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Conclusion: Emerging Themes in Sustainable Networked Learning

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In this concluding chapter we point to themes that emerge from the chapters in this book on sustainable networked learning. The themes cut across different sections of the book, indicating their wider significance. These themes are Lasting effects of lockdown online teaching; Digital sustainability for the future; Future roles of networked learning in society; Balancing utopia and dystopia in visions of AI and open data; Speculative methods in research, education and design; and Balancing qualitative and quantitative data in the research of networked educational settings: Studies at the community and project levels.

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  1. Department of Design, Media and Educational Science, University of Southern Denmark, Kolding, Denmark

    Nina Bonderup Dohn

  2. Department of Education, Mid Sweden University, Sundsvall, Sweden

    Jimmy Jaldemark & Marcia Håkansson Lindqvist

  3. Department of Communication, Quality Management and Information Systems, Mid Sweden University, Östersund, Sweden

    Lena-Maria Öberg

  4. Institute for Advanced Study in Problem Based Learning, Aalborg University, Aalborg, Denmark

    Thomas Ryberg

  5. Centre for Change and Complexity in Learning, University of South Australia, Adelaide, SA, Australia

    Maarten de Laat

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  1. Department of Design, Media and Educational Science, University of Southern Denmark, Kolding, Denmark

    Nina Bonderup Dohn

  2. Department of Education, Mid Sweden University, Sundsvall, Sweden

    Jimmy Jaldemark

  3. Department of Communication, Quality Management and Information Systems, Mid Sweden University, Östersund, Sweden

    Lena-Maria Öberg

  4. Department of Education, Mid Sweden University, Sundsvall, Sweden

    Marcia Håkansson Lindqvist

  5. Institute for Advanced Study in Problem Based Learning, Aalborg University, Aalborg, Denmark

    Thomas Ryberg

  6. Centre for Change and Complexity in Learning, University of South Australia, Adelaide, SA, Australia

    Maarten de Laat

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Dohn, N.B., Jaldemark, J., Lindqvist, M.H., Öberg, LM., Ryberg, T., de Laat, M. (2023). Conclusion: Emerging Themes in Sustainable Networked Learning. In: Dohn, N.B., Jaldemark, J., Öberg, LM., Håkansson Lindqvist, M., Ryberg, T., de Laat, M. (eds) Sustainable Networked Learning. Research in Networked Learning. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-42718-3_15

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