Integration of ICT in STEM Education

Dear Colleagues,

This Special Issue aims to examine and discuss the role of ICT in STEM education, from the point of view of sustainability. The inclusion of ICT has a potential transformative effect on education. Firstly, it enhances science education by fostering an understanding of complex or remote concepts, easening inquiry and modelization processes, and facilitating the creative processes that are paramount in STEM. Furthermore, ICT can enhance information and raise awareness about socioscientific issues, and can also mediate and promote the 21st century skills required for effective ESD—creativity, cooperation, communication, and critical thinking. On other matters, ICT encourages innovation, and may grant universal access to knowledge, making more extensive and inclusive lifelong training possible, thus contributing to equity and balanced development.

ICT applications specifically related to STEM education, sensitive to sustainability issues might include citizen science programmes, investigative activities, creative design, or asynchronous learning programmes for modular and life-long initiatives.

Taking all of this into account, this monograph seeks to collect evidence-based proposals to meaningfully integrate ICT in STEM education, as well as theoretical contributions that can inform good educational practices with ICT for sustainable futures.

We invite you to contribute to this Issue by submitting research articles or comprehensive reviews in various fields. Papers selected for this Special Issue are subject to a rigorous peer-review procedure, with the aim of the rapid and wide dissemination of research results, developments, and applications.

References:

Zhou, C., Purushothaman, A., Rongbutsri, N. (2013). Facilitating sustainability of education by problem-based learning (PBL) and information and communication technology (ICT). International Journal of Emerging Technologies in Learning (IJET), 8(6), 50-54.

Makrakis, V., Larios, N., Kaliantzi, G. (2012). ICT-enabled climate change education for sustainable development across the school curriculum. Journal of Teacher Education for Sustainability, 14(2), 54-72.

Maris, S., Maris, S.A., Cojocariu, N., Humita, M. (2018) Using ICT support for STEM education in disadvantaged youth learning. 13TH INTERNATIONAL SYMPOSIUM ON ELECTRONICS AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS.

Herold, J.F, Ginestie, J. (2017). Using ICT in STEM Education: A Help or a Hindrance to Student Learning?. In: Levin, I., Tsybulskly, D. (Ed.) Digital Tools and Solutions for Inquiry-Based STEM Learning. IGI Global.

Dr. María Napal
Guest Editor

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