O uso de tecnologias da informação e comunicação no ensino universitário a distância: um estudo de caso

Abstract

This paper analyzes whether the technological resources information and communication at a university in distance mode, and whether these contribute positively in the construction of knowledge. In this sense, we performed a bibliographic review based in the follows authors: Pretti, Valente, Moran, Castells, and others; was observed in the virtual learning environment was performance of the discipline Education Psychology and Learning; and interviewed 30 academics who answered to a questionnaire related to three aspects: learning, technological domain and interaction. The information and communication technologies have been widely conducted to improve the learning conditions from the interaction between the academic/tutor/teacher, making collaborative learning. This work leads, was concluded that the use of information and communication technologies by the educational institution, such as chat, forum, e-mail…, are able to promote effectively distance learning.