Using remote lab networks to provide support to public secondary school education level

The advantages of networking are widely known in many areas (from business to personal ones). One particular area where networks have also proved their benefits is education. Taking the secondary school education level into account, some successful cases can be found in literature. In this paper we describe a particular remote lab network supporting physical experiments accessible to students of institutions geographically separated. The network architecture and application examples of using some of the available remote experiments are illustrated in detail. ©2008 IEEE.

Telefonoaudiologia: Ciência e tecnologia em saúde

Background: distance learning (DL) is becoming a higher education modality with a meaningful impact. It offers students flexibility, mobility and choices. Also it can reach a greater number of professionals and students in a more effective way, when compared to other learning modalities, without losing quality. Brazil needs to develop direct actions to DL in the fields of Speech-Language Pathology and Hearing, due to its great continental territory (8,514,215.3Km 2) and irregular distribution of professionals who work in these specific fields (i.e. this situation emphasizes the differences in quality and availability of services offered throughout the country). Heterogeneity in the quality and availability of services is also aggravated by the absence of a national strategy for continued education in order to recycle health professionals. This situation causes important differences in the knowledge and abilities of specialists from one region to the next. Aim: to present Telehealth studies in the field of Speech-Language Pathology and Hearing that were developed in the last five years. Conclusion: the analyzed data indicate that more studies are needed in this specific field. These studies should aim at improving the quality and access to services which in turn would improve prevention, diagnosis and treatment of communication disorders.

Educação inclusiva em cursos de licenciatura: um estudo sobre possibilidades e limitações da educação a distância (EaD) para formação de professores

Pós-graduação em Educação Escolar - FCLAR

Formação Inicial de Professores em cursos de Pedagogia a distância: indicadores do modelo formativo da UAB/UFSCar

Coordenação de Aperfeiçoamento de Pessoal de Nível Superior (CAPES)

A oralidade nos cursos a distância de licenciatura em Letras com habilitação em língua portuguesa: uma análise discursiva

Coordenação de Aperfeiçoamento de Pessoal de Nível Superior (CAPES)

Mediação midiática e teoria histórico-cultural: aproximações pedagógicas

Coordenação de Aperfeiçoamento de Pessoal de Nível Superior (CAPES)

Trabalho docente na educação à distância: a UFPA como expressão do fenômeno

Este estudo tem como objetivo central analisar o trabalho docente nos cursos de graduação a distância, tomando como exemplo o curso de Licenciatura em Matemática a distância da Universidade Federal do Pará, no contexto da política de expansão da educação superior por meio da modalidade a distância. O estudo se utiliza de documentos oficiais que versam sobre a política de expansão da educação superior por meio da educação à distância, de legislações federais e documentos relativos à política de expansão da modalidade a distância na Universidade Federal do Pará, assim como de entrevistas com os antigos e atuais coordenadores do curso em análise. Parte-se da premissa de que a atual forma de organização da produção capitalista demanda trabalhadores com a formação mínima - educação básica - e que, para isso, é necessário ampliar as matriculas na educação superior para garantir a universalização da educação básica. As orientações de organismos coletivos do capital, tais como, o Banco Mundial e a Organização das Nações Unidas para a Educação, a Ciência e a Cultura, no que conceme à política de expansão da educação superior, salientam o uso das novas tecnologias de informação e comunicação como ferramenta útil para o desenvolvimento de cursos na modalidade a distância, caracterizando estes, dessa forma, como mais eficientes que os cursos presenciais, por serem menos onerosos, flexíveis em relação ao tempo e espaço e de ampla difusão. Nesse contexto, a expansão da educação superior, no Brasil, ocorre por meio da educação à distância, com destaque para as instituições privadas. Verificou-se que um dos atores centrais na educação superior é o trabalhador docente, que, nas últimas duas décadas, vivencia a ampliação da precarização e da intensificação do trabalho. O estudo indica amplo desenvolvimento dos cursos de graduação na modalidade a distância, com índices superiores aos observados na educação presencial, tanto nas instituições públicas quanto privadas. No que conceme ao trabalho docente na modalidade a distância, os estudos apontam para a potencialização da precarização e da intensificação deste trabalho, que, apesar disso, não impede que essa modalidade de ensino se mantenha em ascensão. No caso do curso em análise, verificou-se a presença de elementos particulares da precarização e da intensificação do trabalho docente, tais como aumento da carga horária de trabalho sem aumento da remuneração, acúmulo de atividades pelos docentes, ausência de política de formação específica para os docentes do curso a distância, pouca produção, por estes docentes, de materiais didáticos específicos dos cursos a distância.

