Percepções de docentes da UAB/UFRPE sobre repositórios digitais no contexto da educação a distância online

Abstract

Technological tools are becoming prominent in the context of distance education, a mode in which teaching and learning processes are mediated by technologies in the interactions between teachers and students. Among these tools, we have available the Digital Repositories (DR) that can be used in higher education institutions to facilitate open access to scientific information. Considering the importance of DRs in the current scenario of technological innovations, this research has as main objective to analyze the UAB/UFRPE teachers' perceptions about digital repositories as tools to support teaching / learning processes in the context of online distance education. The following topics are discussed in relation to the following themes: distance education (MOORE, KEARSLEY, 2014, MATTAR, 2009, FORMIGA, 2012, LÉVY, 2010, KENSKI, 2014, MILL, 2009, SOUZA, ALVES, 2018, MASSARO , 2014, OLIVEIRA, 2018); digital repositories (BARTON; WATER, 2004; SANTATAREM SEGUNDO, 2010); copyright and Creative Commons licenses (BRANCO, BRITTO, 2013, REBOUÇAS; SANTOS, 2017), as well as other themes that served as the basis for the study. In methodological terms, the research reveals itself predominantly qualitative, descriptive and interpretive, also using some quantitative data. The target audience is made up of professors of the UFRPE Undergraduate Courses, offered in the distance modality by the Program of the Open University of Brazil (UAB). As a data collection instrument, a mixed questionnaire was used, with open and closed questions, available in a digital medium. Through the answers obtained, it was possible to carry out analyzes and reflections on the importance of having a work for orientation and use of the repositories, so that the teachers know the purpose of DR and its importance in the scope of a higher education institution. The results point to the still incipient uses of the digital repositories by the professors who work at UAB/UFRPE.