Sustainable Education: Digital Transformation Toward Online Learning
A special issue of Sustainability (ISSN 2071-1050). This special issue belongs to the section "Sustainable Education and Approaches".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (25 February 2026) | Viewed by 1713
Special Issue Editors
Interests: flexible education, assessment and e-folios; information literacy and integration; online learning communities and environments
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Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
This Special Issue analyses the transformative potential of digital technologies in relation to sustainable education, more specifically focusing on online and blended learning. Its focus is on understanding how digital transformation supports the provision of equitable, inclusive, and lifelong learning opportunities while simultaneously considering the importance of sustainability in education systems more broadly.
Focus: This issue will focus on innovative practices, policies, and research surrounding sustainable education through digital platforms, tools, and pedagogies.
Topics: Contributions may address topics such as online learning design, digital equity, sustainable e-learning ecosystem design, teacher professional development, integration of AI, digital inclusion legacies, and digital inclusion strategies in various educational contexts (K–12, higher education, adult learning, etc.).
Aim: The aim is to encourage interdisciplinary conversations about how digital transformation might help education (or not) to become a more resilient, inclusive, and responsive system for the planet, society, and economies, to address global issues such as climate change, social disparities, and training of the workforce. This issue contributes to the existing literature by addressing the intersections of educational technology and sustainability studies as well as pedagogical innovation. It builds upon previous work focusing on long-term sustainable implications, particularly in response to lessons learned as a result of the global pivot to online education during and after COVID-19.
Prof. Dr. Harrison Hao Yang
Dr. Sha Zhu
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- sustainable education
- digital transformation
- online learning
- educational equity
- e-learning ecosystems
- teacher professional development
- blended learning
- digital inclusion
- AI in education
- educational policy and innovation
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