At the graduation course on Teaching in Health, offered by Cedess/Unifesp, an online discussion forum was set up. The aim of this study was to identify the cognitive and social skills developed and the thematic units preferred by postgraduate students. The messages were classified according to the cognitive abilities. Content analysis of messages was performed for each category. Students developed cognitive and social skills in the three categories. The discussed topics showed the integration of knowledge at personal, institutional, social and political levels. Students built knowledge in a collective dimension, where the interpersonal interactions and content, mediated by ICTs, have played an important role in learning. These interactions have strengthened learning, understood as a social process, so that the analysis has shifted from the isolated individual into conceiving the relationship among subjects and their roles in society.
Teacher training; Educational technology; Discussion forum; Virtual learning environment; Education