The PPGDesign in line with the goals of distance education has been gradually entering this field. In 2010 Prof.. J. Marconi Souza participated in distance education course on UFPR promoted, and the Center for Design and developed Sustentable actions related to the teaching of sustainability through the Consortium LENS South America through a series of exchange activities between the partner institutions. LENS The consortium aims to produce jointly a package of Open E-Learning (a modular and adaptable package for the development of curricula with materials and design tools for teachers, as well as guides for courses design and implementation in various contexts). Also since 2008, the NDS has developed with Prof.. Dr. Aguinaldo dos Santos module online Corporate Social Responsibility & Design now available on the website of this network (www.lens.polimi.it), which is comprised of the Politecnico di Milano institutions Unversity, Department INDACO (Italy), Delft University of Technology, Industrial Design Engineering (Netherlands), University of Art and Design Helsinki, School of Design (Finland), Indian Institute of Technology New Delli, Department of Humanities & Social Sciences (India, Srishti School of Art, Design and Technology (India) , Tsinghua University, Industrial Design Department, Academy of Arts & Design (China), King Mongkut’s Institute of Technology Ladkrabang, Faculty of Architecture, Department of Industrial Design (Thailand).

In addition to distance learning, the program’s practice to virtual participation of external examiners in the online qualification via skype stalls, as well as the participation of researchers from institutions in other regions of Brazil and / or abroad in the discussions in this format. This has optimized resources on travel and per diem cost of the program and shown to be a healthy practice and with good results. An example is the implementation of the Department of Human PPGS the ‘skype kit’ from the positive experience of the Graduate Program in Design. In 2010 as well as stalls, virtual interviews were also conducted online (skype) in the selection process for candidates with a Masters in remote areas of Curitiba and justified the failure to face interview. Some orientation meetings were also conducted via skype with masters who reside in neighboring states and found themselves unable to come to UFPR on the dates scheduled by advisors. As an example, the guidelines had master’s student Fernanda Pozza fortnightly and quarterly virtual classroom with Dr. Carla Spinillo in 2010.

It is worth mentioning that the program has at its disposal a Video-Conference Room, located in the Education Sector UFPR, Building D. Pedro I, 2nd floor (same building as the PPGDesign), which is part of Ipe Network, an infrastructure of the Internet focused on the Brazilian community of teaching and research.