Tássia Priscila Fagundes Grande

REDES SOCIAIS: UM NOVO MUNDO PARA OS IDOSOS

Ao longo dos anos ocorreram mudancas significativas na sociedade, principalmente em relacao as tecnologias e a expectativa de vida. Os idosos estao cada vez mais utilizando as tecnologias, incluindo as redes sociais. Para este tipo de publico, as redes sociais estao se tornando um local nao apenas como forma de passatempo, mas como fonte de novos conhecimentos, comunicacao e interacoes. O presente artigo relata uma pesquisa realizada sobre redes sociais com 27 idosos que participam de um curso de inclusao digital desenvolvido na Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul (UFRGS). A pesquisa nao tem o proposito de objetivar unicamente a melhoria das ferramentas nas redes sociais, mas sim de analisar questoes relativas a aspectos psicologicos, gerontologicos e educacionais envolvidos.

Social Map Tool: Analysis of the Social Interactions of Elderly People in a Virtual Learning Environment

The aim of this article is to analyze the social interactions of the elderly in a distance course in order to propose pedagogical strategies that can maximize the relationships in the virtual. The perspective of a long life for a large part of population poses new challenges in terms of technology, as public policies as individuals themselves. In this process discuss a permanent education during aging is fundamental. In this sense, there is a need to investigate the social interactions established in a virtual learning environment in Distance Learning, in order to build pedagogical strategies that enable the improvement of the quality of life of the elderly. Therefore, in order to reach the main objective of the research the methodology adopted was in a quanti-qualitative approach, composed of four stages: (1) Construction of theoretical framework; (2) Development of Distance Courses “Viv@EAD”; (3) Construction of Pedagogical Strategies for the social interactions of the elderly in Distance Learning; (4) Disclosure of results. Thirty elderly people participated in the research and at the blended course, over the 60 years. The results obtained showed a greater interaction when the elderly were instigated by the teachers of the course, being necessary the adoption of pedagogical strategies that make possible this engagement.

M-learning and the Elderly: Construction of Inclusive Pedagogies

The objective of this study was to identify possible pedagogical strategies for m-learning with the elderly in order to develop inclusive pedagogical practices. Each year new digital technologies, such as smartphones and tablets, are being developed and consumed by different age groups. At the same time, the number of people 60 years of age and older continues to increase. Thus, it is important to investigate possible pedagogical strategies for m-learning, aimed to include the elderly in the digital and mobile world. Therefore, this work has used a qualitative and quantitative research methodology with a case study. Five steps were adopted in the methodology to address the research objective. The study was carried out with a group of 23 elderly people that had a mean age of 70 years of age. These subjects participated in a digital inclusion course at the Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul (UFRGS), Brazil. As a pedagogical practice, the research adopted the construction of applications in order to promote authorship for the elderly, as well as to encourage them to use of their smartphones and tablets as a possible way of interacting with society. Twenty-three applications were developed that addressed different themes. Self-valorization of the elderly as authors of their digital materials was observed during the course of the project, transforming them from passive to active students and including them in digital society.

Learning object seguridade virtual: Developing critical thinking to safe use of the Internet

This work aims to present the planning, development (methodology) and implementation (technologies used) of the learnning object (LO) SegurIdade Virtual, as well as highlighting the learning experiences with the object. The material was built in game format and seeks to develop, in a playful way, the critical thinking of the elderly public for the safe use of the internet. The object was builded based on the ConstruMED methodology (TORREZZAN, 2014), based on planned problem situations based on observations made in digital inclusion courses offered by the Digital Inclusion Unity (UNIDI) of the Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul (UFRGS), located in Brazil. After completing, the LO was evaluated and validated by senior students of that course. From the analysis of the data pointed out by the older participants, it was verified that the LO anwers basic usability requirements for an educational game, adapted to the target audience in question, and satisfactorily addresses the pre-established content. Therefore, it is increasingly necessary to construct and make available inclusive and playful learning objects that instill the criticality of the older audience.