Potencialidades da extensão universitária: um relato de experiência a partir das ações do Programa Aproxime-se durante a pandemia da COVID-19

Abstract

In a year marked by the Covid-19 pandemic, in which social distance became mandatory, the edition of the Aproxime-se Program needed to be adapted to the remote mode. In partnership with the Dean of Extension (ProEx) of the Federal University of Minas Gerais (UFMG), the extension project of the Distance Education Support Center (CAED) seeks to highlight the presence of the university in distance education centers, extending participation to the local communities, following the requirements of the university extension. This paper aims to present an overview of the 2020 edition of the Aproxime-se Program, to stand out the importance of its execution in a pandemic context and provide information about alternative, transdisciplinary and interdisciplinary practices in the field of university extension. To this end, the methodology developed for this year and the results obtained with the actions are presented. The challenges were, to a large extent, caused and expanded by the pandemic, but the potential of the Extension made viable the execution of a flexible planning, adapted to the needs of the current times and in line with the university triad: learning, research, extension.