title: [Transdisciplinarity in distance education: a new paradigm in Nursing education].
abstract: This article aimed to reflect on the need of applying transdisciplinarity in distance education, since it presumes a new model, transition, change, and transformation. The goal of distance education is the supportive use in virtual and interactive learning environments, allowing the integration of multiple media tools, in an organized manner, to the production, interaction and knowledge socialization elaboration. In Brazil, nursing education has several experiences in using distance education with promising results, demonstrating good acceptance on the part of students and improvements on teaching-learning process.
authors.affiliation: INACI Associação de Ensino, Universidade de São Paulo, Escola de Enfermagem, Grupo de Estudos e Pesquisas deTecnologia da Informação nos Processos de Trabalho em Enfermagem, São Paulo, Brasil.
authors.forename: Thaís Yamasaki de Campos
authors.initials: TY
authors.lastname: Martins
authors.forename: Rita de Cássia
authors.initials: Rde C
authors.lastname: Ribeiro
authors.forename: Cláudia
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Prado
mesh_terms: D020375:Education, Distance; D004506:Education, Nursing / Q000379:methods*; D033183:Interdisciplinary Communication