Ensino remoto na educação superior em tempos de distanciamento social: uma investigação nas instituições de ensino superior privada de um grupo educacional do Brasil

TLDR: In this article, the authors investigated the influence of remote education on higher education in private higher education institutions of an educational group in Brazil in times of social distance, and concluded that the studied institutions had less impacts in the process of changing from on-site to remote education, in the view of the respondent students and teachers.

Abstract: The aim of this study was to investigate the influence of remote education on higher education in Private Higher Education Institutions of an Educational Group in Brazil in times of social distance. Methodologically, the aforementioned research focused on a quantitative approach. The collection instrument was a closed questionnaire sent to teachers and students from Private Higher Education Institutions of an Educational Group in Brazil located in Piaui. Despite the impacts of the pandemic, which caused social isolation, the results show that the HEIs linked to the educational group object of the study, had no interruption of classes, which occurred remotely. The main results show that the respondent institutions have technological tools that facilitate the development of remote classes, use active methodologies and the teachers because they are familiar with the distance learning modality did not have many difficulties in migrating to the remote system, and many of the respondents felt challenged to participate in remote teaching activities. It was concluded that the studied institutions had less impacts in the process of changing from on-site to remote education, in the view of the respondent students and teachers.