Hélio Chaves Filho Educational Consultant

1. Ministry of Education Secretary of Distance Learning E-learning in Higher Education: Brazilian Policies and Practices Conference: E-Learning in Post-Secondary Education Calgary – Canada, June 2005 Hélio Chaves Filho Educational Consultant

2. What are we doing at the Ministry? Interpretation/Regulation of the Educational Laws Distance Learning Policies and Programmes Design and Implementation Higher Education Policies and Programmes Design, Coordination, Regulation and Supervision Ministry of Education Background information: National Council of Education 1) Working together within a principle: Expansion of the Higher Education with Quality and Social Inclusion; Secretary of Distance Learning 2) Creating Ministerial Decree to rule the way how higher education institutions should establish and provide E-learning courses; 3) Establishing new quality standards for E-learning in higher education in Brazil; Secretary of Higher Education 4) Designing and Developing E-learning programmes for basic education teachers along with the Secretary of Basic Education

3. Brazil’s E-learning Data Secretary of Distance Learning Secretary of Higher Education What are we doing at the Ministry? • # of Courses - 63 • 56 - formation of teachers • 7 - others 1) Working together within a principle: Expansion of the Higher Education with Quality and Social Inclusion; 2) Creating Ministerial Decree to rule the way how higher education institutions should establish and provide E-learning courses; 3) Establisment of the new quality standards for E-learning in higher education in Brazil; 4) Design and Development of E-learning programmes for basic education teachers along with the Secretary of Basic Education Institutions - 27 private 26 public

4. Brazil’s E-learning Data Secretary of Distance Learning Secretary of Higher Education Ministerial E-learning Program Pro-Licenciatura 2004 – Non-profit Universities consortia from all over the country offered 17,600 vacancies for high-school teachers 2005 – plus 50,000 vacancies Until 2006 – 150,000 vacancies

5. PRÓ-LICENCIATURA Program 2004 Physics Biology Chemistry Mathematics Pedagogy Special NeedsPedagogy 14 associações=19 cursos = 34 universidades

6. Universities Professors Tutors NTE Schools Teachers Programmes Strategies Learning Objects Courses within the lifelong education programmes for teachers http://rived.proinfo.mec.gov.br/

7. 1 2 2 10 9 24 4 4 7 22 2 2 2 4 2 17 7 5 19 26 5 4 92 16 34 14 30 Infrastructure NTE – Nucleo de Tecnologia Escolar (Computer Laboratories) Brazil 366 North 23 Northeast 91 Southeast 138 South 78 Center-west 36

8. Infrastructure Learning Manangement System - LMS Open-Source Environment for E-learning Main Features: 100% Open-Source based 100% developed at the Ministry Freely shared Fully access by Internet Featured with all disponible interactive tools

9. Sharing funding Ministerial Funding Partner Funding Infra Structure Computers LMS e-Proinfo Contents Multidisciplinary Staff New Generation will be translated into four languages: English French German Spanish

10. http://www.eproinfo.mec.gov.br

12. What are the Brazilian Government challenges concerning e-learning? 1 – How could we change the traditional culture, which generally does not believe in e-learning? 2 – How could we provide infrastructure and skilled staff for e-learning with an irregular funding? 3 – How could we guarantee accessibility and good quality courses, taking into account the constant changes in technology?