Egressos de inclusão digital: estudo avaliativo

Abstract

To involve one in the Information Society, besides the necessity for access to the Internet, it is necessary for one to be advised in its correct use and the benefits that modern technology have gives us. It is therefore vital for the human persons to be made capable of communication through reading, speaking, operating electronic equipment, including the computer connected to the Internet, where the information and awareness of its use will make all the difference for the user’s insertion in contemporary society. It is important to emphasize the existence of courses concerning the utilization in telecommunication programs and projects including digital projects, in such a manner that those using the computer will be well advise in the use of their computers after having access to the Internet, thus bettering their life quality. With this in mind the present study has as its objective: to access the repercussions of the course “Basic Notions for the use of the Internet” as developed by Program for Digital Inclusion of the CCBNB, on those who completed the course. The research was a Case Study of an interpretative epistemological position and of a quali-quantitative nature. The method for collecting the data was a research survey in transversal cuts of an exploratory nature. The sample up of 54 students who completed the course. We verified in the testimonies of those questioned that the effects of the course gave them hope to be employed in the communications work force. Those who concluded the course also found it is easier to use diversification Internet as a form of learning using telecommunication as an incentive and facilitator. This transformation was achieved through an education that stimulated the students concerning the necessities they have that might be helped by the use of technology. This justifies the importance of include on digital literacy courses the discussion of why and how one ought to use the Internet. It was also noted from the repercussion produced by the course that it bettered the self-esteem of those who concluded it. It I therefore necessary to have an assessment of the value and efficiency of programs of digital inclusion for their improvement and the transparency of the financial resources invested in them, and above all, to verify the level of technological fluency of those concluded the course