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Students’ perceptions of a food safety and quality e-learning course: a CASE study for a MSC in food consumption

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dc.contributor.authorVaz-Fernandes, Paula
dc.contributor.authorCaeiro, Sandra
dc.date.accessioned2023-09-06T15:25:58Z
dc.date.available2023-09-06T15:25:58Z
dc.date.issued2019
dc.description.abstractLife long training and education in food safety is a crucial issue in particular for professionals working in the field. At the same time there is a need to evaluate the effectiveness of that training in particular when is given in e-learning. The purpose of this explorative work is to evaluate the Food Safety and Quality e-learning course within a Master program offered in the National Distance Learning University in Portugal. Following a case study methodology a mixed methods approached was used, based on an online questionnaire survey to students that enrolled the course, followed by a Focus Group Discussion to better discuss the weak points addressed by the students in the questionnaire. The questionnaire aimed to assess students perceptions about the course organization, recourses, assignments, acquired competences, change attitudes and behaviour and link with the professional activity Students who enrolled the course during 2016/17 and 2017/18 were surveyed in the fourth semester of the curricular year, in the period of development of the master thesis dissertation. In addition a quantitative analysis was conducted in the temporal distributions of messages published on the Moodle platform (learning analytics) to evaluate students’ interactions and engagement during the course. This study has shown that overall, students are very satisfied with the course, however they suggested improvements that are needed considering the pedagogical model used and their availability to learn as students with full time jobs, most related with the food science. This explorative research aimed to contribute to the improvement of food safety and quality training based also on recent tools and recommendations within e-learning in science education.pt_PT
dc.description.versioninfo:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersionpt_PT
dc.identifier.doi10.1186/s41239-019-0168-8pt_PT
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10400.5/28451
dc.language.isoengpt_PT
dc.peerreviewedyespt_PT
dc.relationCentre for Public Administration & Public Policies
dc.rights.urihttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/pt_PT
dc.subjectQualitative evaluationpt_PT
dc.subjectFood safety and qualitypt_PT
dc.subjectOnline master coursept_PT
dc.titleStudents’ perceptions of a food safety and quality e-learning course: a CASE study for a MSC in food consumptionpt_PT
dc.typejournal article
dspace.entity.typePublication
oaire.awardTitleCentre for Public Administration & Public Policies
oaire.awardURIinfo:eu-repo/grantAgreement/FCT/6817 - DCRRNI ID/UID%2FCPO%2F00713%2F2019/PT
oaire.citation.issue1pt_PT
oaire.citation.titleInternational Journal of Educational Technology in Higher Educationpt_PT
oaire.citation.volume16pt_PT
oaire.fundingStream6817 - DCRRNI ID
project.funder.identifierhttp://doi.org/10.13039/501100001871
project.funder.nameFundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
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rcaap.typearticlept_PT
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