Author, as appears in the article.: Cebrian, Gisela; Palau, Ramon; Mogas, Jordi
Department: Pedagogia
URV's Author/s: Cebrián Bernat, Gisela / Mogas Recalde, Jordi / Palau Martin, Ramon Felix
Keywords: Thinking Teaching and learning methods Sustainable development Sustainability Sostenibilitat Smart learning environments Smart education Smart classroom Quality Learning-environment Learning environments Key competences Impact Higher-education Education for sustainable development Design Desenvolupament sostenible Competencies Campus Acoustics análisis en un ambiente de incertidumbre
Abstract: © 2020 by the authors. Educational institutions are envisioned as principal agents for addressing the current sustainability challenge that society is facing. Education for Sustainable Development (ESD) is transformational and concerns learning content and outcomes, pedagogy and the learning environment in itself. ESD entails rethinking the learning environment (physical and virtual) in line with sustainable development, which implies classrooms' transformation towards learner engagement, formative assessments and active methodologies. This paper responds to this need through exploring the relationship between Smart Classrooms and four widely used ESD methodologies (project or problem-based learning, case study, simulation and cooperative inquiry), identifying how the dimensions and categories of the characteristics of Smart Classrooms can contribute and lead to the implementation of ESD methodologies in real teaching practice in an effective way. The method used in this study consisted of a literature review of both theoretical frameworks separately, ESD and Smart Classrooms, and a subsequent expert analysis to identify the interrelation between both. The Smart Classroom shows a high level of adequacy for using problem and project-based learning, case study and cooperative inquiry methods because of its characteristics in terms of technology developments, environmental conditions and processes. Simulation is the ESD methodology with the lowest level of adequacy in a Smart Classroom, because it is primarily held online rather than through face-to-face teaching. Smart Education facilitates the putting in practice of ESD processes as it enables the creation of intelligent, sustainable, resource-efficient, personalised and adaptive learning environments. Further empirical research is needed to explore the influence that the Smart Classroom has in enabling ESD processes and practices, and to identify students' and teachers' needs at different education levels. Additionally, teacher training programmes focused on the correct use of Smart Classrooms and on the digital competence of teachers are critical to its successful implementation.
Thematic Areas: Zootecnia / recursos pesqueiros Renewable energy, sustainability and the environment Ren Medicina i Management, monitoring, policy and law Interdisciplinar Historia Hardware and architecture Green & sustainable science & technology Geography, planning and development Geografía Geociências Environmental studies Environmental sciences Environmental science (miscellaneous) Ensino Engenharias iii Engenharias ii Engenharias i Enfermagem Energy engineering and power technology Education Computer science (miscellaneous) Computer networks and communications Ciências agrárias i Building and construction Biotecnología Biodiversidade Arquitetura, urbanismo e design Arquitetura e urbanismo
licence for use: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/es/
ISSN: 19370709
Author's mail: gisela.cebrian@urv.cat ramon.palau@urv.cat jordi.mogas@urv.cat jordi.mogas@urv.cat
Author identifier: 0000-0002-8434-9888 0000-0002-9843-3116 0000-0003-3385-5534 0000-0003-3385-5534
Record's date: 2024-10-19
Journal volume: 12
Papper version: info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion
Link to the original source: https://www.mdpi.com/2071-1050/12/7/3010
Licence document URL: https://repositori.urv.cat/ca/proteccio-de-dades/
Papper original source: Sustainability. 12 (7): 3010-
APA: Cebrian, Gisela; Palau, Ramon; Mogas, Jordi (2020). The smart classroom as a means to the development of ESD methodologies. Sustainability, 12(7), 3010-. DOI: https://doi.org/10.3390/su12073010
Article's DOI: https://doi.org/10.3390/su12073010
Entity: Universitat Rovira i Virgili
Journal publication year: 2020
Publication Type: Journal Publications
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