The text focuses on national policies for Distance Higher Education (DHE) and aims to analyze the trajectory of policies under this modality and to reflect on the challenges that its growth poses for ensuring the quality of education. It is a documentary and bibliographic research, supported by a careful search of the legislation that rules and organizes the offer of distance higher education in Brazil, complemented by a careful review of the literature from authors who discuss the subject.
The DHE regulation at the national level was consolidated with the approval of Federal Law No. 9.394 of December 20, 1996, Ley de Directrices y Bases de la Educación Nacional –LDBEN- (law on guidelines and bases of national education), giving way to a period of incentive for the implementation of this modality. In 2017, Federal Decree No. 9.057 of 25 May, supplemented by Portaria Regulation No. 11 of 20 June 2017, significantly altered the legislation and standardization of the Brazilian DHE with a strong favoring towards the accelerated expansion of distance higher education.
Brazil has considerable challenges to be faced with regard to DHE, among which the quality of the education offer stands out, including service provision, access and permanence of students in higher education, the use of digital technologies and the expansion of this modality.
Atualmente, os polos EAD podem ser considerados, na estrutura da modalidade, um dos responsáveis pelo crescimento exponencial da Educação a Distância registrado no Brasil nos últimos anos por viabilizar aos cidadãos das localidades mais distantes do país, acesso à Educação Superior. O polo deve atuar como um prolongamento da Instituição de Ensino Superior que representa pois, além de prestar atendimento administrativo, facilita a adaptação dos discentes à metodologia EaD, viabilizando o desenvolvimento de atividades presenciais e contribuindo no processo de ensino e aprendizagem, à medida que possibilita ações que estão previstas nos Projetos Pedagógicos dos Cursos (PPCs). O presente artigo analisa a relevância das atividades presenciais, na visão dos alunos, a partir das respostas registradas para esse tema, no
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