The information management in the distance education: a description of a trainee experience: description of an internship experience

Abstract

From the context of Information Society and the new challenges of the professional formation, the objective of this work is to describe and discuss a professionalizing traineeship experience in the area of Information Management in the context of the Distance Education, analyzing its limits, possibilities and impacts from the presentation of the practical activities developed by the students. Four students of the Information Science course from a public university had participated in the study throughout three years. The activities of Information Management, development, verification, control and maintenance of the virtual environment are described, among others activities of support in the implementation of new courses and tools in Distance Education. With the experience of these trainees on the three years time, they had acquired knowledge and technical expertise for the performance in the area of Information Management, making possible the construction of a qualified agent to investigate questions as the impacts of the new information technologies in the education process and learning. Finally, these students acquire a perspective vision of what it is Information Management in a company of the education area, starting to reflect from its experiences, in attention to the renewed challenges of the work market and of a society in constant transformation, as well as the information.