ASSESSMENT TOOLS FOR THE UTILITY PERCEPTION RELATED TO VIRTUAL LEARNING ENVIRONMENTS USED IN BLENDED LEARNING

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The objective of this research was to measure the internal reliability of one of the first data collection instruments for the assessment of factors related to the perception of self-declared utility by students and professors about virtual learning environments (VLE), and their information and communication technologies (ICT), used in the hybrid teaching modality, or blended learning, in the context of postgraduate stricto sensu in Brazil. Characterized as one of the most used reliability tests in the evaluation of data collection instruments based on questionnaires, scale, etc., Cronbach's alpha was applied to a sample composed of 26 respondents, evaluating the internal reliability of the questionnaire object of this study as a whole, and also, individual contribution of each of the 11 factors that make up the collection instrument, namely: ease of use of the VLE; the process of interaction between classroom and non-classroom moments; the perception of utility of activities for the teaching and learning process; the degree of self-declared motivation and interest in the studies developed on-line; the degree of utility and diversification of the activities developed on-line; interaction between professor and student; interaction between professor and VLE; interaction between the students themselves; levels of student participation and involvement in on-line activities; interaction and complementarity between the content developed in person and on-line; the perception of general utility of ICT and VLE. At the end of this investigation, it was possible to observe the partial fulfillment of the existing knowledge gap until now.