Panorama da educação à distância no ensino de graduação em enfermagem brasileiro

Abstract

Introduction: Distance Education (EAD), especially in the last five years, has generated a debate about the direction of education in the era of digital technology. Several distance learning courses are daily created and circulated worldwide using internet networks and instruments of communication technologies. Objective: To analyze the panorama of distance education in the Brazilian nursing education. Methods: We used the integrative review method as Mendes; Silveira; Galvão (2008) using primary articles. Data collection consisted of articles published in the last 5 years, from 2009 to 2014, from the LILACS and SCIELO databases, and there are 4 scientific articles that were part of the sample. Through the four articles included in the survey, were established two categories for analysis, with category A related to distance education in nursing education and category B related to distance education in Brazil. Results: When crossing the descriptors distance education and nursing were obtained in 1117 articles in LILACS and 23 in SCIELO database and, when crossing the descriptors distance education and Brazil yielded 200 articles in LILACS and 72 in SCIELO. A total of 4 items selected for the sample composition. Discussion: Distance Learning (ODL) is constituted as a teaching modality that has been gaining ground in the face of globalization and technological innovations and, related to nursing education, this has been applied in higher education and training of nurses inserted the different levels of care to the patient. It is understood that this type of education has significant importance because the individual can be trained without being away from their professional activities. As it relates to the incorporation of distance learning in Brazil can be said that the computational tools allied to education has been increasingly incorporated into teaching practice, favoring student integration process and social inclusion. Final Thoughts: The panorama of distance education in the Brazilian nursing education comes in strong expansion and seen that this constitutes acceptance as an important tool for increasing accessibility on the relaxation times, besides the reduction of costs related to the training process student. As it relates to the production of knowledge in distance education in Brazil highlights the need for more research related to this type of education to promote interaction between the need for expanding access to Brazilian education and lead to reflections and training aimed at generating full production knowledge.