Publications
We are building a lot of digital education infrastructure, but did we think about its sustainability?
We are in the process of gathering and organizing all the materials produced throughout the project. Stay tuned, as many more documents will be uploaded soon!
The C-FLEX project boasts a wide range of publications. In this section, you’ll find all the official documents associated with the project, including research findings, published articles, master’s theses, and many other valuable resources.
Project results
Result 1: Requirements and Impacts Analysis for the sustainability of Digital Education Infrastructure
This short book provides a comprehensive framework for analyzing and implementing sustainable digital education technologies (DETs). It includes tools and methodologies to assess the impact of digital education infrastructure and align institutional requirements with effective solutions. The document emphasizes sustainability across environmental, social, technological, pedagogical, and economic dimensions, offering guidelines and examples to help institutions maximize educational benefits while minimizing ecological impacts and promoting equity. It also features an analysis of key decision-making actors, drawing on insights from interviews with European university leaders and stakeholder workshops, culminating in actionable recommendations for advancing sustainable digital education.
Result 2: Analyzing the Sustainability of ICT in Higher Education through an Analysis and Self-Evaluation Tool for Universities
The document explores sustainability challenges in university ICT use, focusing on energy consumption across online platforms and strategies to minimize environmental impact. Additionally, it introduces a self-assessment tool aimed at enhancing sustainability awareness and practices in ICT-based teaching, providing personalized advice to promote more sustainable approaches to digital education.
Result 3: Challenge-Based Learning and Online Micro credentialed Courses on digital education sustainability
The book explores sustainable approaches to digital education by developing a framework for Challenge-Based Learning (CBL) and micro-credentialing. It addresses the challenges of higher education decision-making across technological, environmental, pedagogical, and social dimensions. The book introduces a CBL template, validated through Summer School projects, to help institutions create interdisciplinary, sustainability-focused courses. This framework empowers students to solve real-world problems while earning recognized micro-credentials, supporting lifelong learning and aligning with industry needs.
Result 4: A Challenge-Based Learning approach to the Impacts and Sustainability of Digital Education
This guidebook provides step-by-step instructions for creating a Challenge-Based Learning (CBL) course, such as a Summer School, based on a pilot activity conducted during the project. It also offers a handbook on integrating DEI impact and sustainability challenges into existing CBL courses or implementing them as standalone CBL courses in higher education institutions. The document outlines key strategies for incorporating Challenge Providers into CBL, introducing a practical template for designing engaging challenges. It includes a collection of challenges co-created during the 2023 Summer School, serving as both inspiration and worked examples of how students were guided through the process.
Other contributions inspired by the project
Articles
LIMITS 2022
Conceptualising Resources-aware Higher Education Digital Infrastructure through Self-hosting: a Multi-disciplinary View.
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FIE 2024
Fair Tales of Interdisciplinary Learning: Unveiling Students Voices and Competencies Evolution in a Challenge-Based Learning Summer School.
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Thesis
UNITN 2023
Exploring Challenge-Based Learning in a summer school for students in technology: attitudes and pedagogical opportunities.
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