Metodologia participativa para repositórios de recursos educacionais abertos

This research deals with the use of a participatory design methodology to develop a repository of open educational resources, the Arcaz. Discusses key aspects of neutrality and determinism of technology within the context of Social Studies of Science and Technology and presents some concepts of critical theory of technology related to the democratic construction of technological artifacts. Discusses the philosophical heritage of the movements that led to the emergence of free software, open education and open educational resources and argues that participatory design share similar ideals. It presents concepts of human-computer interaction, interaction design and user centered design, important to enhance the user experience in information systems. It addresses the participatory design as a methodology that allows the democratic participation of users in the technological construction, promoting mutual learning and active voice for the participants. Develops a participatory design methodology adapted to the Arcaz context of use and provides the procedures for the meetings conducted to apply participatory design techniques to the repository and the results obtained. It concludes with a study of some of the interventions suggested in the system and orientations for future applications of participatory practices in the development of the repository and a list of best practices, focusing on ethical principles that should guide the participatory design.

Experiência do núcleo de atendimentos a pessoas com necessidades educacionais especiais da Universidade Tecnológica Federal do Paraná Campus Pato Branco

Trabalho publicado também na XIII Jornadas Transandinas de Aprendizagem

Imagens do terceiro setor: um estudo com pais e responsáveis financeiros das organizações educacionais

The present report is the result of an applied research in the educational entities of the third sector, aiming to demonstrate whether the financial influences the perception of users on the image of those entities. For both used the prospect of integrative marketing relationship adapting to and developing a set of indicators which bore the measurement of images from the model of Machado et al (2005) and Kotler and Fox (1994). The sample included a total of 187 parents and financial responsibility in 03 (three) institutions of education in Natal / RN. These data were processed by multivariate statistical analysis, factor analysis, linear regression, analysis of cluster and discriminant analysis. The factor analysis also identified 6 images perceived by users of services. Next were the relationships of cause and effect between the financial and images formed. In discriminant analysis, was identified two distinct groups of parents and guardians with financial perceptions similar and well defined. The result of the work shows that the differential level of financial participation of parents and guardians not influence the formation of the images formed from educational institutions of the third sector

Novo regime fiscal constante da pec nº 241/2016: análise dos Impactos nas políticas educacionais

Avalia o impacto nas políticas educacionais, previstas na Constituição, no Plano Nacional de Educação e no Plano Plurianual, com a implantação do “Novo Regime Fiscal” constante da PEC nº 241/2016, ora em tramitação no Congresso Nacional.

Fatores críticos de sucesso como antecedentes da aceitação de um sistema de informação em uma universidade federal

In recent decades the public sector comes under pressure in order to improve its performance. The use of Information Technology (IT) has been a tool increasingly used in reaching that goal. Thus, it has become an important issue in public organizations, particularly in institutions of higher education, determine which factors influence the acceptance and use of technology, impacting on the success of its implementation and the desired organizational results. The Technology Acceptance Model - TAM was used as the basis for this study and is based on the constructs perceived usefulness and perceived ease of use. However, when it comes to integrated management systems due to the complexity of its implementation,organizational factors were added to thus seek further explanation of the acceptance of such systems. Thus, added to the model five TAM constructs related to critical success factors in implementing ERP systems, they are: support of top management, communication, training, cooperation, and technological complexity (BUENO and SALMERON, 2008). Based on the foregoing, launches the following research problem: What factors influence the acceptance and use of SIE / module academic at the Federal University of Para, from the users' perception of teachers and technicians? The purpose of this study was to identify the influence of organizational factors, and behavioral antecedents of behavioral intention to use the SIE / module academic UFPA in the perspective of teachers and technical users. This is applied research, exploratory and descriptive, quantitative with the implementation of a survey, and data collection occurred through a structured questionnaire applied to a sample of 229 teachers and 30 technical and administrative staff. Data analysis was carried out through descriptive statistics and structural equation modeling with the technique of partial least squares (PLS). Effected primarily to assess the measurement model, which were verified reliability, convergent and discriminant validity for all indicators and constructs. Then the structural model was analyzed using the bootstrap resampling technique like. In assessing statistical significance, all hypotheses were supported. The coefficient of determination (R ²) was high or average in five of the six endogenous variables, so the model explains 47.3% of the variation in behavioral intention. It is noteworthy that among the antecedents of behavioral intention (BI) analyzed in this study, perceived usefulness is the variable that has a greater effect on behavioral intention, followed by ease of use (PEU) and attitude (AT). Among the organizational aspects (critical success factors) studied technological complexity (TC) and training (ERT) were those with greatest effect on behavioral intention to use, although these effects were lower than those produced by behavioral factors (originating from TAM). It is pointed out further that the support of senior management (TMS) showed, among all variables, the least effect on the intention to use (BI) and was followed by communications (COM) and cooperation (CO), which exert a low effect on behavioral intention (BI). Therefore, as other studies on the TAM constructs were adequate for the present research. Thus, the study contributed towards proving evidence that the Technology Acceptance Model can be applied to predict the acceptance of integrated management systems, even in public. Keywords: Technology

ALGUNOS ANTECEDENTES SOBRE LA INVESTIGACIÓN y LA EXTENSIÓN AGROPECUARIAS EN COSTA RICA

El siguiente artículo tiene como objetivo establecer algunos antecedentes sobre la conformación del «sistema» de investigación y transferencia de tecnología agropecuaria en Costa Rica. Además, busca precisar algunas características de ambas actividades, así como los intentos de relacionar y completar la investigación y la extensión agropecuarias, como parte de un proceso único de generación y transferencia tecnológicas. Esta problemática, es relevante en momentos en que el cambio tecnológico es un elemento exigido por las condiciones impuestas por los mercados internacionales de productos agropecuarios y con ellas la pretensión de modernizar a los pequeños productores agropecuarios.

