Brazil’s Universidade de Santo Amaro Taps Loral Skynet for Distance Learning

BEDMINSTER, NJ, Nov. 8, 2005/Satnews Daily/ — Brazil's Universidade de Santo Amaro (UNISA), São Paulo, has selected Loral Skynet do Brasil to support its UNISA Digital distance learning initiative using Skynet's Ku-band Estrela do Sul-1 satellite. 

To be launched soon, UNISA's service will make available a wide array of general and technical courses at four locations, expanding to over 100 locations throughout Brazil by February 2006. Courses will originate from UNISA's main campus in São Paulo using the Estrela do Sul-1 satellite as the communications platform for thousands of students using UNISA's interactive, e-learning application.

“In what was once an all C-band market, Brazilian organizations are more and more often turning to Ku-band to meet their satellite communications requirements,” said Patrick K. Brant, president, Loral Skynet. “Skynet's agreement with UNISA Digital will provide thousands of Brazilians with access to affordable, high-quality education regardless of their location.”

The UNISA Digital project employs local mini-colleges, called Poles, which manage the academic activities in each community. The Poles have facilities for classroom teaching, IT lab access and a connection to the UNISA system. Most of the curriculum is e-learning with multimedia and class recordings from studios in São Paulo.

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