23rd ICDE World Conference on Open Learning and
Distance Education
Distance Education, the case of
Methodist University in Sao
Paulo, Brazil
Luciano Sathler
Vice-President for Distance Education
www.lucianosathler.pro.br
June 09 2009

Recent Challenges
o Rural to mainly urban population
o Urban culture even in rural areas
o High concentration of wealth and access,
inequality
o Few advances in poverty fight at the last years
o Economic trends facing new worker’s skills
NEW SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC DEMANDS

12000 Number of enrolments - undergraduate
10.074
10000
8000
7468
6000
5706
4000
3448
2807
2000
745
0
II I 2007 II I 2008 II I 2009
2006 2007 2008

Virtual
Hybrid learning Distance
Education
Service
Presence
Traditional Blended learning
learning
Physical presence Virtual
Delivery
Adapted from
POWEL, J. The e-revolution and post compulsory education. New York: Routledge, 2008

Interaction Technological
Model
Video
Audio
Up
Email
Web
Others INTERNET Reception
formats
Internet
Internet
© Daví Nelson Betts

Multimedia sent to desktops
live
LAN local
storage
storage
Cache
© Daví Nelson Betts

Methodologies and Availability
Media support Academical Support
- Printed material Presential classes
- Radio - Main Campus
- Fax - Support Points
- Phone Distance classes
- Videotape - Syncronous
- Open TV - Assyncronous
- Cable TV
Tutor
- CD-Rom
- Local
- Internet
- Distance
- Videoconference
- Teleconference Tests and exams
- Mobile / PDA - Mandatory presence
- Digital TV - distance
- E-Book
- Technical Support

Organizational principles to implement
distance education programs
• High Administration Commitment.
• Coherence between discourse and practice.
• Permanent training for teachers and other
people envolved
• Integrate pedagogical issues and
administrative-technological ones (back-office
and front-office)

Say no to piracy

Use Creative Commons licenses
http://www.creativecommons.org.br
Develop polices to your faculties
about intelectual property issues

23rd ICDE World Conference on Open Learning and
Distance Education
Distance Education, the case of
Methodist University in Sao
Paulo, Brazil
Luciano Sathler
Vice-President for Distance Education
www.lucianosathler.pro.br
June 09 2009