Design of higher education teaching models and carbon impacts

International Journal of Sustainability in Higher Education

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 96-111

  Caird, Sally ^a   Lane, Andy ^a   Swithenby, E ^a   Roy, Robin ^a   Potter, Stephen ^a  

^a OPEN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Carbon impacts of higher education courses; Environment assessment methods; Environmental impacts of teaching and learning; Greening pedagogical design; Low carbon teaching models; Online learning

Indexed keywords

EID: 84921046640     PISSN: 14676370     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/IJSHE-06-2013-0065     Document Type: Article

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