Prejuízos educacionais: a semiformação intensificada

Coordenação de Aperfeiçoamento de Pessoal de Nível Superior (CAPES)

Ensino a distância: limites e possibilidades na formação de professores

Coordenação de Aperfeiçoamento de Pessoal de Nível Superior (CAPES)

Educação a distância: um estudo analítico das políticas governamentais com foco no projeto da Universidade Aberta do Brasil

The present study at the doctoral level, is in the initial phase of the Program Graduate School of Education UNESP, SP-Araraquara campus. That makes an analysis of government policies in distance education system through the Open University of Brazil (UAB). We present in this moment, the historical background of the creation and expansion of the system of the Open University of Brazil with emphasis on policies of expansion of higher education and also the degree in pedagogy courses offered by the partner universities of the University System in Brazil Open southeast. Among the main objectives of the study is to compare the Brazilian government policies of expansion of higher education with the management and characteristics of undergraduate courses in pedagogy. Partial results indicate a total 51 universities that offer degree courses in pedagogy at UAB system in Brazil, including 12 institutions in the Southeast.

Discutindo a EaD no ensino superior: dando voz aos alunos

The work appeared before the process of articulation and curricular restructuring of Pedagogy courses conducted at the request of the Dean of undergraduate studies at UNESP. The documents surveyed pointed out that, although all courses obey the same laws, curriculum organization of each features singularities, where the course of pedagogy of Bauru (SP) is the only one which is distinguished by the presence of disciplines that work with the issue of technologies. Thus, we have as objectives: to analyze a proposal of curricular use of distance education; map of the curricula of pedagogy of UNESP with respect to technologies; Verify there is possibility of use of a virtual learning scenario in teachers ' initial formation. Thus, there was a didactic experience of use of distance education, which happened in 2010, 2011 and 2012, with students of the first and third year of the course. Were job steps: 1) literature review; 2) study of official documents of the courses of pedagogy of UNESP; 3) elaboration and execution of a didactic proposal of virtual learning environment; 4) description and categorization of data; 5) analysis and interpretation of results. We conclude that there is a need for reorganization of curriculum Pedagogy courses on the use of technologies and virtual learning environments are theoretical and practical articulation opportunities.

Um estudo sobre as possíveis causas de evasão no curso de Licenciatura em Pedagogia da UAB – UFSCAR em um Polo Presencial do Interior Paulista: percepção dos alunos

Pós-graduação em Educação Escolar - FCLAR

Challenges for nursing education in Angola: the perception of nurse leaders affiliated with professional education institutions

Background: Angola is one of the African countries with the highest morbidity and mortality rates and a devastating lack of human resources for health, including nursing. The World Health Organization stimulates and takes technical cooperation initiatives for human resource education and training in health and education, with a view to the development of countries in the region. The aim in this study was to identify how nurses affiliated with nursing education institutions perceive the challenges nursing education is facing in Angola. Methods: After consulting the National Directory of Human Resources in Angola, the nurse leaders affiliated with professional nursing education institutions in Angola were invited to participate in the study by email. Data were collected in February 2009 through the focus group technique. The group of participants was focused on the central question: what are the challenges faced for nursing education in your country? To register and understand the information, besides the use of a recorder, the reporters elaborated an interpretative report. Data were coded using content analysis. Results: Fourteen nurses participated in the meeting, most of whom were affiliated with technical nursing education institutions. It was verified that the nurse leaders at technical and higher nursing education institutions in Angola face many challenges, mainly related to the lack of infrastructure, absence of trained human resources, bureaucratic problems to regularize the schools and lack of material resources. On the opposite, the solutions they present are predominantly centered on the valuation of nursing professionals, which implies cultural and attitude changes. Conclusions: Public health education policies need to be established in Angola, including action guidelines that permit effective nursing activities. Professional education institutions need further regularizations and nurses need to be acknowledged as key elements for the qualitative enhancement of health services in the country.

Against the Tide

In his most recent publication, Against the Tide: Critics of Digitalisation, Otto Peters brings together some of the most formidable and critical voices and compelling perspectives on the potential hazards of digitalization. The viewpoints presented range from personal, anthropological, and pedagogical to more scientific and technical, and arise from multiple disciplines. Peters has long been a respected scholar in the field of distance education, and while Peters’ earlier work has advocated the affordances of digitalization, this latest book is an abrupt shift to the darker side of digitalization. The assembly of critics Peters has gathered come from around the world and different walks of life: journalists, educators, scientists, philosophers, lawyers, mathematicians, and computer scientists, to name a few. Their one shared bond is a deep-seated belief that digitalization will have a profound and lasting impact on humankind – and not only in positive ways. ...

Developing a Web-Based Course in Phases

Introduction: Distance education has grown in popularity and usage. At the same time, enrollments at postsecondary institutions continue to increase. This places significant growth pressures on institutions of higher learning. Institutions providing nursing education have historically faced limited faculty resources. This has made it difficult to meet demand for distance education; and an “all-at-once” approach to course development does little to ease this problem. In this approach, resources are expended up front before a course is offered. [See PDF for complete abstract].