Educação a distância : estudo da mudança organizacional no processo de implantação da modalidade EaD em uma instituição de ensino superior

Abstract

The current dissertation is formed by a study with a Higher Education as object, located in Cascavel, in the West region in the State of Parana. This institution has 15 years of experience in classroom teaching, and since 2014, it is on the experience of the introduction of Distance Education. In this way the research sought through the analysis categories of the Schröeder‟s study (2009), understanding the process of organizational change caused by this introduction. The project presents the theories of Organizational Change and of Distance Education. The research has as methodological approach the qualitative perspective, representing a study of case, with exploratory feature, with triangulation of data sources (observations, documents and interviews). The interviews were developed with 24 technical and scientific members from the Distance Education of the institution, and they were analyzed through content analysis. Along with this study, there are the documental analysis and the observation notes by the researcher, being them: Values, Contents, Technology, Management, Institutionalization and Interaction. Although it has identified as a process limiter the fact that the Distance Education still being implemented, the research points to significant elements to the analysis, highlighting in the results, mainly, the level of cultural impact which the implementation promotes until the studied point, as well as the need to create strategic management tools to the process of Distance Education management.