Contribuição para o projeto de curso de educação à distância na área de materiais poliméricos

Abstract

This work studies the development of distance education courses in polymers. A bibliographic research on the design of distance education courses, educational software design and instructional materials is accomplished. A method for the design and implementation of distance education courses in polymers is presented, which incorporates innovative elements in comparison with methods found in literature. The method presented offers a solution to deal with the complex task of instructional design in distance education. The identification of pedagogic models and effective practices for distance education courses in polymers was accomplished. The field research involved the needs assessment of professional education in polymers and the proposed method is implemented to illustrate its potential. Results indicate that the target audience will probably be technical level professionals. Investigation procedures were put in practice aimed to define conditions and parameters to build a course as it is proposed. In this work, the foundation for a course in injection molding of thermoplastics oriented to a sample of the expected audience is brought about.