A gestão da educação a distância: da sala de aula virtual à gestão de cursos superiores em EAD

Abstract

This study was developed as partial requisite for obtaining of the master s title in education from the University of West Paulista. Thus, aimed to analyze the dimensions of organization and of the management of the courses in Distance Education in Higher Education. This goal was designed from the research problem which dealt in knowing what the dimensions of organization and of the management of the courses in Distance Education in Higher Education. The same is relevant because it shows that Distance Education is figuring in the setting of national Higher Education as an important means of access to this level of education, something that can be easily verified through analysis the last census of Higher Education. Moreover, their importance also relies on the fact that this method has characteristics that require attention regarding the management process, these refer mainly to the geographical distance that separates their agents as well as the integration of Information and Communication Technologies (ICT) that function as middle of viabilization of the said method in its most recent generations, once the trajectory comes from long date, however, considerable expansion took place, among other factors, in a period marked by the paradigm of the information society. As methodology, it was decided by a qualitative approach in which was used of the research exploratory, descriptive and analytical. This sense, the instrument of data collection was semi-structured interviews conducted with managers of a system of distance education, including, tutors, course coordinators and pro-rector of the EaD. The analysis of data was performed by analyzing content for which they were developed thematic categories that showed that the participative management is something almost inherent EaD considering the amount of different professionals involved in a system of Distance Education, moreover, it was possible to conclude further that the starting point for such management is to consider the specifics of this modality and cohesion between the work of the teams involved, seeing that this cohesion will result the quality of the process.