History
A brief history of the Office of Distance Learning
The UFSC Office of Distance Learning (SEAD) was established in May 2004.
The Office was invited to develop educational materials for training courses on e-MEC – the electronic system for monitoring the regulatory processes of higher education in Brazil – developed by the Ministry of Education (MEC).
In July 2009, SEAD held a series of three teleconferences with the participation of students and coordinators of the e-Tec Program – Open Technical School of Brazil – from across the country, aimed at promoting the importance of technical professional training and distance education in Brazil. The event was organized by the Ministry of Education through the Secretariat of Distance Learning and the Secretariat of Professional and Technological Education (SEED/SETEC/MEC).
Currently, SEAD aims to develop structuring actions for the institutionalization and regulation of Distance Learning at UFSC, 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. Following the restructuring of the Office in 2016, SEAD incorporated the Center of Multiprojects in Educational Technology (NUTE), as well as the Universidade Aberta do Brasil (UAB) [Open University of Brazil] Center, with their respective responsibilities.
