The Learning Network on Sustainability: an e-mechanism for the development and diffusion of teaching materials and tools on design for sustainability in an open-source and copy left ethos

International Journal of Management in Education

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 22-43

  Vezzoli, Carlo ^a   Ceschin, Fabrizio ^a  

^a POLITECNICO DI MILANO   (Italy)

Author keywords

collaborative knowledge production; copy left; design for sustainability; DfS; didactic materials and tools; e learning; education; learning network; learning objects; open source; product service system; PSS; sustainability

Indexed keywords

EID: 84928773071     PISSN: 1750385X     EISSN: 17503868     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1504/IJMIE.2011.037753     Document Type: Article

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41. It is a 3 years project started on 15th December 2007; it is coordinated by Politecnico di Milano University, INDACO Department (Italy) and has as partners Delft University of Technology, Industrial Design Engineering (The Netherlands); University of Art and Design Helsinki, School of Design (Finland); Indian Institute of Technology New Delhi (India); Srishti School of Art, Design and Technology (India); Tsinghua University, Industrial Design Department, Academy of Arts & Design (China); and King Mongkut’s Institute of Technology Ladkrabang, Faculty of Architecture, Department of Industrial Design (Thailand).
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50. In November 2009 Prof. Aguinaldo dos Santos (Universidade Federal do Paraná) will officially launch a Brazilian LeNS, focused on DfS in emerging contexts.