A metodologia webquest no ensino superior a distância: pesquisa e interatividade

Abstract

The research aims to study the analysis of the potential of Webquest Methodology for teaching and research as a student's autonomy in the context of higher education at a distance. The aim was to analyze the possibilities and limitations for implementing the methodology Webquest, created from Dodge (1995), in virtual learning environments, in view of "teaching through research," from the concept of Demo and other authors. The study was based on the reflections from authors such as Santos Edméa, Celina A. A. Abar, Jarbas Novelino Cheap, José Armando Valente, Jose Manuel Moran, Marco Silva, Otto Peters, Simon Peter Marino and others who in some way, address the Webquest as a possible methodology of research and interactivity on the web. We discuss also the relationship between the internet and research and brought a brief account of the Distance. For the study, we present the methodology Webquest from its creation to the details of its construction and structure, as well as its relationship with Bloom's Digital Taxonomy (Churches, 2009). We adopted the research intervention, qualitative perspective, which enabled the creation of an experience of customs and practices of the Webquest, monitoring and analysis of its implementation. The experiment involved the teacher of the course, tutors and students of the UAB School of Education Faculty of Education, Federal University of Juiz de Fora offered in nine poles. The Webquest constructed for the study, "Family Mobilization," he added many features available in Moodle and the Web, aiming to increase the moments of interaction, indispensable for students of distance learning courses. To identify the profile of the students used the database of monitoring survey conducted by the Coordination of that course, and include in the questionnaire of the survey questions directed to students with this goal. The questionnaire was administered to all subjects involved in the process that could analyze the possibilities and limitations that this teaching strategy may present as incorporated in the courses of distance education, it is possible to ascertain the degree of involvement of students, tutors and teachers on the job that was under development in the Moodle platform. Another instrument of data collection was directed to the interview subject teacher and the students of the center of Coromandel. The results allowed to infer that, for the implementation of WebQuest methodology in virtual learning environments, there is need for training of teachers / tutors, since most do not know, and in some cases also do not know all the features of Moodle and the potential to add to these teaching strategies for distance education. Just as students, teachers / tutors need to continue "searching" the many features offered by Web 2.0, they can bring to the pedagogical practices. The survey results pointed to the acceptance of all the work with the Methodology Webquest, but also demonstrated that there is still internal issues in the learning mode of the distance that still require further elaboration.