Assessment, Interaction and Technology in Distance Education: A Netnographic Study at a Brazilian Virtual University

Édison Trombeta de Oliveira

doi:10.5944/openpraxis.13.3.133

Assessment, Interaction and Technology in Distance Education: A Netnographic Study at a Brazilian Virtual University

Open Praxis

Volume 13 (2021): Issue 3

By: Édison Trombeta de Oliveira

Open Access

|Dec 2021

Abstract

Netnography is a research procedure to analyse people inserted in digital communities applied, in this research, at Virtual University of the State of São Paulo, the first Brazilian public institution that offers only distance education. The aim of this paper is to know what happens in the course Calculus III, of the undergraduate in Physics, with the interaction, assessment and technology, by applying netnography in forums. As a result, assessment is often referred to deal with the differences between what is expressed in the lessons from what is assessed. For interaction, it was verified that only 10% of the students participated in the forums, a cornerstone for the online interaction. Finally, it was seen that the technology can facilitate learning, as long as they are added in an intentional way. It can be seen that the netnography can bring relevant elements to analyse contexts of distance education.

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.5944/openpraxis.13.3.133 | Journal eISSN: 2304-070X

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Language: English

Page range: 242 - 252

Submitted on: Jan 12, 2021

Accepted on: Aug 12, 2021

Published on: Dec 31, 2021

Published by: International Council for Open and Distance Education (ICDE)

In partnership with: Paradigm Publishing Services

Keywords:

Distance education,

netnography,

instructional design,

teacher training

© 2021 Édison Trombeta de Oliveira, published by International Council for Open and Distance Education (ICDE)
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