TY - JOUR

T1 - Adding the “e-” to Learning for Sustainable Development

T2 - Challenges and Innovation

AU - Barth, Matthias

AU - Burandt, Simon

PY - 2013/6/13

Y1 - 2013/6/13

N2 - Education for sustainability (EfS) poses new challenges to higher education as it necessitates various shifts: from teacher- to learner-centered pedagogies, from input- to output-orientation and from a focus on content to problem-solving and process orientation. E-learning, which follows the principles of situated, constructivist learning, addresses some of these challenges and offers opportunities to design powerful learning environments for EfS. In this conceptual paper, we elaborate characteristics of such e-learning environments that support competence development and education for sustainability. To illustrate and support our line of reasoning we use three mini case studies of our own educational praxis and critically discuss opportunities and threats of such e-learning settings.

AB - Education for sustainability (EfS) poses new challenges to higher education as it necessitates various shifts: from teacher- to learner-centered pedagogies, from input- to output-orientation and from a focus on content to problem-solving and process orientation. E-learning, which follows the principles of situated, constructivist learning, addresses some of these challenges and offers opportunities to design powerful learning environments for EfS. In this conceptual paper, we elaborate characteristics of such e-learning environments that support competence development and education for sustainability. To illustrate and support our line of reasoning we use three mini case studies of our own educational praxis and critically discuss opportunities and threats of such e-learning settings.

KW - Sustainability sciences, Communication

KW - Education for sustainable development

KW - e-learning

KW - higher education

KW - Intercultural communication

KW - Interdisciplinarity

KW - Problem-oriented learning

KW - Collaborative learning

UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=84882748232&partnerID=8YFLogxK

UR - https://www.mendeley.com/catalogue/75331ce4-cf47-347d-b3e6-ea2a835de5b8/

U2 - 10.3390/su5062609

DO - 10.3390/su5062609

M3 - Journal articles

VL - 5

SP - 2609

EP - 2622

JO - Sustainability

JF - Sustainability

SN - 2071-1050

IS - 6

ER -