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Virtual senior university as a promoter of sustainability and the democratization of education - satisfaction and continuity

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dc.contributor.authorGalinha, Sónia Alexandre
dc.contributor.authorSão João, Ricardo
dc.contributor.authorJacob, Luis
dc.date.accessioned2021-07-28T10:43:49Z
dc.date.available2021-07-28T10:43:49Z
dc.date.issued2021
dc.description.abstractCurrently, Portugal is the fifth most aged country in the world, and it is expected to reach third position by 2030. Aware of this reality, civil society has organised itself in the most varied ways in an attempt to fill the non-existent answers. The seniors universities are an example of this, seeking to provide all their students with recreational activities where socialising is surely one of the most important weapons in the fight against isolation and depressive conditions with particular incidence in this younger population. The COVID-19 pandemic has worsened this not very encouraging scenario. Aware of this reality and for the pandemic period, senior universities have launched the Virtual Senior University project, as an extension of face-to-face teaching into virtual teaching. Based on a random sample of one hundred students enrolled in the Virtual Senior University (VSU) project, a quantitative, cross-sectional and correlational study was conducted using a demographic questionnaire and the QOSUSV scale in order to evaluate the participation and experience of VSU students in the activities carried out during the first period of confinement.The analysis of the results revealed that the USV offer is inclusive, transversal and covers the whole country. USV proved to be a contribution to sustainability in education, particularly in periods of confinement and emergency. Additionally the activity that deserved a greater welcome by students was all existing offers (23,93%); the most frequently mentioned difficulty was: accessing the internet and mastering the devices and then class schedules. A significant proportion of students (69%) stated that they had nothing negative to point out, which reinforces the satisfaction with VSU previously questioned (98%). The interest in continuing the VSU project in the next academic year was expressed by 83% of the students, a fact evidenced by the positive (rho=0.596) and statistically significant (p<0.01) correlation between satisfaction and the desire to continue VSU for the following academic year.pt_PT
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dc.identifier.citationGalinha, S. , São João, R. & Jacob, L. (2021). Virtual senior university as a promoter of sustainability and the democratization of education - satisfaction and continuity. South Florida Journal of Development, 2(3) 4074-4083. doi: https://doi.org/10.46932/sfjdv2n3-021pt_PT
dc.identifier.doi10.46932/sfjdv2n3-021pt_PT
dc.identifier.issn2675-5459
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10400.15/3535
dc.language.isoengpt_PT
dc.peerreviewedyespt_PT
dc.publisherSouth Florida Publishing LLCpt_PT
dc.relation.publisherversionhttps://southfloridapublishing.com/ojs/index.php/jdev/article/view/547pt_PT
dc.subjectVirtual classespt_PT
dc.subjectSeniorpt_PT
dc.subjectUniversitypt_PT
dc.subjectSatisfactionpt_PT
dc.titleVirtual senior university as a promoter of sustainability and the democratization of education - satisfaction and continuitypt_PT
dc.typejournal article
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oaire.citation.endPage4083pt_PT
oaire.citation.issue3pt_PT
oaire.citation.startPage4074pt_PT
oaire.citation.titleSouth Florida Journal of Developmentpt_PT
oaire.citation.volume2pt_PT
person.familyNameSão João
person.givenNameRicardo
person.identifier.ciencia-id8E1B-AFBF-E940
person.identifier.orcid0000-0003-3137-0891
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