Sustainability and Distance Learning: A Diverse European Experience?

Autor/inn/en	Bell, Simon; Douce, Chris; Caeiro, Sandra; Teixeira, Antonio; Martín-Aranda, Rosa; Otto, Daniel
Titel	Sustainability and Distance Learning: A Diverse European Experience?
Quelle	In: Open Learning, 32 (2017) 2, S.95-102 (8 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Zusatzinformation	ORCID (Caeiro, Sandra) ORCID (Martín-Aranda, Rosa)
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0268-0513
DOI	10.1080/02680513.2017.1319638
Schlagwörter	Foreign Countries; Comparative Education; Sustainability; Distance Education; Higher Education; Barriers; Universities; Online Courses; Educational Trends; Futures (of Society); Interviews; Educational Change; Technology Uses in Education; School Location; Open Universities; Virtual Universities; United Kingdom; Portugal; Spain; Germany + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Ausland; Vergleichende Erziehungswissenschaft; Nachhaltigkeit; Distance study; Distance learning; Fernunterricht; Hochschulbildung; Hochschulsystem; Hochschulwesen; University; Universität; Online course; Online-Kurs; Bildungsentwicklung; Future; Society; Zukunft; Interviewing; Interviewtechnik; Bildungsreform; Technology enhanced learning; Technology aided learning; Technologieunterstütztes Lernen; Schulgelände; Offene Universität; Großbritannien; Spanien; Deutschland
Abstract	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. (As Provided).
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Update	2020/1/01