Connection and connectivity of public higher education academics in Roraima

Challenges and needs for implementing remote classes

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https://doi.org/10.24979/ambiente.v14i1.866

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Digital Technologies, Remote classes, Connectivity, Internet access

Abstract

In the 21st century, the internet has become a decisive technology in people's lives, mainly with the advent of wireless communication, generating what can be called a "network society". However, there is a gap between people who have access to digital technologies and the internet, and those who are in the condition of digital exclusion. With the pandemic caused by the new Coronavirus and, consequently, with the mandatory social distancing, access to digital technologies and the internet has become even more necessary. In this sense, from the definitions of connection and connectivity, this study presents the results of a research carried out with academics from a public university in the state of Roraima / Brazil, which verified the possibility and / or feasibility of replacing the classroom theoretical subjects with classes that use information and communication means and technologies. The research, of a descriptive character, with a qualitative approach, was carried out through online data collection, with the objective of knowing the technological profile, from the point of view of access to digital technologies and connection and internet connectivity of undergraduate students. and graduate. The results indicate that the academics interviewed, in general, have access to the devices to connect to the internet, however, they do not have enough mobile data package to follow classes through videoconferences. However, most academics understand that classes through communication and information technologies are necessary, confirming their interest in continuing the semester remotely.

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Author Biographies

  • Wender Antônio da Silva, Roraima State University/UERR, Universidade Estadual de Roraima/UERR

    Wender Antônio da Silva, holds a PhD in Science and Mathematics Education from the Graduate Program in Science and Mathematics Education of the Amazonian Science and Mathematics Education Network (REAMEC) linked to the Federal University of Mato Grosso / State University of Amazonas / Federal University of Pará, Master of Science (Emphasis in Computing) by the Graduate Program of the Faculty of Electrical Engineering of the Federal University of Uberlândia-MG, specialist in University Teaching and a Bachelor of Information Systems from the Lutheran Institute of Higher Education of Itumbiara , Goiás. He served as Assistant Professor in the Information Systems, Computer Science, Psychology, Pedagogy, Mathematics, Accounting and Agronomy courses at the Lutheran Institute of Higher Education in Itumbiara, where he also served in the Institutional Evaluation Commission (CPA). He was a scholarship professor at the Federal University of Roraima, where he worked specifically at the Distance Education Center (NEaD). He was a professor of technology courses at Faculdade Estácio Atual. He is an effective professor at the State University of Roraima, where he worked at the Distance Education Center (NEaD) as general coordinator of the Open University of Brazil. Currently he is part of the collegiate of the Bachelor's degree in Computer Science and the Graduate Program in Science Teaching (Professional Master's).

  • Sérgio Mateus, Roraima State University/UERR, Universidade Estadual de Roraima/UERR

    Professor of the Law Course at the State University of Roraima - UERR, holds a law degree from the Federal University of Roraima (2006). He is a specialist in Criminal Sciences with training for the exercise of Higher Education by the University of the South of Santa Catarina (2008), in Public Law by the University Anhanguera-Uniderp (2010), in Constitutional Law by the University Anhanguera-Uniderp (2011) and in Law Taxation by Anhanguera-Uniderp University (2011). He holds a Master's degree in Public Security, Human Rights and Citizenship from the State University of Roraima (2018).

  • Fernando Albuquerque Costa, Institute of Education of the University of Lisbon, Instituto de Educação da Universidade de Lisboa

    Fernando Albuquerque Costa (PhD) is a professor and researcher in the area of ​​Educational Technology at the Education Institute of the University of Lisbon, where he is part of the R&D Research Unit (UIDEF). He has been a professor at the University of Lisbon since 1988, until 2008 at the Faculty of Psychology and Educational Sciences. He is currently the academic director of the Master in Education and Training (e-Learning and EAD), also coordinating the Degree in Education and Training. His main research interests are related to Curriculum and Digital Technology and Innovation in Educational Practices and Learning Processes, having addressed in these areas 6 doctoral theses (7 in progress), 5 post-doctorates, 2 PhDs in Sandwich and 40 theses academic master's degree. At the international level, Fernando has so far coordinated Portuguese teams from different European research projects in the area of ​​pedagogical use of ICT, including projects on educational multimedia assessment, on innovative pedagogical practices, on electronic portfolios and professional development of teachers, on teacher help. in the creation of content for learning environments and on the development of digital skills of adult educators. At the national level, by the Ministry of Education, he was coordinator i) of the Distance Learning Project for Traveling Students; ii) the national study on ICT Teacher Skills; and iii) the Learning Outcomes Project in the area of ​​ICT for Students. More recently, he coordinated two R&D projects, both with the objective of promoting the integration of ICT in the practice of teachers and students, and the other with the objective of promoting digital literacy for adults. Currently, Fernando is part of the research team of the Game Course - Improving CollegeLearning with Gamification project. Fernando has more than one hundred publications (www.researchgate.net/profile/Fernando_Costa10), being a member of the editorial board of several international scientific journals, such as the Digital Education Review (http://revistes.ub.edu/index. Php / der ), and co-director of the first online scientific journal in the field of ICT in education and training published in Portugal.

  • Janaine Voltolini de Oliveira, , Universidade Estadual de Roraima - UERR

    Doutora em Geografia pela Universidade Federal do Ceará - UFC, mestre em Políticas Públicas pela Universidade Federal do Maranhão - UFMA e especialista em Meio Ambiente e Políticas Públicas pela Universidade Federal de Roraima - UFRR. Docente no curso de Serviço Social da Universidade Estadual de Roraima - UERR, assistente social do Tribunal de Justiça do Estado de Roraima - TJRR, atuando na 1ª e 2ª Varas da Infância e da Juventude - 1ª e 2ª VIJ/TJRR e integrante do Banco Nacional de Formadores da Escola Nacional de Formação e Aperfeiçoamento de Magistrados - ENFAM.

  • Melanie Kaline Truquete, Federal University of Roraima/UFRR, Universidade Federal de Roraima/UFRR

    Graduated from the Federal University of Roraima (UFRR) in Full Degree in Physics, with Postgraduate Stricto Sensu in the area of Condensed Matter Physics, with research aimed at the Study of Roraima Soils and Sediments and concentration of TRs ores. She has experience in Teaching for Basic, Technical and Technological Education; Itinerant activities; Teaching in distance learning, in the segments: Postgraduate Lato Sensu Teaching and Profuncionário Technical Teaching by Rede E-tec Brasil. She is currently a professor of Higher Education at the Federal University of Roraima, working in the Licentiate Course in Rural Education, working mainly on the following subjects: Physics Teaching, Education (in the field), Technological Innovations and Diversity.

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Connection and connectivity of public higher education academics in Roraima: Challenges and needs for implementing remote classes. Ambiente: Gestão e Desenvolvimento, [S. l.], v. 14, n. 1, p. 46–56, 2021. DOI: 10.24979/ambiente.v14i1.866. Disponível em: https://periodicos.uerr.edu.br/index.php/ambiente/article/view/866. Acesso em: 13 mar. 2026.

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