Knowledge sharing: the means used in the context of distance education

The objective of this Article is to identify and analyze the means by which the members of a graduate course in the modality the distance use to share knowledge. The research was conducted with agents of the undergraduate course the distance in Administration at Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina. 29 interviews was conduct with participants from six different functions within the course. As one of the main results, it was found that the knowledge sharing occurs spontaneously and also formally. As to the means used were identified if the e-mail, website, blogs, and chats, and social networks as a means mediated by information technology and the-face meetings as opportunities for sharing intense. And the presential support pole characterized as a appropriate environment for this process occurred.