1 Artigo THE DISTANCE LEARNING TUTOR AND HIS / HER TRAINING TO WORK IN VIRTUAL LEARNING ENVIRONMENTS (original) (raw)

is paper aims at describing the implementation of a tutor training course enabling them to work in virtual learning environments of Distance Education (DE) programs o ered by a federal higher education institution in the State of Rio de Janeiro. It also presents a brief review of the literature on the subject, as well as the tutor skills considered essential for students to be able to learn autonomously. ese theoretical contributions serve as a support for us to discuss the model chosen for the Distance Education Tutor Training Course o ered by such institution. rough an exploratory study of the course participants, we found that the course is an e cient training strategy for people who intend to work in distance education, more speci cally, as distance tutors. We also found the course is in line with the proposals suggested in the literature.