SEAD
The Office of Distance Learning (SEAD) aims to develop actions to institutionalize and regulate Distance Learning at the Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina, as well as to provide conditions for the provision of short-term training courses, continuing education courses, undergraduate programs, and graduate certificate (lato sensu) programs, all offered through distance learning.
SEAD’s main responsibilities are:
- coordinate Distance Learning design and implementation actions and promote their integration with other institutional units at UFSC;
- support the Rector’s Office in the strategic articulation of Distance Learning policies;
- propose, implement and coordinate cooperation agreements with other institutions in the field of Distance Learning;
- promote exchange with public and private entities for the development and enhancement of Distance Learning as both a policy and a practice for human development;
- assist the Prorectorates and Offices in planning staff training guidelines using Distance Learning;
- offer distance learning courses and training activities at outreach, graduate, undergraduate, and other levels;
- coordinate the Universidade Aberta do Brasil [Open University of Brazil] (UAB) System at UFSC;
- coordinate fundraising actions for institutional projects;
- participate in outreach, research, undergraduate and graduate councils through Distance Learning representatives;
- provide the institutional structure, regulatory framework, and expertise in Distance Education for the delivery of training, undergraduate, and graduate distance learning programs;
- promote the human, technical, and administrative development of faculty and administrative staff in the use of Distance Learning technologies in their classrooms and/or working environments;
- perform other activities related to its area of expertise or as assigned by the Rector.
>> Visit SEAD main website here (in Portuguese).
