Digital Teaching and Development in Sustainable Higher Education

Dear Colleagues,

Higher education institutions play a vital role in shaping future leaders. In today's world, sustainable development has become a fundamental objective in various sectors, including higher education. It is crucial to integrate sustainability into educational frameworks to foster a generation capable of addressing complex environmental, social, and economic challenges.

At the same time, integrating digital teaching and development has revolutionised educational methodologies, offering tools and platforms that can enhance learning and teaching. The convergence of sustainability in higher education and digital teaching and development creates a promising opportunity for educators and institutions to break through geographical barriers, use innovative teaching techniques, and provide students with learning experiences centred around sustainability principles.

In this Special Issue, we invite contributions of original research articles and reviews that explore the intersection of sustainability in higher education and digital teaching and development. We seek scholarly articles elucidating innovative approaches and theoretical frameworks that advance the integration of sustainability into digital learning environments.

Research areas may include (but are not limited to) the following:

• Digital curriculum development for sustainability integration.
• Online resource management and accessibility for sustainable education.
• Remote teaching and learning technologies for reduced carbon footprint.
• Virtual laboratories and simulations for sustainable science education.
• Digital assessment and feedback methods for sustainable evaluation.
• Remote collaboration and project-based learning for sustainable development.
• Role of authoring tools in sustainable content creation.
• Social media in sustainable higher education.
• Virtual reality and augmented reality for immersive sustainable education.
• Mobile learning applications for sustainable education.
• Open educational resources and sustainable knowledge sharing.

I look forward to receiving your contributions.

Dr. Naser Sedghi
Guest Editor

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• sustainability integration
• online learning
• digital pedagogy
• virtual reality
• augmented reality
• open educational resources