B-learning, recursos educativos digitais e ensino profissional: Uma estratégia de apoio ao desenvolvimento da prova de aptidão profissional

Abstract

The accomplishment of Vocational Aptitude Test (VAT) of professional courses in schools from the inside of the country, presents to students and accompanying teachers some difficulties that can be minimized with the use of digital technologies. In the academic year 2013/14, in a class of a vocational school in the district of Guarda, an intervention has been developed that aimed to create a support system for the monitoring and implementation of VAT, with two components: implementation and maintenance of the B-learning support system, through Google Drive; production and online availability of digital educational resources sustained in Cognitive Theory of Multimedia Learning. The main results in this particular case, indicate that it is possible to facilitate the interaction between the accompanying teacher and the students, increasing the involvement of students and the effectiveness of monitoring, and enhancing the understanding of the structure of the VAT, online search capabilities and the competence to build electronic devices.