A expansão da educação a distância no município de Parnaíba - PI : uma proposta de ação extensionista visando a brinquedoteca virtual

Abstract

This work aims to show the importance of technology and university extension practices in higher education in distance learning courses. In order to encourage the creation of an alternative space for the inclusion of access to university extension through a prototype of a virtual toy library promoting knowledge, playfulness and learning for the experience of teachers and extension students of the Pedagogy course, reflect on the view of students of the Distance Learning Degree in Pedagogy on the importance of participating in extension projects, focusing on the extension project of the Leonardo da Vinci University UNIASSELVI. It presents the historicity of University Extension in Brazil and at UNIASSELVI, in order to understand its objective and function in the panorama of higher education. This is an applied research, exploratory in nature, with a qualitative approach.To carry out this investigation, a bibliographic research was chosen that allowed the extraction of sources related to the theme of the research, published in books, scientific journals and documentary research. This research is still considered field, with emphasis on the state of knowledge or state of the art. The survey of research and publications on virtual toy libraries were researched through the following portals: The Scientific Electronic Library Online (Scielo), Brazilian Digital Library of Theses and Dissertations (BDTD) and the catalog of Theses and Dissertations of the Coordination for the Improvement of Higher Education Personnel (CAPES), considering the last five years (2014-2019). The data collection instruments chosen to carry out the research are the State of the Art and documentary observation and semi-structured interviews. The subjects of this research were the professors and extension students of UNIASSELVI, Parnaíba-PI pole, who participated in the Project of University Extension "Toy Library: space of knowledge and playful experiences". With this research it is expected to create a prototype of a Virtual Toy Library and contribute to reflections on university extension as a space for teaching, scientific research and learning, favoring the construction of extension projects in distance education courses