Made available in DSpace on 2014-12-17T15:53:15Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 JoaoRTB.pdf: 336138 bytes, checksum: 9b4ba6bdeac81481a2f150f62f2c5f42 (MD5) Previous issue date: 2006-05-19 / This study has as main objective to verify the proportionality of the costs with elaboration of didactic material and costs with tutelage and instruction incurred in a higher education institution, located in national territory, and that offers a degree course in the education area in the modality of EaD online. The purpose of the measurement of this proportionality of the costs was of answering these they are, among other, the relevant costs incurred by the institution research object. This is a research of exploratory stamp whose methodological procedure adopted for your development, in what it refers the collection, analysis of the data and the investigation means, it is the case study, as well as the documental and bibliographical research. The found results indicate that the costs with elaboration of didactic material and the costs with tutelage and instruction are relevant, however they are not the only ones considered as such. The costs involved with acquisition and operation of specific softwares they also constitute an relevant costs. The structure of the costs can be altered in agreement with the analyzed period and in agreement with the characteristics of synchronism of the offered course. It was also verified that the technology used in this education modality it ends up generating additional costs incurred with professionals of specific knowledge in technology / Este estudo tem como objetivo principal verificar a representatividade dos custos com elabora??o de material did?tico e custos com tutoria e instru??o incorridos em uma institui??o de ensino superior, localizada em territ?rio nacional, e que oferece um curso de gradua??o na ?rea de educa??o na modalidade de EaD online. O prop?sito da medi??o desta representatividade dos custos foi de responder se estes s?o, entre outros, os custos relevantes incorridos pela institui??o objeto de pesquisa. Trata-se de uma pesquisa de cunho explorat?rio cujo procedimento metodol?gico adotado para o seu desenvolvimento, no que se refere a coleta, an?lise dos dados e os meios de investiga??o, ? o estudo de caso, bem como a pesquisa documental e bibliogr?fica. Os resultados encontrados indicam que os custos com elabora??o de material did?tico e os custos com tutoria e instru??o s?o relevantes, entretanto n?o s?o os ?nicos considerados como tal. Os custos envolvidos com aquisi??o e opera??o de softwares espec?ficos constituem tamb?m um custo relevante. A estrutura dos custos pode ser alterada de acordo com o per?odo analisado e de acordo com as caracter?sticas de sincronismo do curso oferecido. Verificou-se tamb?m que a tecnologia utilizada nesta modalidade de educa??o acaba gerando custos adicionais incorridos com profissionais de conhecimento espec?fico em tecnologia