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  1. Faculty of Cultural and Social Sciences, FernUniversität in Hagen, Hagen, Germany

    Sara Becker

  2. Faculty of Educational Sciences, University of Duisburg-Essen, Essen, Germany

    Daniel Otto

  3. Interdisciplinary Distance Studies of Environmental Sciences, FernUniversität in Hagen, Hagen, Germany

    Sara Becker & Daniel Otto

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  1. Faculty of Life Sciences, World Sustainable Development Research and Transfer Centre, Hamburg University of Applied Sciences, Hamburg, Germany

    Walter Leal Filho

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  1. Nottingham Trent University, Nottingham, UK

    Petra Molthan-Hill

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Becker, S., Otto, D. (2019). Digital Learning and Sustainable Development. In: Leal Filho, W. (eds) Encyclopedia of Sustainability in Higher Education. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-11352-0_374

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