Núcleo de estudos-Online

Center for Studies in Distance Teaching -
NEPEDI
Núcleo de Estudos
Person in Charge:
Professora Erica Alves Barbosa Medeiros Tavares
erica.tavares@ded.ufla.br
Institutional Information:
www.ded.ufla.br
Background:
The UFLA Distance Teaching course has been training basic
education teachers since 2012. It is currently responsible
for five hubs: Cambuí, Bambuí, Confins, Jaboticatubas and
Lavras, which are UFLA spaces that exceed the physical
limits of the campus. Therefore, we consider these poles
to be privileged “loci” for the development of cultural
and scientific projects that can contribute significantly to
the academic training of students, as well as of regional
educators. The UAB/UFLA Distance Teaching course
is aware of the importance of the inseparability between
teaching, research and extension, and efforts will be
undertaken to foster the latter principle, extension. Hence
the importance of establishing the Center for Studies in
Distance Teaching (NEPEDI), with the purpose of fostering
extension projects, allied to studies related to teaching and
distance education. These projects will focus on reflecting
the local reality in the light of studies developed in the
course, contributing, in a collaborative way, to problem
solving, exchange of experiences and proposals to intervene
in the reality they experience. Moreover, in both the virtual
spaces and on-site meetings of the course, students have
reflected on the educational reality of each region together
with the course’s professors.
Overall Objectives:
To organize extension activities in the hubs linked to the
Distance Teaching course, contributing to meet the needs
of students and the community of educators; to study
the theoretical framework of distance teaching and its
peculiarities, as well as the specific themes chosen for the
extension activities.
Areas of Expertise:
1. Teacher Training: Provision of specific teacher training
activities according to the need of each region.
2. Distance Education: Study of the different aspects of
distance education at university level.
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