Moodle: uma opção para orientar o estudo além da sala de aula presencial

Abstract

This paper was developed with the purpose to emphasize the need to study eyond the classroom and develop a virtual material that can concurrently encourage, assist and guide this time. Read to study beyond the classroom, concentrate in an environment (whether in school or not, whether physical or virtual) in which the student can engender efforts to build their knowledge in a lonely time or in groups, without being experiencing a class. Initially it was considered the need for a time to study, based on professional experience and readings, then outlined the profile of the subjects involved in the study (students and educators) through questionnaires, in order to establish their relationships with new technologies and expectations concerning the use of them in education. So, two products have been developed, one study in PowerPoint format (executable) and a Moodle environment. Firstly, an executable application in PowerPoint format conducted the study based on hyperlinks, where the user's actions would drive a nonlinear reading was built. This object was applied to in an urban private school, but has not reached its objective because it was considered impractical (the product was recorded on CD, which does not attract the interest of students), so, the project was kept a sleep state until it can develop it into application format for smartphones and tablets. The second proposed product was the structuring of a virtual learning environment in Moodle, based on videos, pdf materials, discussion forums and guided study based on hyperlinks. This environment was applied to in an urban private school and other federal rural public school. There was a greater adherence by the students of the Public School (inclusion and participation in Moodle was optional, no student was induced to participate), they also used the environment tools more productively. We applied two knowledge checks (one before the implementation of Moodle and one after), in both cases (public and private school) presented a quantitative progress of students' knowledge. Students also received a questionnaire which evaluated the environment as useful and practical, encouraging their individual studies and group. All in all, we observed that the study beyond the classroom is something beneficial and necessary; new technologies can become a great supporter and guiding this study environment and Moodle proved an excellent virtual environment, facilitating the study and providing constructive interactions and learning moments.