TIM Tec

About the initiative

TIM Tec (cursos.timtec.com.br) is a virtual platform that offers distance learning courses of the MOOC type (massive open online courses) so that any person, from anywhere, can increase his/her skills and knowledge, enhancing his/her professional opportunities through education.

Each course is divided into classes, and each class is divided into chapters. The student watches the video-class, performs the corresponding activities and verifies the supplementary materials available. By the end of the course, those who have watched all classes and have performed all supplementary activities receive a 40-hour certification. The courses are intended for teachers, entrepreneurs, programmers, developers, but can also be accessed by people who wish to learn to write better or simply know more about a certain subject.

TIM Tec is the first MOOC platform developed entirely in Brazil. The platform’s source software is free github.com/institutotim/timtec and can be replicated by other institutions who wish to have their own online courses platform. The 30 courses created by Instituto TIM are published under Creative Commons International License 4.0 (CC-BY 4.0) and can be reused by other organizations.

Through a partnership with the Department of Professional and Technological Education of the Ministry of Education (Setec/MEC), the TIM Tec software became the official base software for MOOC platforms of e-Tec Brasil Network – which gathers federal institutes, Education departments, universities and other institutions that offer professional and technological education in distance learning modality.