Sustainable Development of Online Learning Practices and Emerging Technologies in Education
A special issue of Sustainability (ISSN 2071-1050). This special issue belongs to the section "Sustainable Education and Approaches".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (12 February 2024) | Viewed by 32062
Special Issue Editor
2. School Organization and Special Didactics, National University of Distance Education, UNED, Didactics, 28040 Madrid, Spain
Interests: educational technology; elementary education; didactics; teaching methods
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
In recent years, the use of online the modality has become habitual in training and learning mode in the daily life of citizens and students. The increase in users and the spread of internet education requires the use of good practices and an innovative implementation based on methodologies and emerging technologies that improve interactions and pedagogical processes. There are many current challenges facing online education, e.g., technological integration, data, artificial intelligence, learning analytics, implementation of active and participatory methodologies, playful approaches, augmented reality, robotics, among other attractive and dynamic approaches for students. In short, online teaching must consider active methods consistent with the classic ideas of Dewey and the New School and work to combat the inconveniences of isolation and abandonment that online practices suffer from at times. Correct selection and content sequencing, with the appropriate attractive resources and some dynamic and participatory approaches, will encourage students to be committed and motivated. Thus, it is essential to compile studies that provide a dynamic vision of the technological application of an activate approach to online teaching, with the use of emerging technologies and the development of technological, methodological and pedagogical coherence.
The general focus of the proposal is to assess the current challenges of online education, with the use of emerging technologies and active approaches (Artificial Intelligence, Learning Analytics, implementation of active and participatory methodologies, playful approaches). The scope is international so that it is of interest in any context in which online practices are implemented with a practical, effective and innovative vision.
Dr. José Manuel Sáez López
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- active learning
- educational technology
- emerging technologies
- online learning
- learning analytics
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