Uso da plataforma Moodle em uma disciplina presencial: percep es sobre a complementaridade dos ambientes online e presencial / The use of Moodle in a presential course: perceptions on the complementarity of online and presential environments

This paper is a report of an exploratory ethnographic research developed in Letras 2.0 project from Lingnet research center at Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro. Considering the classroom new setting with communication and information new technologies upcoming and its influence on teaching instruction, the research aimed at describing some perspectives on the complementarity of online and presential environments of an ESP graduation course participating in Letras 2.0 project and was based on a central question: “Was the online plataform conceived by the teachers and perceived by the students as a complement to the presencial environment?” This reflection has been grounded on theoretical foundations about AVA (TAVARES, 2009), MOODLE (DOUGIAMAS, 2000) and complementarity of online and presential environments (MORAN, 2001). Data were generated with ethnographical instruments and their analysis considered all mentions and references to the online and presential environments on field notes, students’ portfolios and interview with the teacher, aiming to find some possible complementary characteristic between the environments according to teacher and students’ perspectives. The difference in the concept of complementary for teacher and students seems to have led to different evaluations of the process. It is necessary to resume the research, with instruments that establish a clear concept of complementarity, in order to proceed with the investigation.