The Role of Digital Technologies in Sustainable Education
A special issue of Sustainability (ISSN 2071-1050). This special issue belongs to the section "Sustainable Education and Approaches".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 30 September 2024 | Viewed by 1913
Special Issue Editor
Interests: the use of technology in education and public acceptance of various socio-scientific practises
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
The education sector, from kindergarten to universities, together with the various entrepreneurial sectors that complement it, forms a vast and complex system, in every sense of the word. It is not only a producer of knowledge, skills, and attitudes towards sustainability, but also a consumer of resources that require effective and sustainable solutions. The Sustainable Development Goals established by the United Nations see the education sector as a key player on the road to a sustainable future. While much is known about the potential and actual role of formal and informal education in sustainability and its role in solving environmental, social, and economic problems (sustainability education), much less is known about the “greening” of the education sector (sustainable education). The role of the education sector is not only to disseminate knowledge about sustainability, but also to be responsible for implementing sustainable practises to optimise outcomes while minimising resource use without compromising quality.
The aim of the Special Issue entitled “The role of digital technologies in sustainable education" is to gather current research and reviews from different disciplinary perspectives on how sustainable education works or should work to revolutionise educational systems and practises. One strategic way to achieve this goal is to meaningfully integrate digital technologies into education in its broadest sense to make it more effective and environmentally friendly. The aim is therefore to identify practices and ideas supported by digital technology that are consistent with the principles of sustainability and enable not only students but also educators and institutions to adopt environmentally conscious, socially aware, and economically viable lifestyles and aspirations at individual, course, institutional, campus, and whole education levels at all formal and informal levels.
In summary, the focus of the discourse in the Special Issue entitled 'The role of digital technologies in sustainable education" is to provide an overview of the current landscape of knowledge and practises in the field of sustainable education, understood as actions taken to make each part of the educational system sustainable.
In this Special Issue, original research articles and reviews are welcome. Research areas may include (but are not limited to) the following:
- critical reflection on the role and use of specific digital technologies and their applications in sustainable education;
- innovative digital technologies (e.g., artificial intelligence) and their applications in sustainable education;
- assessed examples of digital technologies used by educational institutions in the context of sustainability;
- identification of promoters and repressors in the implementation of sustainable education;
- new theoretical models or adaptation of existing models (e.g., TAM, UTAUT, TPACK) as predictors of actual behaviour of specific populations related to the topic;
- sustainable teaching practises supported by digital technologies;
- sustainable management practises supported by digital technologies in the context of the theme;
- curriculum issues linking digital technologies and sustainable education;
- green schools and campuses;
- digitally supported renovations of historic buildings.
I look forward to receiving your contributions.
Prof. Dr. Andrej Šorgo
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- digital technologies
- sustainable education
- sustainability development goals
- educational system
- green education
