Acceptance and resistance to distance education: reflections on experiences of employees of a company located in southern Brazil

Abstract

Acceptance and resistance to distance education: reflections on experiences of employees of a company located in southern brazil This research presents a study on the acceptance and resistance to Distance Education (DE) in the corporate context. Empirical data were obtained through interviews with employees of a large company located in the northern region of Santa Catarina. The results indicated that the employees that were interviewed are more inclined to “accept” the DE’s as opposed to “resist” to it. It should be noted that although this study presents only a sample scenario of Corporate Education at Distance of this company, it brings significant contributions. However, it is emphasized that, in dealing with another group of students or other type of course, new changes of categories of acceptance or resistance may appear, emerging, thus, new surveys and interpretations of data.