Massive Open Online Courses (MOOC): um estudo de caso da Plataforma de Cursos Livres On-line (Clon) da Uneb.

Abstract

This master's thesis aims to characterize the Clon Platform, analyzing the perceptions of ease and usefulness of the course participants, through the E-ATAD scale. In this way, we sought to identify the profile of the course participants of the Plataforma de cursos Livres On-line (Clon) of the Universidade do Estado da Bahia; characterize the Clon Platform as a platform developed with MOOC technology; detect the ease of use of the Platform; and to verify the perception of usefulness of the referred platform for the course participants, in order to answer the proposed research question: How the Uneb Free Online Courses Platform (C) is configured, in the perception of the course participants in relation to the variable attitudes of ease and usefulness, from the scale of attitudes about distance training - E-ATAD? Regarding the methodological approach, it was decided to carry out a single case study of Plataforma de cursos Livres On-line (Clon) of the Uneb. The case study was configured as a descriptive study with a qualitative approach that triangulated data from the bibliographic research; documentary research; field research, with the application of a questionnaire that included the E-ATAD scale, already validated; interview; and participant observation. As a main result, it was observed that the Clon Platform, created in a Moodle Virtual Learning Environment, can be typified, according on its characteristics, as xMOOC and that, in relation to the ease and utility of using the Platform in the opinion of participants, ease outweighs usefulness, being less useful in preparing for teamwork (62.5%).