concepts of Technology Acceptance Model (MAT).
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