Distance Learning in an International Context: A Case of Success

Abstract

From 2020, due to the COVID-19 pandemic and its aggravation, the whole world turned to the transfer of information, that is, from the onsite to the distance learning modality, which involved a series of technological adjustments and mechanisms. However, such mechanisms of assisted technology are not recent, and it is possible to get a detailed observation over more than two decades of development of the most different possibilities and formats. Currently, adhesion is massive in everything that involves the virtual learning environment, and much is discussed about all stages of the processes. Thus, this article aims to demonstrate the importance of internationalization in the context of distance learning, through the analysis of a case study that consists of a set of partnerships involving the Training Institute of Portuguese Speaking Countries (Portugal), the Federal University of Rio de Janeiro (Brazil), through its School of Music and School of Communication, and the Arts National Foundation (Brazil), when conducting a course in Photography and Digital Image. This was the first product of the partnership between the institutions in this context, and because it was a success, the decision was made to report, through this article, its development, and the respective results obtained.