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Sevilla-Pavón, Ana – Digital Education Review, 2015
The internationalisation of the Portuguese language has become a priority for academic institutions of different Portuguese-speaking countries which are trying to adapt to the current context of globalisation and ubiquitous communications through digital media. In order to achieve it, several challenges should be faced, namely providing…
Descriptors: Computer Assisted Instruction, Computers, Educational Technology, Teaching Methods
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de Espindola, Marina Bazzo; El-Bacha, Tatiana; Giannella, Tais Rabetti; Struchiner, Miriam; da Silva, Wagner S.; Da Poian, Andrea T. – Biochemistry and Molecular Biology Education, 2010
This work describes the use of a virtual learning environment (VLE) applied to the biochemistry class for undergraduate, first-year medical students at the Federal University of Rio de Janeiro. The course focused on the integration of energy metabolism, exploring metabolic adaptations in different physiological or pathological states such as…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Virtual Classrooms, Biochemistry, Undergraduate Study
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Passarelli, Brasilina – Information Research: An International Electronic Journal, 2008
Introduction: The ToLigado Project--Your School Interactive Newspaper is an interactive virtual learning environment conceived, developed, implemented and supported by researchers at the School of the Future Research Laboratory of the University of Sao Paulo, Brazil. Method: This virtual learning environment aims to motivate trans-disciplinary…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Virtual Classrooms, Student Research, Student Developed Materials
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Behar, Patricia Alejandra; Leite, Silvia Meirelles – Journal of Science Education and Technology, 2006
This article describes ROODA (http://www.homer.nuted.edu.ufrgs.br), a virtual learning environment and one of the official Long Distance Education platforms that has been in use since 2005 at the Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul (UFRGS), Porto Alegre, Brazil. It is free software that integrates syncronous and assyncronous…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Virtual Classrooms, Distance Education, Computer Software
Eichler, Marcelo L.; Goncalves, Mario R.; da Silva, Flavia O. M.; Junges, Fernando; Del Pino, Jose C. – Educational Technology, 2003
Discusses instructional design for computerized pedagogic materials and emphasizes the elements of activity and discovery in creating effective learning experiences. Describes a virtual learning environment designed in Brazil that is open to different forms of use so teachers and students can decide on the best ways of using it. (LRW)
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Instructional Design, Learning Strategies, Technology Uses in Education
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Joia, Luiz Antonio – Internet Research, 2002
Demonstrates the use of a Web-based participative virtual learning environment for graduate students in Brazil enrolled in an electronic commerce course in a Masters in Business Administration program. Discusses learning communities; computer-supported collaborative work and collaborative learning; influences on student participation; the role of…
Descriptors: Computer Assisted Instruction, Foreign Countries, Graduate Students, Graduate Study