From Teacher to E-teacher: Teaching Experience in the Distance Learning at the Mato Grosso State University

Carlinho Viana de Sousa, Gleber Nelson Marques, Irton Milanesi
(Department of Computing, Department of Pedagogy, Mato Grosso State University, Brazil)

Abstract: The present report details some teaching experience as a professor in the Brazilian countryside in the context of some important challenges for the Brazilian Education, the Distance Learning (DL) in the Mato Grosso State supported by the UNEMAT state university. After we establish a global view of structure and policies concerning to the DL, the appointments from the perspective of the research-teacher, facing the challenges as a technological immigrant enable us to realize how deep and complex is this transition in practice. The need of good open courses to attend the demand for technical and specialized formation and pieces of information is mandatory for the informational society, thus, public Brazilian universities have an important role to play in this new scenario. The experience at the classrooms, particularly the ones planed to be as an open course, pointed out some difficulties with regard to space and time in DL practice. These aspects concerning to teacher preparation and the organization of the DL at Mato Grosso State University (UNEMAT) are detailed in this paper.

Key words: distance learning, technologies information and communication, pedagogical practice