Ledvi, ambiente virtual interativo mediado à distância

Abstract

This research presents a theme related to the use of virtual learning environments offered by Internet as a means to assist the teaching and learning of physics. The overall objective of the study was to determine if the educational software, specifically a learning environment called Virtual Educational Laboratory and Interactive - LEDVI, presents aspects of a collaborative learning environment. This software was developed to provide lessons that enhance the interaction between student/student and student/teacher and it had as a focus, from design, the interactivity through the Internet. The LEDVI was developed using Flash and PHP languages, allowing laboratories to create nice interface for students. The benchmark used to organize and develop the environment with emphasis on collaborative learning was Vygotsky´s theory. The study of the software LEDVI as a mediation tool was guided by a qualitative and experimental methodology and the tools and analysis criteria were based on usability and potential of this software. The research was conducted with students from 2nd year night in a public High School in the State of Mato Grosso do Sul, located in the peripheral region of Campo Grande and a group of university students. Analyses of the interactions suggest that the software LEDVI contributed to qualitative changes in the zone of proximal development of the student, because it values the collective and collaborative work by imposing conditions for it works in partnership to solve a problem that cannot be solved without the collaboration of a classmate. Although the results were favorable to the use of software developed in this research, is not to propose a new teaching resource, replacing the existing, but as a new tool that leverages the potential of interactivity that the internet offers.