Práticas pedagógicas on line: os processos de ensinar e de aprender utilizando o AVA-Unisinos

Abstract

This dissertation is part of the research on Pedagogical Practices and the Educator Instruction, in the context of the Graduate Program in Education of Universidade do Vale do Rio dos Sinos – UNISINOS. The main goal of this study is to investigate how professors develop on line pedagogical practices as a support to physical presence learning process, while they are using AVA-UNISINOS – Virtual Learning Environment of Universidade do Vale dos Sinos.

Some other goals of this study consist of: 1. Analyzing the Professor’ s instructional trajectory in order to try to understand how his/her knowledge is constructed and what could be the relation, if there is one, between the instruction of the professor and on line pedagogical practices utilized by him/her; 2. Identifying epistemological conceptions, that underlie the action of the professor; 3. Investigating if pedagogical practices developed by professors to be used in on line educational processes lead to the building of learning virtual communities, – or, as