DISTANCE EDUCATION IN NURSING GRADUATION COURSES: APPLICATION AND EFFECTIVENESS

Abstract

Distance education (EaD) was first recognized in the Law of Guidelines and Bases of Education (LBD) in 1996 and refers to a teaching-learning modality where students and tutors are separated yet connected through various technologies, like the internet. Distance Education has been growing steadily over the years, and its use has been constant in various modalities of courses, whether technical, undergraduate or postgraduate. Nursing courses, as well as other courses in the health area, have used it in order to facilitate access to learning, offering the student quality teaching and knowledge of new technologies. This study was developed with the purpose of analyzing Distance Education, as well as its application in the nursing courses. For that, a qualitative literature review was carried out. National databases published from 2002 to 2014 were withdrawn.