Innovative Solution for Distance Education in a Developing Region

Abstract

Part 2: Knowledge-Based Services

International audience

This work is about a project on distance education in a developing country, adapted to the needs of one of the poorest areas in Brazil. The difficulty due to the lack of access to broadband internet has made the government to contract a study for the development of a project to break the barrier of digital exclusion in that region. The article details the technique deployed to distribute materials on a large scale through digital medium, by which the students can develop activities and send them to teachers during attendance classes at study centers. The project is at implementation phase, but it is expected that it be useful also for other Brazilian States.