Authors:
Gianna Oliveira Bogossian Roque
1
;
Gilda Helena Bernardino de Campos
2
and
Camila Sousa Santos
3
Affiliations:
1
Pontificia Universidade Católica do Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
;
2
Pontificia Universidade Católica do Rio de Janeiro and Pontifícia Universidade Católica do Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
;
3
Pontifical Catholic University of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Keyword(s):
Quality Assurance, Course Evaluation, Teacher Training, Distance Education.
Related
Ontology
Subjects/Areas/Topics:
Classroom Management
;
Computer-Supported Education
;
Educating the Educators
;
Information Technologies Supporting Learning
;
Learning/Teaching Methodologies and Assessment
Abstract:
The research project "Quality in Distance Education: a longitudinal survey of teacher’s training in federal
programs" has prospected nine thousand teachers about critical achievements in distance learning courses.
Our target public was students in a postgraduate course from 2006 to 2013. This article presents the results
collected through the final survey instrument applied to 5,892 students. The data was analyzed and some
detected constructs pointed to a definition of quality setting in the student’s perspective, namely: teaching
materials, pedagogical mediation, virtual learning environment, methodology, student academic and technical
support. The qualitative assessment showed other aspects mentioned by the respondents. This paper also
presents the analysis of an open question asking a free review of the course. Surprisingly, students nominated
important aspects of the pedagogical process in distance learning such as teaching strategies, objectives,
curricula content and their dyna
mics indicating that a distance learning mode course requires an active
pedagogical mediation and the teaching-learning design must encourage collaboration.
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