Uma aplicaÃÃo da dinÃmica nÃo-linear para avaliaÃÃo de desempenho de comunidades virtuais de aprendizagem. AlÃm da tela do computador: linguagem, emocionalidade e corporalidade.

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DATA DE PUBLICAÇÃO

2004

RESUMO

Permanent learning is a basic requirement for organizations to remain competitive in a market constantly changing. Along this line, companies are intensifying their action in the field of corporate education. The use of distance education is each time bigger, providing the employees the opportunity to study in adjusted place and moment. A practice much used in distance education is the asynchronous meeting, especially discussion forums. The intention of this work was to evaluate the effectiveness of this practice for the construction of knowledge and the conversational abilities necessary to promote the amount and the quality of the interactions in the forums. Agreeing with some authors that question the efficiency of the current methods of evaluation, based in the subjectivity and/or linear metrics, we present a methodology of evaluation for discussion lists, based on nonlinear dynamical systems theory. The Meta Learning model, used in face-to-face teams, establishing the relationship between positivity and negativity with the performance of teams, was tested in discussion forums of distance classes, to verify if the same parameters can be used in the virtual environment. The Ontology of Language was the theoretical referential for evaluation of conversational competence. The results obtained showed that a positive correlation exists between positivity/negativity and the construction of knowledge, as well as highlight the importance of conversational competence for the effectiveness of the forums as an educational practice. With this research we verify that the Meta Learning model can be used for evaluation of the performance of virtual communities of learning and that possessing conversational competence also favors relationships in the virtual environment.

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meta learning fÃruns de discussÃo distance education ontologia da linguagem exatas e da terra meta learning conversational competence construÃÃo de conhecimento ontology of language knowledge construction discussion forums virtual communities of learning educaÃÃo a distÃncia comunidades virtuais de aprendizagem competÃncia conversacional

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