Produção de material didático para a EaD: o caso do Cead/UFJF

Abstract

This dissertation was developed within the scope of the Professional Master in Management and Evaluation of Education (PPGP) of the Center for Public Policies and Education Evaluation of the Federal University of Juiz de Fora (CAEd / UFJF). The management case presented was aimed at analyzing the production of the didactic material production sector of the UFJF Distance Education Center (Cead / UFJF). The teaching materials have an important role in distance education, as it supports the relationship between the teacher and the student, and their production is foreseen in the pedagogical political projects of the courses. In this study, we tryed to identify if the teaching materials production sector could absorb a greater production demand and how it could encourage the coordinators and teachers of the institution to use these resources. In this sense, the question that guides this dissertation is: "In what way can Cead potentialize the production of didactic material for distance education?". The hypothesis defended here is that Cead and the support provided to the courses are little known and that teachers are not encouraged to produce materials, which impacts the demand for production of materials. Our general objective was to identify obstacles in support of the production of didactic material of the courses offered through Cead. Solutions have been proposed so that the team involved can combine efforts to optimize the use of the infrastructure available for the production of materials for the benefit of distance and face-to-face education. We started with specific objectives, which were: i) to describe the operation of Cead, especially the material production sector and to identify if there is a low production demand; ii) analyze the reasons for the low demand for production of didactic material by the sector; iii) propose solutions so that Cead can optimize the use of available infrastructure to produce materials, as well as human resources, favoring distance education or even face-to-face. In order to do this, we used qualitative research methodology and instruments as interviews with the managers of Cead, as well as questionnaires sent to professors of the UFJF distance courses. As a theoretical reference, we used the analyzes of Valente and Moran (2011), which address the use of information technologies in education and possibilities in the management of distance education; Maia and Mattar (2007), which characterize the technologies used in education; and Belloni (2012), Moore and Kearsley (2013) who analyze the management in distance education. For some results of the research, we conclude that there is a lack of specific qualification for distance education among the teachers and that the sector of production of didactic materials of the Cead is not widely known by the teachers, which leads to a low demand of the services in the organ. The teachers' lack of time was another reason. In order to optimize the production of materials, we have brought the following intervention proposals: i) dissemination of the material production sector; (ii) offers of new production possibilities; iii) training for the production of didactic materials.