Estudo da utilização do short message service na educação a distância: experiência do curso de especialização em saúde da família UNA-SUS/Unifesp

• Ano de defesa: 2018
• Autor(a) principal: Portugal, Mariana Corrêa Nonato [UNIFESP]
• Tipo de documento: Dissertação
• Tipo de acesso: Acesso aberto
• Idioma: por
• Instituição de defesa: Universidade Federal de São Paulo; Brasil; São Paulo; UNIFESP; Ensino em Ciências da Saúde
• Palavras-chave em Português: Cell phone; text message; higher education; health; students; Telefone celular; mensagem de texto; educação superior; saúde; estudantes
• Link de acesso: http://www2.unifesp.br/centros/cedess/mestrado/teses/tese_236_mariana_portugal.pdf; https://repositorio.unifesp.br/handle/11600/51821

Objective: This study aims to analyze students' perceptions regarding the use of short messages in the health specialization course of the UNA-SUS / UNIFESP family offered in the distance modality. Materials and methods: This is an exploratory research in which the following instruments were used: a) semi-structured questionnaire to collect information about the participant's profile; and b) semi-open questionnaire for data collection about perceptions of students regarding the experience of using text messages. In addition to these instruments, the secondary information extracted from the Moodle virtual learning environment was used for the students' participation in the course activities during the sending of the text messages. Results Analysis: The results were analyzed based on the qualitative and quantitative approaches. Results: In the conclusion, it was identified that the use of short messages is configured as a resource to support and guide students in distance learning activities.