A Educação a distância na educação empresarial: Um estudo do EAD do Sebrae Nacional

Abstract

This research analyzes entrepreneurial education through e-learning from Sebrae (Nacional Brazilian Service of Support to Micro and Small Enterprises) as a possible survival factor for MSE's (micro and small enterprises) in the city of Rio de Janeiro. It addresses how the improvement of the entrepreneur's management through short/medium duration courses can imply the maintenance and/or growth of a small business. One of the main factors pointed out by small entrepreneurs who are not trained is the lack of time and resources, a context in which distance learning can facilitate the process, due to its flexibility. The research works with data from Open and Distance Learning (ODL) from Sebrae and entrepreneurs who consumed distance education in the period 2020 and 2021, covering a period that was determined by the advent of the global pandemic of Covid-19, in which social isolation was established, which provided a scenario of high consumption of this learning modality.