Sustainability and distance learning: a diverse European experience?
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Resumo: | Higher Education (HE) is experiencing disruption from technologies, demographics, the globalising world and longer life expectancy. Historically Higher Education has had a legacy of being seen as the requirement for an educated ‘elite’, there has been a policy ambition set in various countries (including the UK) for it to become the expectation for much wider segments of the population as a whole. As students become ‘everyone’ and learning becomes ‘all the time’ Distance Teaching and Research Institutions have a tremendous opportunity but there are also many disruptions and barriers to overcome. Higher Education institutions have an important role within Education for Sustainable Development and sustainable lifestyles; one of the important goals and targets of the United Nations Sustainable Development goals for 2030. Higher Education can contribute to sustainability in many ways – social, technical and environmental; globally and locally. In particular distance-learning universities due to the flexibility in the learning process, use of technologies, and inter-disciplinary approach to teaching and learning, constitute key factors in education for sustainable development. But what will this contribution look like? In this paper, the responses from senior leaders in four major European distance-learning universities are presented, compared and discussed. The tentative conclusions draw out some strategic imperatives for sustainable higher education in the twenty first century |
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Sustainability and distance learning: a diverse European experience?Education for sustainable developmentHigher educationDistance learningEuropeBarriersEuropean perspectiveDisruptionODS::04:Educação de QualidadeODS::09:Indústria, Inovação e InfraestruturasODS::11:Cidades e Comunidades SustentáveisODS::12:Produção e Consumo SustentáveisODS::17:Parcerias para a Implementação dos ObjetivosHigher Education (HE) is experiencing disruption from technologies, demographics, the globalising world and longer life expectancy. Historically Higher Education has had a legacy of being seen as the requirement for an educated ‘elite’, there has been a policy ambition set in various countries (including the UK) for it to become the expectation for much wider segments of the population as a whole. As students become ‘everyone’ and learning becomes ‘all the time’ Distance Teaching and Research Institutions have a tremendous opportunity but there are also many disruptions and barriers to overcome. Higher Education institutions have an important role within Education for Sustainable Development and sustainable lifestyles; one of the important goals and targets of the United Nations Sustainable Development goals for 2030. Higher Education can contribute to sustainability in many ways – social, technical and environmental; globally and locally. In particular distance-learning universities due to the flexibility in the learning process, use of technologies, and inter-disciplinary approach to teaching and learning, constitute key factors in education for sustainable development. But what will this contribution look like? In this paper, the responses from senior leaders in four major European distance-learning universities are presented, compared and discussed. The tentative conclusions draw out some strategic imperatives for sustainable higher education in the twenty first centuryRepositório AbertoBell, SimonDouce, ChrisCaeiro, SandraTeixeira, AntónioMartin-Aranda, Rosa M.Otto, Daniel2020-03-04T15:47:53Z2017-05-042020-02-27T21:59:09Z2017-05-04T00:00:00Zinfo:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersioninfo:eu-repo/semantics/articleapplication/pdfhttp://hdl.handle.net/10400.2/9426por0268-0513 (Print)cv-prod-53354510.1080/02680513.2017.1319638info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessreponame:Repositório Científico de Acesso Aberto de Portugal (Repositórios Cientìficos)instname:Agência para a Sociedade do Conhecimento (UMIC) - FCT - Sociedade da Informaçãoinstacron:RCAAP2023-11-16T15:32:28Zoai:repositorioaberto.uab.pt:10400.2/9426Portal AgregadorONGhttps://www.rcaap.pt/oai/openaireopendoar:71602024-03-19T22:49:12.819119Repositório Científico de Acesso Aberto de Portugal (Repositórios Cientìficos) - Agência para a Sociedade do Conhecimento (UMIC) - FCT - Sociedade da Informaçãofalse |
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Sustainability and distance learning: a diverse European experience? |
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Sustainability and distance learning: a diverse European experience? |
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Sustainability and distance learning: a diverse European experience? Bell, Simon Education for sustainable development Higher education Distance learning Europe Barriers European perspective Disruption ODS::04:Educação de Qualidade ODS::09:Indústria, Inovação e Infraestruturas ODS::11:Cidades e Comunidades Sustentáveis ODS::12:Produção e Consumo Sustentáveis ODS::17:Parcerias para a Implementação dos Objetivos |
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Sustainability and distance learning: a diverse European experience? |
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Sustainability and distance learning: a diverse European experience? |
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Sustainability and distance learning: a diverse European experience? |
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Sustainability and distance learning: a diverse European experience? |
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Sustainability and distance learning: a diverse European experience? |
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Bell, Simon |
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Bell, Simon Douce, Chris Caeiro, Sandra Teixeira, António Martin-Aranda, Rosa M. Otto, Daniel |
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Douce, Chris Caeiro, Sandra Teixeira, António Martin-Aranda, Rosa M. Otto, Daniel |
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Repositório Aberto |
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Bell, Simon Douce, Chris Caeiro, Sandra Teixeira, António Martin-Aranda, Rosa M. Otto, Daniel |
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Education for sustainable development Higher education Distance learning Europe Barriers European perspective Disruption ODS::04:Educação de Qualidade ODS::09:Indústria, Inovação e Infraestruturas ODS::11:Cidades e Comunidades Sustentáveis ODS::12:Produção e Consumo Sustentáveis ODS::17:Parcerias para a Implementação dos Objetivos |
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Education for sustainable development Higher education Distance learning Europe Barriers European perspective Disruption ODS::04:Educação de Qualidade ODS::09:Indústria, Inovação e Infraestruturas ODS::11:Cidades e Comunidades Sustentáveis ODS::12:Produção e Consumo Sustentáveis ODS::17:Parcerias para a Implementação dos Objetivos |
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Higher Education (HE) is experiencing disruption from technologies, demographics, the globalising world and longer life expectancy. Historically Higher Education has had a legacy of being seen as the requirement for an educated ‘elite’, there has been a policy ambition set in various countries (including the UK) for it to become the expectation for much wider segments of the population as a whole. As students become ‘everyone’ and learning becomes ‘all the time’ Distance Teaching and Research Institutions have a tremendous opportunity but there are also many disruptions and barriers to overcome. Higher Education institutions have an important role within Education for Sustainable Development and sustainable lifestyles; one of the important goals and targets of the United Nations Sustainable Development goals for 2030. Higher Education can contribute to sustainability in many ways – social, technical and environmental; globally and locally. In particular distance-learning universities due to the flexibility in the learning process, use of technologies, and inter-disciplinary approach to teaching and learning, constitute key factors in education for sustainable development. But what will this contribution look like? In this paper, the responses from senior leaders in four major European distance-learning universities are presented, compared and discussed. The tentative conclusions draw out some strategic imperatives for sustainable higher education in the twenty first century |
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