Crowdlearning: estratégia frente aos Desafios de Aprendizado no Ensino Superior

Abstract

This article aims to understand the main learning difficulties on the part of higher education students in online modality and discuss the operational viability of a crowdlearning platform from the interaction dynamics perspective. An exploratory research was conducted through individual interviews with a group of online course managers of both public and private universities in the country selected in a non-random way. The research revealed that the difficulties experienced by students have multiple causes, especially a structural educational disability, i.e., text reading and interpretation skills, low and medium complexity calculations, as well as attitudinal aspects such as autonomy and self-discipline. It was also recognized the feasibility of the contribution of the principles of collaborative economy in the learning of these students through the interaction, cooperation and collaboration of students, lecturers and other participants; thus, the conditions for the operation of a crowdlearning platform as a tool to assist students in this context are specified.