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Supporting Sustainable Policy and Practices for Online Learning Education

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Climate Literacy and Innovations in Climate Change Education

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This chapter describes an approach to the adoption of online learning in Higher Education. It is particularly relevant for readers interested in Online and Distance Learning initiatives that enact an agenda of climate change education through being sustainable and future proof. We present a pathway for ensuring sustainable educational initiatives, drawing from research that identifies crucial factors in this endeavour. In particular, it addresses how the adoption of Online and Distance Learning can be used as a catalyst for changing the pedagogical paradigm of universities and how this change may impact on the development of new policies and guidelines. In this chapter we report on how policy, guidelines and professional development can be designed for sustainable and consistent learning design and teaching practices.

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  1. Learning and Teaching Enhancement Centre, Kingston University, Kingston Hill Campus, London, UK

    Diogo Casanova

  2. Academic and Organisational Development, University of Bedforshire, Luton Campus, Luton, UK

    Linda Price

  3. Faculty of Business, Kingston University, Kingston Hill Campus, London, UK

    Barry Avery

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  1. Department of Biology & CESAM, Centre fo, University of Aveiro Department of Biology & CESAM, Centre fo, Aveiro, Portugal

    Ulisses M. Azeiteiro

  2. School of Science and Environment, Manchester Metropolitan University, Manchester, United Kingdom

    Walter Leal Filho

  3. Dept. of Education and Distance Learning, Universidade Aberta , Porto, Portugal

    Luísa Aires

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Casanova, D., Price, L., Avery, B. (2018). Supporting Sustainable Policy and Practices for Online Learning Education. In: Azeiteiro, U., Leal Filho, W., Aires, L. (eds) Climate Literacy and Innovations in Climate Change Education. Climate Change Management. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-70199-8_19

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