INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATION SYSTEM: CHALLENGES FOR BRAZILIAN PUBLIC UNIVERSITIES IN THE FACE OF THE COVID-19 PANDEMIC

• DOI: 10.22533/at.ed.1593222329034

• Palavras-chave: Education. Pandemic. Information and communication system.

• Keywords: Education. Pandemic. Information and communication system.

• Abstract:

  The COVID-19 pandemic has negatively impacted all sectors of society around the world with significant challenges, in particular for Brazilian public universities with regard to the use of information and communication systems. There was a need to cancel face-to-face classes and institutions had to adapt quickly to offer emergency remote teaching to ensure the continuity of academic activities. In this context, the objective of this article was to reflect on the challenges imposed by the COVID-19 pandemic, on Brazilian education as a whole, with a focus on universities of the public network, and the use of Information Systems and Technology and of communication. For that, we used the bibliographical research with articles and publications extracted online, with a qualitative approach, using the following isolated or associated keywords in Portuguese and English: Pandemia, COVID-19, Challenges, Perspectives, Universities. Information and communication technology is an essential tool in the teaching-learning process at Universities, especially nowadays, when we need to face the pandemic, but with quality in education, in view of the need to overcome all challenges, since taxes and those that are surely yet to come.