Avaliação e desenvolvimento de ambiente virtual de aprendizagem como implementação no ensino da disciplina de Diagnóstico Oral da UFS por meio do Blended Learning

Abstract

Blended learning is the latest approach in virtual education, it combines the use of online distance education with the classroom on-site teaching. Platform Moodle it’s a software that has is functionality based on knowledge construction from the interaction, and still offers tools which benefits the integration between activities on-site and by distance. The aim of this study was to develop e evaluate a virtual environment as a supporting teaching material, willing to turn it into a tool in the knowledge constructing process for the dentistry’s students, increasing the teaching settings and allowing the reflection about learning process. It was selected 13 students that had already attended the discipline of Oral Diagnosis of Federal University of Sergipe. The “AVA métodos especializados por imagem - diagnóstico oral (AVA-DO)”, was developed in SIGAA-UFS within previously defined content. A quiz that evaluates the online environment about the support material giving, about accessibility and navigation in the environment, and the gain in knowledge after the study’s experience, was given to the students in the end of the study. The results indicated over than 80% in hits related to gain in knowledge, according to accessibility and navigation in AVA-DO students considerate it as hard to access, and easy to download the files; students also claimed that AVA-DO contributed to the learning experience. In conclusion, the present study shows the relevance of the implementation of online environment learning as a great easing tool in learning process, e and indicates the need of expansion in the learning settings.