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United Nations wants to promote peace, sustainability through mobile games

United Nations wants to promote peace, sustainability through mobile games | Creative teaching and learning | Scoop.it

"UNESCO is sponsoring a conference in India that promotes the use of video games as tools for social and emotional learning in children ..."

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Clear-eyed review of impact of initiative to create OER degrees

Clear-eyed review of impact of initiative to create OER degrees | Creative teaching and learning | Scoop.it

"Project to drive community colleges' use of open educational resources lowered student spending (even using a more conservative formula to judge those costs). But student awareness of the courses remains limited, and the path to sustainability is unclear ..."

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“Green schools” use EdTech to save the environment

“Green schools” use EdTech to save the environment | Creative teaching and learning | Scoop.it

"Examples of how schools can go green and make the switch to sustainability without sacrificing quality ..."

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Want your class to go green? These apps will get them hooked

Want your class to go green? These apps will get them hooked | Creative teaching and learning | Scoop.it

'Technology can help turn your classroom into a dripping rainforest, a smoggy city or an underwater shipwreck ..."

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Block'hood teaches gamers systems thinking to help design tomorrow's sustainable cities | Sustainable Brands

Block'hood teaches gamers systems thinking to help design tomorrow's sustainable cities | Sustainable Brands | Creative teaching and learning | Scoop.it

"As your Block’hood grows, resources get more complex — and with 90+ blocks available for building, an infinitude of choices must be balanced with hood-ecology, taking into account living space, agriculture, commerce and manufacturing ..."

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Transcending Boundaries: Students and Sustainability in Higher Education » Sustainable Learning

Transcending Boundaries: Students and Sustainability in Higher Education » Sustainable Learning | Creative teaching and learning | Scoop.it

"If sustainability is truly about future generations, then young people — students — should be given the opportunity to propose, develop, and implement prospective solutions for sustainable development. At present, universities are almost never designed for these ends..."

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Teaching social entrepreneurship basics online--with avatars 

Teaching social entrepreneurship basics online--with avatars  | Creative teaching and learning | Scoop.it

"Shift Group's online course takes novice social entrepreneurs from idea stage to becoming presentation-ready ..."

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Five challenges to sustainable edtech ventures in Africa and seven successful ICT4Edu initiatives 

Five challenges to sustainable edtech ventures in Africa and seven successful ICT4Edu initiatives  | Creative teaching and learning | Scoop.it

"There are five main challenges to starting and running an educational technology venture in Africa, but that doesn't mean edutech success is impossible. At least seven ICT4Education programs are sustainable through a mix of donor funding, commercial services, and government support across the continent ..."

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Building on Open Educational Resources – What’s next? | teachonline.ca

Building on Open Educational Resources – What’s next? | teachonline.ca | Creative teaching and learning | Scoop.it

"As we explore open educational resources (OER) during the year of open (link is external), we ask “what is next for OER and who will lead the next stage of development?” Many are already starting to ask questions about the quality of OER resources, the sustainability of OER  materials and processes and the development of communities associated with OER, such as the community which sustains the World Map of OER ..."

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Twelve eye-opening sustainability videos from 2016

Twelve eye-opening sustainability videos from 2016 | Creative teaching and learning | Scoop.it

"Watch the phenomenal strides made towards the future of long-term business, social and environmental sustainability ..."

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Open education the sustainable way in the knowledge age - University World News

Open education the sustainable way in the knowledge age - University World News | Creative teaching and learning | Scoop.it

"Global demand for tertiary education is forecast to rise to an extra 100 million places over the next 15 years, equivalent to building four new universities for 40,000 students every week. But that’s not going to happen ..."

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