The deadline for submitting papers to simultaneous international events that will discuss themes such as Education and Technologies and Distance Education has been extended until May 30th, 2022. Authors can send texts in the format of “COMPLETE WORK” or as “EXPANDED SUMMARY”, and there is also the option of “THEMATIC PANEL”. Interested parties who have completed or ongoing research on Distance Education or Educational Technologies may also submit papers for evaluation.

In 2022, the Brazilian Congress on Distance Higher Education (ESUD) and the International Congress on Distance Higher Education (CIESUD) will be held together with the Meeting of Researchers in Education and Technologies (EnPET) and the International Congress on Education and Technologies (CIET) in two stages: a virtual one, from 10/31/22 to 11/11/22, and a face-to-face one, from 11/11/22 to 11/16/22, in São Paulo, capital city of Brazil. Around 400 papers are expected to be submitted.

It is organized by the Study and Research Group on Innovation in Education, Technologies and Languages (Horizonte Group) from the Federal University of São Carlos (UFSCar), in partnership with the General Office of Distance Education (SEaD) of the institution and the University in Network Association (UniRede). According to UFSCar professor and president of the organizing committee, Daniel Mill, “the articulation of the four events was due to the proximity of the EaD and Education and Technologies themes, adding efforts to give more visibility to the 2022 edition of these events”.

For Professor Carmem Rêgo, Distance Education Secretary of the Federal University of Rio Grande do Norte (UFRN) and representative of the Federal Institutions of Higher Education in UniRede, “holding the ESUD/CIESUD in Natal last year, in a hybrid format, expanded the possibilities of discussion about Technology-Mediated Education and, now, the expectation is that the actors who make EaD in Brazil will meet again, in person, in São Paulo, after almost three years without face-to-face events”.

For details about the submission of papers and about the simultaneous events, you can access <www.grupohorizonte.ufscar.br/ciet-esud>.

Bruno Cássio – Communication Advisor of SEDIS/UFRN.