PHYSICAL EDUCATION UNDERGRADUATE COURSE IN DISTANCE MODE OFFERED BY THE BRAZILIAN OPEN UNIVERSITY SYSTEM: EVALUATION OF THE MEDIATED COMMUNICATION IN THE VIRTUAL LEARNING ENVIRONMENT FORUMS

This study examines the mediation, the interaction, the different possibilities and organization of Physical Education undergraduate courses in Distance Mode at the Federal University of Goias configured in the Virtual Learning Environment (VLE) "Moodle". Therefore, we performed a case study from the messages posted by academic advisors and students at the "Forum". Data analysis was performed using the method of content analysis, which allowed grouping of messages by units of context, from academic advisors messages posted to the students. The research concluded that the ongoing investigation, regarding the "mediation" and "interaction" of the subjects failed to break with the old model of correspondence schools, strongly characterized by low dialogue and few possibilities of uses of media resources and technologies Information and Communication Technologies (ICT).