Abstract
This article focuses on the sustainable education and information technologies. It analysis the importance of the online education and the benefits it can bring, especially in the light of the recent massive online teaching and home office working mode during the COVID-19 pandemic, The flexibility of the education tools that include the use of information and communication technologies (ICT) appears a great facet of the sustainable education that might help to contribute to mitigating the climate change and to prepare responsible citizens who would adhere to the principles of the sustainable development. The article concludes with a call to integrate the concept of sustainable information into educational programmes for computer scientists and future ICT professionals. In addition, it suggests that information technologies should find a wider use in promoting sustainable development as a part of the sustainable education.
Highlights
Information and communication technology (ICT) is often being used as a tool to enable the development of a sustainable education system and a more efficient and sustainable society [1]
It represents a driving force behind the idea that the ability to convey desirable goals and values that cannot be overemphasized in society would enable expected learners to be useful to themselves and to society as a whole
Many studies show that students with a strong interest in environmental issues such as climate change, water quality, energy efficiency and environmental sustainability have developed the ability to synthesize complex information about their knowledge of the environment [8]
Summary
Information and communication technology (ICT) is often being used as a tool to enable the development of a sustainable education system and a more efficient and sustainable society [1]. Many studies show that students with a strong interest in environmental issues such as climate change, water quality, energy efficiency and environmental sustainability have developed the ability to synthesize complex information about their knowledge of the environment [8]. This is just one example of the diversity of approaches to knowledge acquisition that we are seeing in education today, with regard to education for children and adults.
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