CHALLENGES IN BUILDING A VIRTUAL COMMUNITY OF LEARNING AND PRACTICE IN PSYCHOLOGY IN TIMES OF PANDEMIC/a>

Published 31 December 2020 •  vol 1  •  no 2  • 


Authors:

 

Wilsa Maria Ramos, Professor and Researcher, Department of School and Developmental Psychology, University of Brasília, Brazil
Cristiane Faiad, Professor and Researcher, Department of Clinical Psychology, University of Brasília, Brazil
Alice Miranda Bentes, University Extension Scholarship Holder, Department of School and Developmental Psychology, University of Brasília, Brazil
Beatriz Louzada Guedes Carneiro Fontoura, University Extension Scholarship Holder, Department of School and Developmental Psychology, University of Brasília, Brazil
Bruno Porto Soares Oliveira, University Extension Scholarship Holder, Department of School and Developmental Psychology, University of Brasília, Brazil
Hebert Rocha de Jesus, University Extension Scholarship Holder, Department of School and Developmental Psychology, University of Brasília, Brazil
Mozaniel Mendes Pereira Lima, Master Student of Post Graduate Program in Developmental and School Psychology, University of Brasília, Brazil
Natália Tatsch Wiesiolek, University Extension Scholarship Holder, Department of School and Developmental Psychology, University of Brasília, Brazil
Polliana Teixeira Silva, University Extension Scholarship Holder, Department of School and Developmental Psychology, University of Brasília, Brazil
Roberta Assunção, Master Degree, Post Graduate Program in Developmental and School Psychology, University of Brasília, Brazil

Abstract:

 

The study reports an experience of a project of development of a Virtual Community of Learning and Practice in Psychology (CVAP-Psi) at the University of Brasília (UnB). CVAP-Psi aims to develop a set of educational practices for online teaching to support the absence of face-to-face interaction during coronavirus pandemic social isolation. The Project aims to keep the interest and the commitment of the academic community in order to offer good teaching practices and rich moments of effective interaction and communication. One of the challenges is to assist a heterogeneous target audience, requiring the use of several strategies to obtain participation, engagement and a sense of belonging to build group identity in the community.

Keywords:

 

Community of Practitioners, Context of COVID Crisis, Information and Communication Technology, Learning Community, University

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Citations:

 

APA:
Ramos, W. M., Faiad, C., Bentes, A. M., Fontoura, B. L. G. C., Oliveira, B. P. S., de Jesus, H. R., Lima, M. M. P., Wiesiolek, N. T., Silva, P. T., & Assunção, R., (2020). Challenges in Building a Virtual Community of Learning and Practice in Psychology in Times of Pandemic. Journal of Education and Teaching Methodology (JETM), ISSN: 2652-7286, NADIA, 1(2), 59-74. doi: 10.33832/jetm.2020.1.2.05.

MLA:
Ramos, Wilsa Maria, et al. “Challenges in Building a Virtual Community of Learning and Practice in Psychology in Times of Pandemic.” Journal of Education and Teaching Methodology, ISSN: 2652-7286, NADIA, vol. 1, no. 2, 2020, pp. 59-74. JETM, http://article.nadiapub.com/JETM/vol1_no_2/5.html.

IEEE:
[1] W. M. Ramos, C. Faiad, A. M. Bentes, B. L. G. C. Fontoura, B. P. S. Oliveira, H. R. de Jesus, M. M. P. Lima, N. T. Wiesiolek, P. T. Silva, and R. Assunção, "Challenges in Building a Virtual Community of Learning and Practice in Psychology in Times of Pandemic." Journal of Education and Teaching Methodology (JETM), ISSN: 2652-7286, NADIA, vol. 1, no. 2, pp. 59-74, Dec 2020.