Knowledge construction in Distance Education: Uncovering the Potential of the Distance Education (DE) in Brazil

• Autor(a) principal: Oliveira, Francisco Ariclene
• Data de Publicação: 2020
• Outros Autores: Santos, Ana Maria Sampaio dos
• Tipo de documento: Artigo
• Idioma: por
• Título da fonte: EAD em Foco
• Texto Completo: https://eademfoco.cecierj.edu.br/index.php/Revista/article/view/799

This work is about the potentialities of the Distance Education (DE) modality in the process of knowledge construction. To achieve this purpose, we will present findings and reflections in the literature about the teaching and learning process with the use of multiple technological resources, especially in the teaching enabled with resources of DE. Thus, the objective of this research was to reflect about the potential of the Distance Education modality as a strategic tool for knowledge construction in Brazil. This is an integrative review, outlined in four stages - problem identification, literature search, evaluation and analysis of information -, carried out by searching the databases Scientific Electronic Library Online and Google Scholar, using the keywords: 'Distance Education', 'Educational Technologies' and 'Distance Education in Brazil'. The research was conducted in December of 2019. The results show that EaD, as a teaching strategy, favors access to knowledge for a greater number of individuals who see this tool as an alternative and opportunity to aggregate knowledge In general, it is believed that this modality of education has increased its collaboration in the process of democratization of the teaching and acquisition of the most varied knowledge for those who are distant from the teaching institutions and/or that cannot study at pre-defined times. Keywords: Information and communication technologies. Virtual teaching and learning environment. Democratization of education. Self-learning. Autonomy