Práticas docentes na educação online: a tutoria no Programa de Formação Continuada em Mídia na Educação

• Ano de defesa: 2009
• Autor(a) principal: Oliveira, Carmen Lúcia de Araújo Paiva
• Tipo de documento: Dissertação
• Tipo de acesso: Acesso aberto
• Idioma: por
• Instituição de defesa: Universidade Federal de Alagoas; BR; Programa de Pós-Graduação em Educação; UFAL
• Palavras-chave em Português: Online education; Tutoring; Media in education; Interactivity; Discussion forums; Educação online; Tutoria; Mídias na Educação; Interatividade; Fóruns de discussão; CNPQ::CIENCIAS HUMANAS::EDUCACAO
• Link de acesso: http://repositorio.ufal.br/handle/riufal/325

Among the teachers functions in online education, the tutoring plays an important role. The tutor establishes the closest relations with the student, mediating the pedagogical actions which are developed in the online course, with in order to achieve the principles of autonomy and learning, contributing to the creation of collaborative learning spaces, permeated by the interactivity and affection. This research focuses on the role of tutors in the Continued Training Programme for Educational Media searching for the improvement in the practice of tutoring since the studies of practice and the individuals who practice them can contribute to understanding and better structuring of this expanding area. This study aimed to verify the contribution of tutors to promote interactivity and building emotional bonds through the forum interface, as constitutive elements of learning communities in the basic cycle of the Media in Education Programme, in its first offer in Alagoas. The methodology used was case study, and data collecting involved multiple sources of evidence such as questionnaires, interviews and consultations. In the research achieved revise of literature, procedures for data collection, tabulation and analysis of data collected. The results showed that the performance of the tutors was very positive, but there are aspects that need improvement in order to have a truly interactive feature of a learning community, and reach the goal of collaborative learning in online education.