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A Influência do Perfil do Estudante em Relação às Preferências por Contato Social em um Curso Baseado em Ambiente Virtual de Aprendizagem na Internet

Year: 2008

Type: article

Abstract: The Internet is highlighted as a solution for the creation of virtual environments that enable aninteractive, flexible and distance learning as wasnever possible before. However, there aredifferent opinions related to the social contact that is established between the participants of theseenvironments. The objective of this paper is to identify groups of students with similar profiles onpreferences for social contact and the influence ofthese profiles on the effectiveness of a Webbased virtual learning environment course. A SurveyResearch was carried out with 104 studentsfrom a technical course for the Centers for Educational Technology (NTE) of public schools in theSouth region of Brazil, promoted by the Ministry ofEducation (MEC). The results indicated theexistence of four profiles of students who have different perceptions about the course results andthe preference for Webbased courses compared to the traditional ones

Source: DOAJ (DOAJ: Directory of Open Access Journals)

Authors: Maurício Gregianin Testa,, Paula Fronza, Edimara Mezzomo Luciano

Institution: Pontifícia Universidade Católica do Rio Grande do Sul

Language: English

Topic: Online and Blended Learning

Subfield: Education

Field: Social Sciences

Domain: Social Sciences

SDG: Quality education

Open Access status: green

OpenAlex ID: W1857500818

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