Blogs as tools to blended learning in a scientific communication course offered in an undergraduate chemistry course / Blogs como ferramenta de apoio ao ensino presencial em uma disciplina de comunicação científica para graduandos em química

AUTOR(ES)

Mario Roberto Barro

DATA DE PUBLICAÇÃO

2009

RESUMO

Recently some researchers in different countries and areas of education have been interested in investigating the potential of blogs in educational processes at all levels of education. This work aims to conduct exploratory studies about the development, implementing and using blogs as tools to blended learning in a scientific communication course offered in an undergraduate chemistry course. The development of the blogs was based on the work of Klein and Browntein. The process of implementing and adapting the blogs was conducted in two stages according to the strategies applied in the course, which involved activities with scientific articles and case studies. Along the semester, students posted their activities, thoughts, and comments. The professor and the teacher assistant also posted their comments. At the end of the semester, students answered a questionnaire based on the Technology Acceptance Model, proposed by Davis, for the analysis of acceptance regarding the use of the blogs. The evaluation of the use of the blogs was based on the quantitative and qualitative analyses of the posts. The quantitative analysis was performed by counting and classifying the posts regarding the authorship, type of message, and the time, day and month they were posted on the blogs. The qualitative analysis was based on the content of reflections and comments. The reflection analysis was based on studies on reflective learning, and the analysis of comments was based on the Henris Model. The use of the blogs proved promising because it makes easier the application of the teaching strategies adopted in the course. The analysis of the data collected in the study shows the students to be highly in favor of the use of the blogs as an effective tool to teaching and learning.

ASSUNTO(S)

blog blog química ensino superior chemistry higher education

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