POTENTIAL OF OPEN EDUCATIONAL RESOURCES FOR TECHNOLOGY INTEGRATION AND CONVERGENCE BETWEEN THE MODALITIES AT UFSM

Abstract

The analysis focus is the implementation and the fomentation of school practices in order to enhance the technology integration and the convergence between the modalities at the Federal University of Santa Maria (UFSM), Brazil, through open educational resources. We aimed to systematize conceptual principles and practices that beacon the use of open educational resources, aspiring to maximize dialogue and curricular production mediated by technologies. The action research methodological procedures (participatory planning, observation and survey questionnaires) generated analysis data relative to the programming and problematization of open educational resources, in undergraduate and graduate courses mediated by the institutional Moodle. The linkage  results of the research to the innovative didactic-methodological action at UFSM points out the exponential growth in the weekly programming of resources and study activities at the Moodle. The conclusive statement highlights that the availability and institutional technical support of networks technologies broadens the conditions for integration and convergence between modalities, especially in the range of open educational resources such as programmed hypertexts in html.

Keywords: Open Educational Resources; Educational Technologies; Integration and Convergence.

DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.14244/19827199742