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Digital Learning: In the literature, there is quite a variety of definitions and conceptualizations of teaching and learning with the use of information and communication technologies (ICTs) and the internet: E-Learning, Online-Learning, Blended Learning, and Mobile Learning – at first sight, all these notions seem to be more or less synonyms. But it is useful to differentiate between these different concepts in order to understand all the facets of digital learning:
E-Learning: The early understanding of E-Learning (nowadays called: E-Learning 1.0) is the provision of digitalized learning materials (e.g., PDFs) by teachers via a Learning Management System (e.g., Moodle or Blackboard). Learners use digitalized learning materials for their rather isolated learning process. Communication and collaboration are not constitutive for this very basic form of...
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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/10.1007/978-3-319-63951-2_374-1
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