The online teaching and learning of Biochemistry and the mediation tools: a case study

The online communication tools enable students to new ways of learning, and are important tools in online courses. Considering the focus on collaborative learning, one of the tools highlighted is the discussion forum and which interaction understanding of these interactions may contribute to the improvement of online courses. This work aims to analyze the relations in online discussion forums and seek evidence of their use in a biochemistry and to evaluate the use of other learning tools. In addition to the forums, will be presented the evidence of use of other tools (chats, wiki etc). All these are important tools for teaching and learning processes in an online course. It was observed a greater use of discussion forums that promoted a greater interaction between those involved. It is noteworthy that the students highlighted the need for interaction among themselves for their own learning. The contextualization, the questioning and encouraging dialogue were indicated as a possible way to improve Biochemistry online teaching.