A importância das Tecnologias da Informação e Comunicação em cursos online: Um estudo exploratório em uma Universidade do Sul de Minas Gerais

Abstract

Tendencies of today's world revolve around keeping up to date and connected to diverse and fast information that arise all the time in many different places. The Information and Communication Technologies (ICTs) thus have the purpose of facilitating the transmission of information and promote the creation of new knowledge, providing shortening of geographical distances. This study aims to demonstrate, through a qualitative study how ICTs are used in the online course for training tutors who will act toward a degree in Public Administration Distance of a big federal southern university Minas Gerais and how they can contribute to the creation and diffusion of knowledge among course participants. It was verified that individuals from the availability of tools such as discussion forums, wiki, chat, e-mails, among other tools, create possibilities quick dynamic sharing of knowledge transfer. Identified that ICTs are essential and fundamental elements to the form of distance education, as these are tools that enable the provision of information and knowledge and many different places and people simultaneously