Distance education: getting further

Abstract

The global movement around the Millennium Goals has been translated by the union of governments and the convergence of strategies able to achieve them. Monitoring demonstrates stimulating results of the education for all policy, based on human rights and on the importance of learning across the life cycle. In the health area, WHO declared 2006WHO declared -2015 During these meetings, various aspects related to e-learning were presented and discussed, such as the influence of leadership in Distance Education institutions and the application of technology to education with a view to quality improvement. Another source of important discussion was the focus on comprehensive education.The main themes addressed include: use of e-learning in the continuous improvement of individual and organizational performance; how individual and organizational performance actually contribute to achieve expected results; and how to get to know the state of the art in technology use to support teaching/learning processes.There seems to be a consensus on the need to invest in education, although questions remain about its dimension and range. Injecting large amounts of financial resources does not necessarily imply successful Distance Education projects in practice. Other factors, such as quality concern, team training and the creation of an institutional culture, are fundamental for the success of a program or project.In this context, doubts also emerge about the appropriateness of applying foreign virtual education models to a country that is still marked by a series of inequalities, a large universe of digitally excluded people and conventional education. On the other hand, attending as many students as possible should not be the only focus. Instead, efforts should focus on sustainable quality, that is, high-quality Distance Education programs at costs that are coherent with Brazilian institutions' investment conditions.To reach the quality targets, it is important for institutions focused on education to be connected also with large and globally renowned associations, such as the International Council for Open and Distance Education -ICDE and the Sloan Consortium (Sloan-C), and for this movement to permit the creation of new networks for sharing experiences and adopting standards.The global scenario also reveals new open-access scientific journals specialized in distance education.

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Construction and Validation of a Distance Learning Module on Premedication Antisepsis for Nursing Professionals

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