Utilização do moodle no curso de licenciatura em física a distância da UAB/UFAL

Abstract

This research investigate the use of Moodle in the degree in Physics on-line at UAB/UFAL understanding that this space offers the construction of ideas, through interaction between professors, tutors on-line and students, using the tools offered in the ambient. There was in investigation on how the interfaces offered in the Moodle to the specific classes of the degree in Physics on-line at UAB/UFAL were utilized by professors, tutors on-line and students helping the process of teaching and learning. The objectives of the research were to analyze the specificity of each class in the utilization of different tools, investigating the domain of the tools available in Moodle through professors, to increase the dynamics of the course, to analyze the dynamic of the use of the tools by students and tutor on-line in the utilization of the built acknowledge, both individual and in group. Also, to describe different ways that offer efficient planning, and changing in posture and attitude to the postage of tools and activities on AVA. It was utilized the fundaments in theory about the utilization of AVA from studies from Silva (2003), Santos (2003), Almeida (2003), Schlemmer (2002), Pereira (2007), Kenski (2003) and Okada (2003). The research was characterized by a study in the case of a qualitative approach. The data was collected through semi-structured interviews, essays to professors, to tutors on-line and to students and to participative observation in the Moodle. To the universe of the research, I selected 54 people as a study group during the two semesters of the course in the year of 2008.1 in classes offered, but 38 of them were students who were present during the research in Maceio, Santana do Ipanema and Olho DÁgua das Flores, 8 professors and 8 tutors on-line. As a result, it was discovered that they had few gaps: difficult in access the platform, professors with difficulties to form the class in the environment, offer class material to the students, the use of the tools, a lack of interaction and intervention of professors and tutors on-line before the questions imposed by students and a limited autonomy in the search of their own acknowledge. But, I could see an eager and constant search to improve acknowledge in the practice to utilize Moodle in their classes. This happened because professors, tutors on-line and students were available to a systematic monitoring and an adequate instruction based on support, dialogue and collaboration.