Does ICT Contribute Towards Sustainable Development in Education? An Overview

Our society has become more globalised, with significant environmental issues, widespread poverty, a widening wealth-poverty divide, violence in many areas of the globe, and easy access to a plethora of knowledge. Technology advancements have recently had a significant impact on our society as well as other educational settings, such as education for sustainable development. The objective of this study is to examine further needs of educational sustainability and the contribution and challenges of ICT towards sustainable development in education. The data used in this study were secondary data that were descriptive in nature and analyzed according to the objectives and research questions of the study. Here, the researchers have collected the data from various journals, books, reports, magazines, internet sites, newspapers, etc. The present study revealed that online learning tools (like Collaborate) can allow students to interact with people from different cultures, enhancing their learning experience. On the other hand, when used in conjunction with local learning activities, these tools can open up opportunities for local-global connections. Moreover, incorporating online resources into the learning process, such as wikis and discussion boards, encourages student participation outside of the classroom and serves as a starting point for in-class conversations. On the other hand, the most widely employed solutions for achieving the SDGs are remote learning and mobile learning. ICTs may assist in promoting sustainability in a number of ways, but they also present a number of issues since they provide flexibility in the space-time nexus of the learning experience and access to a variety of data and knowledge.