Adding the 'E-' to Learning for Sustainable Development: Challenges and Innovation

Sustainability 5, No. 6: 2609-2622

14 Pages Posted: 15 Jun 2013

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Matthias Barth

Leuphana University of Lueneburg

Simon Burandt

Leuphana University of Lueneburg - Dept. of Sustainability Sciences

Date Written: 2013

Abstract

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.

Keywords: education for sustainable development, e-learning, higher education, intercultural communication, interdisciplinarity, self-directed learning, problem-oriented learning, collaborative learning

Suggested Citation

Barth, Matthias and Burandt, Simon, Adding the 'E-' to Learning for Sustainable Development: Challenges and Innovation (2013). Sustainability 5, No. 6: 2609-2622, Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=2278876

Matthias Barth (Contact Author)

Leuphana University of Lueneburg ( email )

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Lüneburg, 21335
Germany

Simon Burandt

Leuphana University of Lueneburg - Dept. of Sustainability Sciences ( email )

Scharnhorststrasse 1
Lüneburg, 21314
Germany

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