The Motivational Factors of Choice of Distance Education: a Approach of a Presential Suport Pole of a Higher Education Institution

• Autor(a) principal: Fagundes, Mara Aparecida Barnaski Fagundes
• Data de Publicação: 2020
• Outros Autores: Sausen, Jorge Oneide, Vieira, Eusélia Pavaglio
• Tipo de documento: Artigo
• Idioma: por
• Título da fonte: EAD em Foco
• Texto Completo: https://eademfoco.cecierj.edu.br/index.php/Revista/article/view/1044

The factors that motivate students in teaching in distance learning have been widely debated in the education. In this context, the present article adresses the theme with regard to motivational factors in the perception of students of a classroom suport pole of a distance learning university, with the purpose of identifying the demographic profile and motivational factors that led these students to choose this type of teaching, taking into account the teaching institution and the classroom support center. Methodologically, an exploratory, descriptive and quantitative research was carried out, using data collection through the application of a questionnaire to students, using the Likert scale as answer options, later analyzed using statiscal methods and characterized the sample with the crossing of the information. The results indicate that the students of the face-to-face support center, have demographic characteristics of a young and working-age sample, motivated by distance learning due to the flexibility of their schedules, the values of the courses and the opportunity for professional promotion in the área that act. Thus, it is concluded that the main motivational factor for choosing distance learning are personal decisions that are closely linked to time and governed by new trends in the labor market. Keywords: Distance learning. Face-to-face centers. Students. Motivational factors.