PERFIL DA EDUCAÇÃO A DISTÂNCIA NO EXTREMO SUL DO BRASIL: ESTRUTURA, APLICAÇÃO E AVALIAÇÃO

Abstract

This paper describes the profile of distance education in Southern Brazil, analyzing its structure, implementation and evaluation. This is a case study, where they visited 13 supporting poles face in the cities of Pelotas, Rio Grande and Santa Vitória do Palmar. Data collection took place through two questionnaires, with sociodemographic, behavioral, occupational and techiniques, as well SINAES instrument to assess the quality of the poles of EAD. The questionnaire was administered to 108 students, mostly female (68%) with incomes below three minimum wages (2/3) and studying their first degree (96%). Visited 62% of the poles started their activities between the years 2006 and 2007 all use at least one classroom meeting per week and have tutors in the classroom. 36% o tutors surveyed have only degree, 56% are specialists, and 8% have master s degree. In general students were satisfied with both the Higher Education Institution and with the support pole to Face. Furthermore the date indicate that people with lower income are the biggest consumers of distance education. Thus we can consider that if there social policies that use of distance learning for inclusion in education, such as the UAB (Open University of Brazil), we can significantly reduce the existing educational marginalization in our country today, causing consequently a more social inclusion