Learning and Teaching Sustainable Business in the Digital Era: A Connectivism Theory Approach

Autor/inn/en	Dziubaniuk, Olga; Ivanova-Gongne, Maria; Nyholm, Monica
Titel	Learning and Teaching Sustainable Business in the Digital Era: A Connectivism Theory Approach
Quelle	In: International Journal of Educational Technology in Higher Education, 20 (2023), Artikel 20 (23 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Zusatzinformation	ORCID (Dziubaniuk, Olga)
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
DOI	10.1186/s41239-023-00390-w
Schlagwörter	Teaching Methods; Sustainable Development; Business Administration Education; Marketing; Higher Education; Technology Uses in Education; Information Technology; Distance Education; Information Sources; Computer Mediated Communication; Social Networks; Prior Learning; Interdisciplinary Approach; Undergraduate Students; Online Courses; Educational Theories + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Teaching method; Lehrmethode; Unterrichtsmethode; Nachhaltige Entwicklung; Hochschulbildung; Hochschulsystem; Hochschulwesen; Technology enhanced learning; Technology aided learning; Technologieunterstütztes Lernen; Informationstechnologie; Distance study; Distance learning; Fernunterricht; Information source; Informationsquelle; Computerkonferenz; Social network; Soziales Netzwerk; Vorkenntnisse; Fächerübergreifender Unterricht; Fächerverbindender Unterricht; Interdisziplinarität; Online course; Online-Kurs; Educational theory; Theory of education; Bildungstheorie
Abstract	Higher education institutions may adopt various approaches to the pedagogic principles and methods used in teaching sustainable development in business and marketing courses. These methods can include the utilisation of digital technologies and online communication to facilitate distance learning and fast access to relevant information. Changes towards the digitalisation of the learning environment especially gained popularity during the COVID-19 pandemic. In the post-pandemic period, digitalisation continues to facilitate the learning and teaching processes. However, the implementation of digital technologies, besides technological expertise, requires appropriate theoretical frameworks for understanding how learning is developed. This study explores connectivism theory applied to the pedagogic practices of knowledge dissemination concerning sustainable development in the fields of business and marketing. Connectivism embraces knowledge as a network where the learner, with the help of digital technologies, develops mental connections between pieces of information during interaction with various information sources. This qualitative research empirically explores the principles of connectivism embedded in the learning and teaching of a university course conducted online. The research findings indicate that connectivism may be a suitable conceptual framework that motivates learners to develop knowledge through digital enablers, discussions and social networking and to make connections to sustainability concepts. The principles of connectivism may help instructors to develop a learning environment where learners add understandings to their previous knowledge on sustainability through online interactions and by accessing digital knowledge sources. This study makes several interdisciplinary contributions by deepening the insights into digital pedagogic methods and approaches for the facilitation of learning, which may be of interest to academic and other pedagogic practitioners. (As Provided).
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Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2024/1/01