História da EAD nas instituições de ensino superior públicas cearenses que ofertam licenciatura em matemática: expansão e desafios à democratização

Abstract

Our aim is to retrieve the history of the public higher education institutions that offer distance learning via an agreement with the Open University of Brazil (UAB), with financial support from the Coordination for the Improvement of Higher Education Personnel (CAPES), especially those that have a history of offering distance learning degrees in mathematics in the state of Ceará: the Federal University of Ceará (UFC), the Federal Institute of Ceará (IFCE), the Federal University of Cariri (UFCA), the Regional University of Cariri (URCA) and the State University of Ceará (UECE). This research has a qualitative approach and is characterized as bibliographical and documentary. Its theoretical basis is books and articles on the history of distance education in Ceará. The results indicate that three institutions (UFC, UECE and IFCE) have a consolidated history of offering distance learning degrees, especially in Mathematics, while two (UFCA and URCA) are still embryonic and have few actions in this modality. In conclusion, it can be seen that the majority of public higher education institutions in Ceará (UFC, UECE and IFCE) already have a consolidated history of offering semi-presential higher education courses that are (were) offered by UAB/CAPES, especially those that offer a distance learning degree in Mathematics.