Análise do uso de tecnologias digitais como recursos pedagógicos no contexto de emergência: caso da Faculdade de Educação da Universidade Eduardo Mondlane

Abstract

The present study aims to analyse the use of Digital Technologies (DT) as pedagogical resources in the FACED at UEM, in the context of emergency, in this period where the world is ravaged by Covid-19, a pandemic that makes emerging the need to redesigning teaching work from a face-to-face format to a hybrid format, with a view to understanding teaching from a competent, reflective and active professional perspective, capable of identifying and applying the best pedagogical solutions in new situations, typical of a rapidly changing world. For this purpose, a survey was carried out at FACED/UEM in Maputo city. The study is essentially qualitative, whose sample consisted of forty-six (46) respondents, of which four (4) managers, ten (10) professors and thirty-two (32) students. In this study, the interview was used as a data collection instruments for managers and professors and the questionnaire for students. The results indicate that there is an effort by managers, professors and students to use Digital Technologies in the teaching and learning process, with the need to improve connectivity to facilitate interactivity in the FACED between the participants involved in this process. The study concluded that different platforms were used (moodle, WhatsApp, Google classroom e E-mail), according to the objectives to be achieved and their accessibility, however, the one that was chosen for its official use, at UEM, was Moodle. It also concludes that it is necessary to invest in the development of physical and virtual environments that allow for more interactive and participatory learning. The study also concluded that there is necessary to reflect on the meyhodology to be used in teaching and learning process based on the challenges imposed by the pandemy.