CONTRIBUIÇÕES DAS TECNOLOGIAS DIGITAIS PARA A FORMAÇÃO SENSÍVEL NO CAMPO DA EDUCAÇÃO AMBIENTAL: UMA EXPERIÊNCIA COM TRILHAS VIRTUAIS.

This article aims to present the contribution of virtual hikes to the stimulation of the human senses, the awakening of feelings and the promotion of reflections on socio-environmental themes, from an aesthetic-environmental perspective. Nine students from the Graduate Program in Environmental Education at the Federal University of Rio Grande participated in the study. After finishing three virtual hikes, they filled in an online form about sensations and feelings resulting from the experience, and socio-environmental themes that emerged during the hikes. The corpus was analyzed with the use of Discursive Textual Analysis. Among the results, the possibility of revisiting the past and awakening different feelings should be highlighted, as well as the potential of virtual hikes, to problematize socio-environmental issues. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]