Museus virtuais como recursos pedagógicos e de mediação da informação na escola

Abstract

This research intends to study around the use and mediation of information through virtual museums, approaching this virtual information environment as an innovative pedagogical resource for school environments. Thus, it aims to analyze how virtual museums, as a pedagogical and information mediation tool, can contribute to the teaching-learning process for elementary and high school students. For this, it uses the Era Virtual website as its analyzed environment, where there are several exhibitions and virtual museums available for free and free visits. Methodologically, it is based on an exploratory research, seeking to know the details and nuances of the analyzed site, as well as possible contributions to the subjects of the school curriculum. From this, based on action research, a workshop is applied with the participants of the International Pedagogy Forum on information mediation with virtual museums, approaching virtual museums as a pedagogical resource. As a result, it is noted that teachers are familiar with virtual museums and consider them important for the teaching and learning of students, however, they still do not use them in their pedagogical practices. One of the possible factors to justify this answer would be the lack of structure of laboratories and libraries with adequate equipment and professionals, such as librarians, at the school. It concludes that there is still a long way to go to raise public awareness of the importance of digital and virtual information environments, such as digital libraries and virtual museums, for educational or even entertainment purposes. Finally, it is necessary that information professionals, such as librarians, archivists and museologists, reflect and lead actions of mediation and appropriation of information and knowledge of these new informational environments that are being developed from the evolution of information and communication technologies.