An Empirical Study about the Vision of a Tutoring Team on the Distance Learning Process
Resumo
Tutors are a fundamental element of the Distance Learning (DL) process. In fact, they complement the role of lecturers, giving a closer assistance to DL students. Considering the importance of tutors, this work investigates the DL process from their perspective. To that end, an empirical analysis was carried out via questionnaires and interviews, which were applied to 28 distance and 17 local tutors of a DL computing degree course. The collected information was analyzed and classified as a way to stress the main features, problems and solutions that have been applied along the past semesters. A list of suggestions to improve the educational environment/tool and pedagogic method was also elaborated as a result from this research.
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Lentell, H. (2003) “The importance of the tutor in open and distance learning”, Tait A., Mills R. (eds.), Rethinking learner-support in distance education, London, RoutledgeFalmer, pp. 64-76.
Lentell, H., O’Rourke, J. (2004) “Tutoring large numbers: an unmet challenge”, International Review of Research in Open and Distance Learning, Vol. 5, No 1.
Nunes, V., Albernaz, J., Nobre, I. (2013) A tutoria em uma disciplina do curso superior de Tecnologia em Análise e Desenvolvimento de Sistemas a distância: Avaliação, problemas e busca de soluções. Anais do XXI Workshop sobre Educação em Informática.
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Tait, J. (2004) “The tutor/facilitator role in student retention”, Open Learning, 19(1): 97-109.
Publicado
20/07/2015
Como Citar
SIEBRA, Clauirton; ALENCAR, Denise; GUIMARÃES, Ana Paula; SILVA, Jefferson.
An Empirical Study about the Vision of a Tutoring Team on the Distance Learning Process. In: WORKSHOP SOBRE EDUCAÇÃO EM COMPUTAÇÃO (WEI), 23. , 2015, Recife.
Anais [...].
Porto Alegre: Sociedade Brasileira de Computação,
2015
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p. 71-79.
ISSN 2595-6175.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.5753/wei.2015.10223.
