Open University and modern distance learning for sustainable development in India and Poland

• Autorzy: Dobrowolski J. W. , Guha A. S.

Warianty tytułu

PL

Rola Uniwersytetu Otwartego w nowoczesnej edukacji na odległość w promocji zrównoważonego rozwoju w Indiach i Polsce

• Języki publikacji: EN

Abstrakty

EN

The paper attempts to analyse, as to how distance education mechanisms can be effectually used for sustainability in areas of the human environment, health and management of the natural resources. Short review of methodological experiences in education of knowledge-based society for common action with experts for promotion sustainable development is based on over 20 years activity in this field of the AGH Open University and the Open Seminars on Sustainable Development and ca. 40 years of informal, problem-solving education in linkage with interdisciplinary case studies. Further this model will be sustainable in terms of clean technology used, for the benefit of the human environment and better quality of life. The concept is related to long-term international cooperation of the Polish author (e.g. from 1983 with Indian scientists) on human ecology, medical elementology, ecotoxicology and biotechnology as well as future requirements of the National Open University in India.

PL

Artykuł stanowi próbę oceny możliwości zastosowania mechanizmów edukacji na odległość w celu skutecznej promocji zrównoważonych działań w dziedzinach środowiska człowieka, zdrowia i oszczędnej gospodarki zasobami przyrody. Zwięzły przegląd doświadczeń metodycznych w zakresie edukacji społeczeństwa opartego na wiedzy nawiązuje do ponad 20-letniej działalności w tym zakresie Uniwersytetu Otwartego AGH oraz Otwartego Seminarium nt. Zrównoważonego Rozwoju, a także do 40-letniej nieformalnej edukacji ukierunkowanej na rozwiązywanie problemów w powiązaniu z badaniami interdyscyplinarnymi. Model ten służy zrównoważonemu rozwojowi, ponieważ promuje technologie proekologiczne pożyteczne dla środowiska człowieka i wpływające na poprawę jakości życia. Nawiązuje on też do wieloletniej międzynarodowej współpracy polskiego współautora (m.in. od 1983 r. z indyjskimi naukowcami) w zakresie ekologii człowieka, elementologii medycznej, ekotoksykologii i biotechnologii oraz potrzeb rozwojowych Narodowego Uniwersytetu Otwartego w Indiach.

Słowa kluczowe

EN

sustainable development; knowledge-based society; Open University; interactive e-learning; human ecology; environmental biotechnology; ICT sustainable model of education

PL

rozwój zrównoważony; społeczeństwo oparte na wiedzy; Uniwersytet Otwarty; interaktywny e-learning; ekologia człowieka; biotechnologia środowiskowa; ICT zrównoważony model edukacji

• Wydawca: AGH University of Science and Technology Press
• Czasopismo: Geomatics and Environmental Engineering
• Rocznik: 2011
• Tom: Vol. 5, no. 1
• Strony: 25--35
• Opis fizyczny: Bibliogr. 23 poz.

Twórcy

autor

Dobrowolski J. W.

• AGH University of Science and Technology, Faculty of Mining Surveying and Environmental Engineering, Krakow, Poland

autor

Guha A. S.

• The Indria Gandhi National Open University, New Delhi, India

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