Desafios na Segurança de Avaliações on-line em Ambientes Virtuais de Aprendizado: um Estudo de Caso no AVA-UFMS

Abstract

Higher Education Institutions (HEIs) have experienced significant growth in adopting Distance Education (DE) and Distance Learning (DL), driven by the Covid-19 pandemic. This emerging scenario poses critical challenges, and when digital technologies are used to supervise students, teachers and tutors adjust their practices to improve their presence in the teaching-learning process, in order to regard the security and integrity of online assessments. The main objective of this study was to investigate and develop a systematic approach to ensure the security and integrity of online evaluations conducted in the Virtual Learning Environment (VLE), a web-based platform for digital courses at the Federal University of Mato Grosso do Sul (UFMS), hereafter referred to as VLE-UFMS. To achieve this goal, a literature review was conducted to identify currently implemented security mechanisms and practices in VLEs, particularly online academic supervision tools. Based on this review, an adaptable strategy was proposed, designed to integrate the specific needs of UFMS and potentially applicable to other HEIs using similar platforms. After case studies monitored at AVA-UFMS, the expected final outcome was the development of an integrated model in VLE-UFMS that incorporates existing open-source software solutions, aiming to guarantee the safe and efficient execution of online assessments. This proposal guarantees greater security and efficiency in online assessments in the VLE.