Embedding sustainability literacies in postdigital learning design

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Creator(s) (alphabetical)

Clare Thomson, Kate Molloy

Organisation(s)

Atlantic Technological University, Heriot-Watt University

Discipline(s)

Education, Teaching and Learning

Topic(s)

Curriculum Design, Digital Learning, Education for Sustainable Development (ESD), Open Education

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CC BY-NC-ND

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Video

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This resource captures insights through zine making from workshop participants at the Education after the algorithm symposium hosted at DCU on 21 February 2025, facilitated by Kate Molloy and Clare Thomson.

Symposium: https://hackthiscourse.com/symposium/?=1#/

Slides: https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1TpNdJxnLij-bi8bInJfxJwAegR_JjKVa/edit?

Benefit of this resource and how to make the best use of it

Benefits:

  • Encourage workshop participants to examine convivial approaches to embedding sustainability literacies, such as degrowth and rewilding, rather than adopting a utopian/dystopian lens.
  • Develop unique reflections on embedding sustainability, degrowth, and rewilding into ed tech and design practices.
  • Model the intersections of sustainability literacies, creative futures, and learning design through open educational practices such as zine making.

How to Make Use of It:

  • Use the video as a discussion prompt for reflection on current sustainability and ed tech practices in staff development workshops or teaching contexts
  • Adapt or re-create the workshop in your own context to compare and contrast insights, for instance, in a community of practice or in your own teaching

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Thomson, C., & Molloy, K. (21/02/2025). Embedding sustainability literacies in postdigital learning design. National Resource Hub (Ireland). Retrieved from: https://hub.teachingandlearning.ie/resource/embedding-sustainability-literacies-in-postdigital-learning-design/ License: Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives (CC BY-NC-ND).

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