Desenvolvimento de um modelo de mineração de dados educacionais para identificar a ocorrência de colaboração online

Dissertação (mestrado)—Universidade de Brasília, Faculdade de Educação, Programa de Pós-Graduação em Educação, 2016.

Perspectivas Educacionais e Curriculares Emancipatórias

Analisam-se as tensões entre os discursos oficiais e as realidades concretas, no que respeita às políticas educativas e ao papel do currículo, enquanto instrumento de exercício do poder.

Análise dos antecedentes das intenções empreendedoras nos estudantes de Reabilitação Psicomotora : estudo com alunos dos primeiro e segundo ciclos do ensino superior

Este estudo pretende (1) analisar os antecedentes das Intenções Empreendedoras (IE) dos estudantes de Reabilitação Psicomotora da Faculdade de Motricidade Humana de ambos os ciclos de ensino e (2) as Intenções Empreendedoras dos estudantes em função das suas características sociodemográficas. A amostra compreendeu um total de 130 alunos, aos quais foi aplicado uma versão adaptada do Questionário das Intenções Empreendedoras (EIQ: Liñán & Chen, 2009) que se baseia na Teoria do Comportamento Planeado (TCP: Ajzen, 1991) e inclui os seguintes fatores: Intenções Empreendedoras (IE), Atitude Percebida (AP), Controlo Comportamental Percebido (CCP) e Normas Subjetivas (NS). Foram realizados testes de regressão linear para identificar quais os fatores da TCP que influenciam as IE. Posteriormente, foram conduzidos testes t-student para comparar os valores médios dos quatro fatores da TCP em função do género, conhecimento de Empreendedores, pática desportiva, experiência profissional, participação na Associação de Estudantes e ciclo de ensino. Os resultados permitiram constatar que os antecedentes mais significativos das IE são a AP e o CCP e que existem maiores IE nos alunos que têm experiência profissional, que praticam/praticaram desporto e nos que conhecem um empreendedor. Estes resultados sugerem que, influenciando alguns destes aspetos, é possível aumentar as Intenções Empreendedoras dos estudantes.

As orientações educacionais dos professores, o currículo e a promoção de estilos de vida ativos em educação física

O objetivo do estudo foi analisar e interpretar o currículo que é proporcionado nas escolas secundárias da Região de Lisboa e de como o currículo operacional está relacionado com as orientações educacionais (OE) dos professores. Assim, por um lado quisemos saber como as OE se relacionam com os diferentes níveis de currículo e por outro como é que a finalidade curricular de promover estilos de vida ativos nos alunos é percecionada pelos professores. Este objetivo geral deu origem a cinco objetivos específicos de pesquisa que foram estudados em diferentes etapas da investigação numa abordagem quantitativa/qualitativa com a utilização de diferentes técnicas estatísticas. Na etapa extensiva estudou-se as OE de 352 professores de EF de 79 escolas com o ensino secundário geral através do VOI-SF (value orientation inventory – short form) validado através de uma técnica transcultural permitindo encontrar valores de referência das OE para Portugal. Os professores revelaram alta prioridade em Integração ecológica e Auto-realização e baixa prioridade nas restantes OE. O currículo operacional de EF revelou-se essencialmente desportivo e existiram diferenças estatisticamente significativas em relação às variáveis independentes estudadas (idade e experiência profissional). Através de regressões lineares múltiplas comprovou-se que existe uma relação entre as OE e a oferta curricular. Na etapa intensiva estudou-se 14 professores com perfis representativos das suas OE, examinando-se dez dimensões de análise representativas da interpretação e operacionalização do CNEF (análise de conteúdo). Constata-se que as OE influenciam a leitura, interpretação e operacionalização do currículo (e.g., a coeducação no ensino da EF). Dos 14 professores investigados foram selecionados dois professores com perfis de OE opostos para percebermos o comportamento das OE em contexto de sala de aula. Depois das entrevistas, observação e análise do planeamento constatou-se que os dois professores operacionalizam o conhecimento e o ensino/aprendizagem de forma diferenciada e de acordo com as suas OE.

Projeto de um edifício para fins educacionais com foco na racionalização do consumo de água

The urban growth without the prior infrastructure has caused many environmental impacts such as the damage to quality of the water resources in the cities. Along with natural scarcity in some regions, this is one of the factors that limit the availability of drinking water. As a result, the conservation of drinking water is becoming one of the major concerns in sustainable architectural projects. Within this context, this dissertation proposes to develop the design of an educational building focusing on water consumption rationalization. The proposed project is located in UFRN Campus at Currais Novos, an area of warm and dry climate and low rainfall. The proposal seeks to integrate ways to reduce water consumption o to architecture, in order to exploit the advantages and savings. After quantifying the benefits achieved, it was concluded that it is possible to reduce significantly the drinking water consumption in educational buildings in universities using three principles: reduction the water consumption at the point of use, replacement of the water source and internal recycling. Calculations and simulations indicated that the proposed building may have water consumption up to 56% lower than if it would be provided by conventional facilities. Rationalization of water consumption brings direct and indirect benefits, with influences on the environmental, social and economic fields