DISTANCE EDUCATION AND MULTICULTURAL TRAINING: BRAZIL-JAPAN EXPERIENCES

Abstract

This paper aims to report an experience of multicultural training in an extension project of the Federal University of Mato Grosso, entitled Public Management and Education in a Perspective of Multicultural Training, linked to the National Program of Public Administration (PNAP), carried out in partnership with the University of Tokai, Japan. The results make it possible to analyze aspects related to the technical customization of a multicultural VLE, the experience of management teams, the challenges and positive points of the interactions that occur between people from different countries and cultures. These results show that the Digital Technologies of Communication and Communication facilitated the study processes, as well as the practices of interaction and communication between Brazilian and Japanese students and teachers.