Google Classroom como ferramenta para treinamentos a distância: um relato de experiência em bibliotecas universitárias

Abstract

This paper discusses the realization of a distance training offered as an experimental basis by two academic libraries that have used Google Classroom as a virtual learning environment. The choice of this tool is because of factors that made it difficult for the institution to adopt its own e-learning software, but it is reinforced that in future thevirtual learning environment of the university can be used for training in that modality. The paper also ratifies the flexibility that the distance education provides to those interested in participating in the training offered by the libraries, mainly because it allows the student to choose the day and the time to access the classes. It presents the quantitative data of the evaluation made by the students who participated of one of the elearningtrainings given by the librarians’ team, in an attempt to demonstrate the preference of those participants for distance coursesif compared to the presential ones, as well as the level of satisfaction with the content that was available. It concludes that the differential of the production of the content for distance trainings was the preparation of the didactic material based on doubts brought by the users of the reference service and also by participating in presential training promoted by academic libraries.