From computational thinking to systems thinking: A conceptual toolkit for sustainability computing

ICT for Sustainability 2014, ICT4S 2014

Volumn , Issue , 2014, Pages 235-244

  Easterbrook, Steve ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Computational Sustainability; Computer Science Education; Computers and society

Indexed keywords

BEHAVIORAL RESEARCH; ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL EFFECTS; EDUCATION COMPUTING; ENGINEERING EDUCATION; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; ENVIRONMENTAL TECHNOLOGY; SYSTEM THEORY;

COMPUTATIONAL SUSTAINABILITY; COMPUTATIONAL THINKINGS; COMPUTER SCIENCE EDUCATION; COMPUTERS AND SOCIETIES; INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGIES; SOCIAL AND ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; SUSTAINABILITY PRACTICES; UNDERGRADUATE CURRICULA;

SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT;

EID: 84928005133     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.2991/ict4s-14.2014.28     Document Type: Conference Paper

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