Gestão da aprendizagem no ensino a distância em instituição de ensino superior sob a ótica dos fatores críticos de sucesso

Abstract

This work aims to identify the Critical Success Factors (FCS) of the learning management of undergraduate distance courses of UFC Virtual in the view of its main actors and subjects, that is, academic managers, students and teachers / tutors. It covers as theoretical foundation conceptual aspects about learning management, but also presents the scenario of EaD in Brazil and the public policies of education emphasizing the program of the Open University of Brazil (UAB). It is characterized as a quantitative research that focuses on objectivity. It uses mathematical language to describe the causes of a phenomenon, using structured procedures and formal instruments for data collection. The locus of the research was the poles of the Instituto UFCVirtual. A survey was carried out with the main characteristic being the application of an online questioning with closed questions, direct with the people relevant to the research. The universe was composed by managers of courses, tutors and students of the poles (Fortaleza, Caucaia, Russas and Quixadá) enrolled in the last semesters of the courses. These questions are distributed in the dimensions of upper level learning management in distance learning, according to Roesler and Sartori (2005) model, which are: Pedagogical design, production of didactic material, tutoring system and academic secretariat The data were analyzed using the method of Ordinal scale through statistical data. Ten items were identified as FCS after a careful survey of the responses. From the consultation between academic managers, tutors and students, the items of each dimension of the Sartori and Roseler model (2005) on the structure of learning management were extracted, which stood out as the FCS based on the percentage of the relative frequency (Fr ) Are considered to be the most important to maintain success in the courses: (1) Campus has a support library with course material, (2) Meeting rooms are always clean, light and air-conditioned, (3) Equipment is in use condition during the course, (4) Virtual presence, (5) Coherence of theory and practice of the course chosen, (6) Distance learning class, (7) Acceptance of university by the job market, (8) Pole provides and enables access to the internet, (9) The form of assessment in the EaD, (10) Organization of the mentoring system with the course and the students to attend the learning process. It is concluded, therefore, that the general coordination of the courses in EaD needs to improve the conditions of work in the poles and to seek means of integration with the main subjects of the methodology in EaD.