Open AccessAn Empirical Study about the Vision of a Tutoring Team on the Distance Learning Process
Author(s) -
Clauirton Siebra,
Denise Alencar,
Ana Paula Guimarães,
Jefferson Lins da Silva
Publication year - 2015
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Conference proceedings
DOI - 10.5753/wei.2015.10223
Subject(s) - process (computing) , computer science , distance education , perspective (graphical) , empirical research , complement (music) , mathematics education , knowledge management , psychology , artificial intelligence , mathematics , operating system , biochemistry , statistics , chemistry , complementation , gene , phenotype
Tutors are a fundamental element of the Distance Learning (DL) process. In fact, they complement the role of lecturers, giving a closer assistance to DL students. Considering the importance of tutors, this work investigates the DL process from their perspective. To that end, an empirical analysis was carried out via questionnaires and interviews, which were applied to 28 distance and 17 local tutors of a DL computing degree course. The collected information was analyzed and classified as a way to stress the main features, problems and solutions that have been applied along the past semesters. A list of suggestions to improve the educational environment/tool and pedagogic method was also elaborated as a result from this research.