13/06/2005 what’s going on in the brazilian higher education system? carmem maia andreia santos
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13/06/2005
What’s going on in the Brazilian Higher Education System?
Carmem Maia
Andreia Santos
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Higher Education in Brazil
Overview
Higher Education in Brazil Higher Education Reform Distance Education Policies for Distance Education Ethnographic Research Online courses
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Higher Education in Brazil
Higher Education in Brazil
Number of students per year Public & private universities (75% private HE) Profile of the Brazilian undergraduate student Courses Market Needs
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Higher Education in Brazil
Higher Education ReformMain proposed points:
Social Responsibility
Commitment to academic freedom
Promotion of cultural diversity Characteristics of universities
Democratic management of the institutions (social representatives and members of the community)
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Higher Education in Brazil
Main proposed points - continued
University autonomy (financial)Increased professional recognition of
academics and administrative staffCareer Plan Institutional Development Plan (PDI)Every 5 years (signed commitment to meet and
improve educational quality standards; offer increased community services)
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Higher Education in Brazil
Main proposed points - continued
Politics of affirmative actions
Equal opportunities and social inclusion actions
Allocation of racial quotas to HE access
50% of places in public universities
ProUni
Increase of funding for public universities
70 – 75%
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Higher Education in Brazil
Controversial Points
Many polemic points:
More autonomy for private universities Distance Education – New Technologies Educational bureaucracy
Increase of qualified tutors
Quality standards
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Higher Education in Brazil
2nd proposal – what has changed?
Reservation of places – 50% to public education; Distance Education; Autonomy for private HE; Community Council – non “punitive”; 50% HE Institutions faculty = MS (25% PHD); Evening courses offered by public institutions;
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Higher Education in Brazil
Distance Education in Brazil
More than 50 years Printed material – literacy – bad quality From 15 years – web-based Corporative e-learning HE and Distance Learning – institutions and
courses
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Higher Education in Brazil
Distance Education in Brazil - continued
Main technologies for Higher Education Virtual Networks Brazilian Open University
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Higher Education in Brazil
Distance Education – legislation in Brazil
Distance Education has been legally indicated in the “Lei de Diretrizes e Bases da Educação Nacional” (LDB, 1996)- Law for National Education.
Distance Education could be used for fundamental, second and higher education
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Higher Education in Brazil
Policies in Distance Education
Formal legalization is still in process:
LDB art. 80 – for public discussion- available at MEC’s website
- 20% of total amount o hours studied in a course can be taken at a distance;
- Face-to-face exams
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Higher Education in Brazil
Digital divide
IBGE – Brazilian Institute of Statistical Geography
15.3% Brazilian homes have a computer;
11.4% are connected to the internet
Program: Connected PC – cheaper computers (to be launched last April but postponed)
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Higher Education in Brazil
Some more numbers…
Corporate sector: 2 million Brazilians study online
51 registered courses by MEC – only 90.000 people study online
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Higher Education in Brazil
Distance Education - technologies
Teleduc (made in Brazil, delivered free of charge)
AulaNet – PUCRJ Blackboard WebCt
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Higher Education in Brazil
The Experience at Unis@Digital
Institutions have to be “approved and registered by the Ministry of Education” to be able to offer courses
10 quality indicators used by the committee
The institution has to :
1) be integrated with national standards for national HE
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Higher Education in Brazil
Quality indicators
2) Have a project design (with a specific ‘identity’)
3) Have a multidisciplinary team
4) Emphasise communication and interaction between tutor and students
5) Provide quality in educational resources
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Higher Education in Brazil
Quality indicators
6) Provide appropriate infra-structure
7)Have continuous and encompassing course quality evaluations
8) Ideally have partnerships
9) Provide good information about the courses
10) Consider costs for implementation and maintenance of courses
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Higher Education in Brazil
The experience at Unis@Digital
6-month ethnographic experience
1st year undergraduate course – blended learning
Resistance from faculties and students Face-to-face component Assessment
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Higher Education in Brazil
Demos
Un s@ t i Digi a
Anhembi-Morumbi
http://www2.anhembi.br/html/ead/
http://www.anhembi.br/unidadeweb
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Higher Education in Brazil
Thank you!
Carmem Maia – London Knowledge [email protected]
Andreia I. Santos – The Open University- [email protected]