Open AccessMonitoring and Evaluating a Distance Education Plan: A Case Study at a School in Portugal in Pandemic Context
Author(s) -
Bruno Miguel Ferreira Gonçalves
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
journal of e-learning research
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 2669-235X
DOI - 10.33422/jelr.v1i2.53
Subject(s) - context (archaeology) , distance education , process (computing) , plan (archaeology) , quality (philosophy) , pandemic , medical education , sociology , covid-19 , pedagogy , computer science , geography , medicine , philosophy , archaeology , epistemology , operating system , disease , pathology , infectious disease (medical specialty)
Following the publication of the article entitled “Designing and implementing a distance education plan: a case study at a school in Portugal in pandemic context”, this paper presents the second part of the research called “Monitoring and evaluating a distance education plan: a case study at a school in Portugal in pandemic context”. In general, this research allows to present the process of monitoring and evaluating the implementation of the Distance Education Plan (E@D) in an educational institution in Portugal. This process, lasting four months - from April to July 2020 -, required a deep knowledge of the educational practices implemented during this period. In addition to this aspect, it seems important to highlight the importance of the design of the E@D, especially with regard to the quantity and quality indicators that were vital to the process of monitoring and evaluating e-learning at school. It is important to mention that the case study methodology was adopted for this research. Based on the results obtained from the monitoring and evaluation process of the online teaching-learning process (e-learning) from the indicators - quantity and quality - a set of suggestions for improvement is presented in the three dimensions come from the theoretical framework Technological, Pedagogical and Content Knowledge (TPACK): technology, pedagogy and content. In addition to this aspect, this process required availability and collaboration by all the school's stakeholders (students, teachers and guardians) whose contribution was vital to the adjustments of the E@D and consequent improvement in the quality of the educational process.