Validação da escala de atitude em tecnologias digitais da informação e comunicação

Abstract

Objective: To validate a scale that identifi es the attitude of academics, from Health Sciences courses, as to the use of Information and Communications Technologies. Methods: Methodological study, carried out with 292 undergraduates from Biological Sciences, Nursing, Nutrition and Medical School, and applied to the Information and Communications Technology Attitude Scales for Health with 14 items. Validation was conducted by a committee of experts involved in the translation from the Portuguese version, with internal validation, cultural adaptation. It passed through a pre-test, and a post-test, by means of exploratory factorial analysis, consistency and representability of the scale components. Results: A total of 14 items was validated, all of which with construct adequacy, according to the measure of suitability of 0.80 and p<0.000. Factorial analyses produced a two-factor solution, positive and negative constructs, which allows better identifi cation of academic attitudes. Conclusion: The scale presented values of suitability above the average for this type of instrument. Thus, it is effective to assess the proposed object and it provides an innovative means of research within this fi eld.

Tecnologia da informação e comunicação na gestão de grupos de pesquisa em enfermagem

“…The scale favors information management, as well as the administration of information technologies in education, providing elements to researchers and managers to ally themselves with these technologies in the search for qualification in the health care practice. 12 The research groups can also incorporate new tools with the support of Information and Communication Technologies, already used in other countries, to conduct collaborative research studies that result in greater robustness and better accuracy. Regarding the potential for collaboration in health research at a global level, the use of Information and Communication Technologies has enabled various ways of interaction among the researchers, such as: joint publications; database sharing in research; mentoring; support for research groups; collaborating and financing pilot projects.…”

Motivation of classroom attendance students for the use of digital technologies in online courses

“…Access by students to IT laboratories of the HEIs indicates that IT structure and access to DICTs are relevant factors; however, they are insufficient to motivate students to take online courses. Therefore, teaching strategies, pedagogical mediation (1)(2)13) , and instructional design with an objectivist and constructivist approach (14) are of the utmost importance. DICTs are tools that must be appropriately implemented by HEIs and professors to strengthen the digital abilities of students.…”

“…It is of the utmost importance to access how students' behavioral aspects regarding DICTs (2) and the individual and institutional conditions of professors (3) influence the inclusion of technological innovations and the initial training of undergraduate healthcare students in the Brazilian context.…”