Utility perception on virtual learning environments used in Brazilian blended learning

Authors

  • Carlos Roberto Souza Carmo Universidade Federal de Uberlândia/ Docente.
  • Renata de Oliveira Souza Carmo Universidade de Uberaba/ Docente.
  • Fabio Caixeta Nunes Universidade de São Paulo
  • Fernando de Lima Caneppele Universidade de São Paulo/ Docente.

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.18316/rcd.v14i32.9575

Keywords:

ICT. VLE. BL. Quantitative methods applied.

Abstract

This research aimed to use a data collection instrument, previously proposed, with the purpose of evaluating 11 different factors related to the perception of self-declared utility by users of a virtual learning environment and its information and communication technologies, as pedagogical resources used in the implementation of the blended learning methodology. Based on descriptive statistics and the application of the non-parametric test of Wilcoxon posts, a comparative assessment was carried out between the levels of utility perceived by 71 students and their teachers, in three curricular components of different undergraduate courses of a public university in the state from São Paulo. In addition, Cronbach's alpha coefficient was used to measure the reliability of the data collection instrument used in this research. At the end of this study, it was observed that, although the subjects included in the sample of this research present different levels of perception of utility for most of the factors analyzed, there is a certain degree of convergence in relation to the factors considered most relevant by both, that is, teachers and students attributed a greater perception of usefulness to factors such as interaction and complementarity between classroom and online content, and also to the general utility of information and communication technologies in the respective virtual learning environment. In the specific case of students, the interaction between teacher and student was also considered as one of the most important factors, in the three undergraduate courses analyzed.

Author Biographies

Carlos Roberto Souza Carmo, Universidade Federal de Uberlândia/ Docente.

Doutor em Agronomia com ênfase em Energia na Agricultura pela Universidade Estadual Paulista "Júlio de Mesquita Filho" (UNESP); Docente na Faculdade de Ciências Contábeis da Universidade Federal de Uberlândia (FACIC-UFU).

ORCID: https://orcid.org/ 0000-0002-3806-9228

Renata de Oliveira Souza Carmo, Universidade de Uberaba/ Docente.

Mestre em Educação pela Universidade Federal de Uberlândia – PPGED-UFU; Docente de língua portuguesa e língua inglesa, suas literaturas e suas metodologias de ensino na Universidade de Uberaba – UNIUBE.

 ORCID: https://orcid.org/ 0000-0002-0997-0754 

Fabio Caixeta Nunes, Universidade de São Paulo

Mestrado em Engenharia e Ciência de Materiais pela Faculdade de Zootecnia e Engenharia de Alimentos da Universidade de São Paulo – USP/FZEA, Pirassununga, SP. 

ORCID: https://orcid.org/ 0000-0003-1309-7836

Fernando de Lima Caneppele, Universidade de São Paulo/ Docente.

Doutor em Agronomia pela Faculdade de Ciências Agronômicas e pós-doutorado pela UNESP; Docente no mestrado e no doutorado dos Programas de Pós-graduação em Agronomia na UNESP/FCA; Docente nos Programas de Pós-graduação em Engenharia e Ciência dos Materiais e Zootecnia da Faculdade de Zootecnia e Engenharia de Alimentos na USP/FZEA.

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2022-05-05

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