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Title:
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SIGNIFICANT CHANGES IN THE ENVIRONMENT AND IN TEACHING METHODOLOGY OF AN E-LEARNING DISCIPLINE TO AVOID DROPOUTS IN A COURSE AT THE FEDERAL INSTITUTE |
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Author(s):
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Gustavo Prado Oliveira, Päivi Aarreniemi-Jokipelto, Ricardo Soares Boaventura |
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ISBN:
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978-989-8533-43-2 |
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Editors:
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Demetrios G. Sampson, J. Michael Spector, Dirk Ifenthaler and Pedro Isaías |
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Year:
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2015 |
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Edition:
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Single |
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Keywords:
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Student-Center Learning, Project-Based Learning, e-learning, team work, web tools. |
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Type:
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Short Paper |
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First Page:
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297 |
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Last Page:
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300 |
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Language:
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English |
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Full Contents:
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Paper Abstract:
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The research is conducted in a public institute of education and technology to boost graduation especially with the help of an e-learning environment adopted. The Directory of E-learning Education from Federal Institute of Triangulo Mineiro coordinates all administrative and pedagogical aspects of 4000 students registered in 11 e-learning courses, including federal government programs like e-Tec and Open University from Brazil (UAB Universidade Aberta do Brasil). Although, e-learning has helped to solve students mobility problems, there are remarkable problems in dropout rates of the virtual courses. The solution of the study aims to attenuate the dropout rates by adopting different learning methodologies, re-designing the learning environment and utilizing tools to support this new methodology. According to the hypothesis, the novel learning environment adopting a learner-centred approach, will give a voice for the students and give them an active role in their own learning process. Therefore, students needs, abilities, interests and learning styles are used to determine classroom activities, and consequently it will help to reduce the dropout rates. |
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