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Considerations on the development of critical thinking in learning virtual environment

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John Dominguez,

Fernando Moreira,

Rosane Alencar Da Silva,

Alex GomesAuthors Info & Claims

TEEM'21: Ninth International Conference on Technological Ecosystems for Enhancing Multiculturality (TEEM'21)

Pages 225 - 230

https://doi.org/10.1145/3486011.3486451

Published: 20 December 2021 Publication History

Abstract

One of the specific skills necessary to face complex global challenges, as recent studies indicate, is critical thinking. For this reason, there is a motivation to develop this skill in network learning program projects. However, there are limitations to its development since the design of online courses has several characteristics inherited from traditional education. This phenomenon is repeated in the Virtual Learning Environment of Redu, an experience developed in the Federal University of Pernambuco institutional setting. This study aimed to identify and evaluate aspects of Redu's functionalities to propose developing educational strategies that promote critical thinking. Through the triangulation method, data of diverse nature were analyzed to verify how asynchronous interactions between teachers and students eventually supported the structuring of situations to promote the development of critical thinking and identify the platform's limitations to support the progress of this skill. The results emphasized that there is a divorce between the concept of Virtual Learning Environments and the methodologies used by teachers to encourage the development of critical thinking that leads to the neglect of several of the characteristics of the students. Finally, the attributes of Redu are listed that, from our point of view, will allow the environment to become a support with the possibility of amplifying the technology to develop critical thinking.

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Carrillo-Martinez LPerez-Rojas DAntonio-Torres DMarin-Segura JFortoul-Diaz JCortes-Santacruz FTorres-Rios E(2024)Measuring Critical Thinking Using Challenge-Based Learning in the COVID-19 Era to Evaluate the Complexity-Reasoning Competence2024 International Conference on Emerging eLearning Technologies and Applications (ICETA)10.1109/ICETA63795.2024.10850814(96-101)Online publication date: 24-Oct-2024
https://doi.org/10.1109/ICETA63795.2024.10850814
Dominguez JOrtiz Ramos MSandro Gomes AMoreira FGaia RVargas MAlencar da Silva R(2023)Didactic Strategies in Hybrid and Remote Learning Modalities to Promote Critical ThinkingProceedings TEEM 2022: Tenth International Conference on Technological Ecosystems for Enhancing Multiculturality10.1007/978-981-99-0942-1_102(973-981)Online publication date: 4-May-2023
https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-99-0942-1_102

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