Mecanismo de avaliação de material didático na educação a distância no contexto da Universidade Aberta do Brasil

Abstract

Contemporary society experiencing a very rapid process of innovations in all areas. Education in turn, could not stay out of this process, and has been increasing with the Distance Education (EAD) which is characterized by the use of information technologies and communication technologies (ICTs) that support a more flexible time, creating new spaces for learning and teach. This results in developing new teaching strategies and methodologies for distance education, stressing the need to use different teaching materials to meet every demand for new knowledge and means to promote the democratization of teaching and therefore learning. Thus, this study aims to know, how they present learning materials in distance learning in the context of the Open University of Brazil (UAB) in the Bachelor of Education at the Federal University of Alagoas (UFAL) using mechanisms of evaluation of materials teaching, specifically the form, with the parameters, the Quality Criteria for the use of textbooks in courses offered by distance greater than (MEC). Starting from an assumption that the design, construction and appropriate use of educational materials, having at least 50% of quality criteria, can foster learning and facilitate distance learning. This paper presents important concepts on the DL, its historical process and current developments relating to this process of teaching materials, design, development and production. Assesses the didactic printed material put into the Virtual Learning Environment (VLE) based on eight (8) Quality Criteria for Distance Higher Education, Ministry of Education (MEC). The work is a case study evidence base (observation of teaching materials used in the disciplines of the Faculty of Education / UAB / UFAL the period 2007 to 2009) with qualitative and quantitative approaches. The instruments used are questionnaires and interviews that favor the data analysis.