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RISTI - Revista Ibérica de Sistemas e Tecnologias de Informação
Print version ISSN 1646-9895
Abstract
GONCALVES, António Fernandes; MIRANDA, Guilhermina Lobato and BARRELA, Nuno. B-learning, Digital Educational Resources and Vocational Education and Trainning (VET): A strategy to support the development of Professional Skill Examination. RISTI [online]. 2016, n.20, pp.131-146. ISSN 1646-9895. https://doi.org/10.17013/risti.20.131-146.
The accomplishment of Vocational Aptitude Test (VAT) of professional courses in schools from the inside of the country, presents to students and accompanying teachers some difficulties that can be minimized with the use of digital technologies. In the academic year 2013/14, in a class of a vocational school in the district of Guarda, an intervention has been developed that aimed to create a support system for the monitoring and implementation of VAT, with two components: implementation and maintenance of the B-learning support system, through Google Drive; production and online availability of digital educational resources sustained in Cognitive Theory of Multimedia Learning. The main results in this particular case, indicate that it is possible to facilitate the interaction between the accompanying teacher and the students, increasing the involvement of students and the effectiveness of monitoring, and enhancing the understanding of the structure of the VAT, online search capabilities and the competence to build electronic devices.
Keywords : B-learning; Digital Educational Resources; Professional Skill Examination; Vocational Education and Trainning.