UMA ANÁLISE EXPLORATÓRIA DAS CONTRIBUIÇÕES DOS PROJETOS EXTENSIONISTAS EM TECNOLOGIA DA INFORMAÇÃO NO CAMPUS CERES DO IF GOIANO

Abstract

The landscape of Brazilian Higher Education, based on the inseparability of Teaching, Research, and Extension, has been reconfigured by curricularization, which requires 10% of the workload to be dedicated to extension activities. At the Federal Institute of Goiás (IF Goiano), the lack of a systematic mapping of Information Technology (IT) initiatives limits visibility and strategic planning. This work aimed to map, organize, and analyze the IT extension projects developed at IF Goiano, evaluating their profiles and impacts. Methodologically, the research is characterized as exploratory and descriptive, with a qualitative-quantitative approach. The data (2017-2025) were extracted from the SUAP platform and analyzed using the GQM (Goal-Question-Metric) approach, utilizing Google Sheets for quantitative analyses (distribution, frequency) and Iramuteq for qualitative analyses (thematic focus). The results revealed robust growth in projects post-2017, aligned with the institutional mission, focusing on the areas of "Multidisciplinary," "Technology and Production," and "Education." The Ceres Campus stood out as the second largest proponent (19.8%), with a strong orientation towards teaching computing to the external community and social inclusion, particularly of women and girls. The main practical contribution is the curation of SetExtensão, an anonymized dataset. It is concluded that the mapping was achieved, and to future work, should focus on conducting qualitative studies with the target audience to measure effective social transformation and suggesting improvements to the registration systems.