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VOSGERAU, Dilmeire Sant’Anna Ramos. A avaliação de cursos a distância aplicando os pressupostos da pesquisa avaliativa formativa. Rev. Diálogo Educ. [online]. 2008, vol.08, n.24, pp.417-431. ISSN 1981-416X.

One of the criteria for the credibility and trustworthiness of scientific research is the methodological procedure adopted and it falls to the researcher to operationalize the theoretical assumptions in order to establish how to collect and analyze research data. In this article there is a description of a method for applying Formative Evaluative Research, a type of research for evaluating processes, be they methods of service, teaching or even proposals for training, as is the case here. The method created is part of a doctorate study, validated through evaluation in a bi-modal course (a course where activities are carried out both locally and at a distance) in teacher training for the integration of technological resources in teaching practice at a Canadian university. Among the results we see that, in addition to the central matter of research, it is essential to prepare guiding questions to be answered at every stage of an evaluative process as they make the researcher concentrate on the central focus of his research. In courses where students have both local and distance activities, the sources of data are rich and the variables that arise during research are manifold, leading the researcher to disperse the focus of his evaluation. A limit to be considered is that the method should be applied during the training process so that the researcher can more easily access the subjects involved in the process. In this way it will always be possible, when deemed necessary, to complement the information that has been collected.

Palavras-chave : Research Methods; Distance Learning; Course Evaluation.

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