Educational sensitivity in the learning evaluation process in the distance education forum

Abstract

Advances in Information and Communication Technologies (ICT) are enabling the growth and improvement of distance learning. However, it is essential to make reflections and discussions about some pedagogical instruments used in Distance Education - DE. Thus, this article proposes to demonstrate the result of a research that aimed to: identify the pedagogical mediations and analyze the sensitivity of online tutors of the Legal Services technical course, at the Piauí Federal Institute of Education, Science and Technology, during the evaluation practice in the Virtual Learning Environment forum - Moodle. Methodologically, we used qualitative approaches and, as data collection instruments, non-participatory observation in the learning platform, as well as semi-structured interviews with the online tutors. The results indicate marks of sensitivity in the online tutors' evaluation practices, because during the evaluation of the forums they demonstrated empathy with students' particular situations, respecting their subjectivity, valuing their opinions, in addition to using common sense in the evaluation process.

Keywords

• educação a distância
• papel do professor-tutor
• avaliação de aprendizagem
• mediações pedagógicas
• sensibilidades educativas.