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ICT in Education for Sustainable Development in Higher Education

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ICT Systems and Sustainability

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The purpose of this paper is to explore and encapsulate the ICT enablers that can facilitate education for sustainability in higher education and to understand the interrelationship between these enablers. This study contributes to the literature survey of the developments so far in the successful incorporation of ICT in sustainable education. This paper discusses the process of shifting to the new paradigm learning from some of the successful ICT initiatives implemented by universities across the globe. The results of this study will assist the policymakers and management of universities and colleges in understanding important ICT enablers that can facilitate sustainability in higher education.

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  1. Amrita School of Business, Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham, Coimbatore, India

    Shalini Menon & M. Suresh

  2. Department of Zoology, Government Victoria College, Palakkad, India

    S. Lakshmi Priyadarsini

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  2. ITM University, Gwalior, India

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  3. Global Knowledge Research Foundation, Ahmedabad, India

    Amit Joshi

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Menon, S., Suresh, M., Lakshmi Priyadarsini, S. (2020). ICT in Education for Sustainable Development in Higher Education. In: Tuba, M., Akashe, S., Joshi, A. (eds) ICT Systems and Sustainability. Advances in Intelligent Systems and Computing, vol 1077. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-15-0936-0_13

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