Estrategias para Incentivar la Participación de Alumnos en Educación a Distancia

Distance Education in Brazil has grown significantly over the last years. Just as in traditional courses, the activities of Distance Education also have students dropout. This paper presents a proposal for the application of motivational strategies adopted to encourage participation of members of Communities of Practice to the activities of Distance Education as an approach to promote participation and reduce the dropout of students in distance courses. Taking as a starting point a literature review of the study of the barriers and the motivating factors in virtual communities, it is proposed and justified the adoption of a strategy based on these factors, to minimize the causes of students dropout in Distance Education.