Categoria: technology-mediated education

Created at the end of 2022, the ChatGPT tool has become a constant topic of debate, both inside and outside universities, all over the world. A quick search for the term on the internet will bring up a series of results with different and divergent opinions on the use of this resource in the teaching […]

To an audience made up of coordinators from almost 30 hubs that offer distance higher education courses in Rio Grande do Norte, through the Open University of Brazil Program (UAB), the general coordinator of Hubs and Educational Technologies, from the Distance Education Directorate (DED/CAPES), Alexandre Povoa, presented the proposals for strengthening this type of education […]

The 2023.1 academic semester for distance and on-site courses at the Federal University of Rio Grande do Norte (UFRN) will begin on Monday (06). To mark the opening of this period, a series of 13 face-to-face inaugural classes will be held at the Presential Support Centers in the metropolitan area of Natal/RN and in the […]

Valdic Luiz da Silva and José Alberto Batista were students in the first class of the distance learning Chemistry course at the Federal University of Rio Grande do Norte (UFRN), in Nova Cruz/RN. They graduated in 2010 and, in the following years, they met again in the Master’s and PhD courses in Chemistry, also at […]

The Distance Education Department of the Federal University of Rio Grande do Norte (SEDIS/UFRN) has been working for 19 years to strengthen this type of education. Because of its consolidated experience in the area, SEDIS/UFRN has become a reference for other Brazilian higher education institutions. On October 17, 18 and 19, 2022, the team from […]

Throughout its 19 years of existence, the Distance Education Department of the Federal University of Rio Grande do Norte (SEDIS/UFRN) has contributed to the strengthening of DE throughout the country, by producing pedagogical materials, providing technical advice to partner institutions, and exchanging experiences. These expertises mean that the SEDIS/UFRN management team is always invited to […]

On September 22, 23 and 24, 2022, the academic community of the distance education centers of the Federal University of Rio Grande do Norte will participate in the program of the 3rd University Week of EaD at UFRN. There will be three days dedicated to discussions about relevant topics for pole and course coordinators, professors, […]

The vice-coordinator of Distance Education at the Federal Rural University of Rio de Janeiro (UFRRJ), José Airton Chaves Cavalcante Junior, made a technical visit to the Distance Education Department of the Federal University of Rio Grande do Norte (SEDIS/UFRN), on the morning of Tuesday (19). The director of the Rio de Janeiro institution came in […]

Living in Natal and taking a distance-learning course in Public Administration at the São Gonçalo do Amarante branch, without having to commute, this was the reality for Rebbeca Maia Balduino Santos, 37. But those who think that taking an EaD course is easier than graduating in person are mistaken. “In the beginning it was quite […]