Peace Through Superior Education
Channel: Tom Worthington
Date: 2017-07-24

Peace Through Superior Education: M-learning for the indo-pacific to address radicalization, climate change, food and energy security. Details at: http://blog.highereducationwhisperer.com/2017/08/peace-through-superior-education.html

This  is an entry in the Australian National University's ANU Grand Challenges Scheme and  proposes to test the use of  mobile learning to connect people across our region to address radicalization, climate change, food and energy security.

List of interested parties:

Chris Barrie (CAP) http://sdsc.bellschool.anu.edu.au/experts-publications/experts/chris-barrie
Adam Broinowski (CAP) https://researchers.anu.edu.au/researchers/broinowski-arg
Catherine Settle (Medical School) http://www.governanceinstitute.edu.au/centres/cddgg-associates/person-2770/catherine-settle
Tom Worthington (RSCS) http://people.cecs.anu.edu.au/user/3890


Field/s of research: Pedagogy, digital networking, climate change adaption, ethnopolitics, energy efficiency

Expertise needed: as above.

Many of the world’s most intractable problems occur on Australia's doorstep: where the trade-routes of the world's emerging economies meet. The Australian National University (ANU) was created by the Australian Parliament to meet these challenges in this region. The ANU does this by bringing together the best and brightest young people of the region to learn and to cooperate. Can this can be extended through the use of digital networks, particularly mobile devices, with an order of magnitude increase in the number of students? Can we use digital networks to engage, educate and influence the behaviors of the indo- pacific publics? How can we best do that?  To answer these questions a longitudinal exploration into the transformative learning will be conducted. In this way can we can address the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs): "... end poverty ... protect the planet ... ensure prosperity for all ... foster peaceful, just and inclusive societies ... based on a spirit of strengthened global solidarity ...".

References

UN General Assembly resolution 70/17, Transforming our world: the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, A /RES/70/1 (21 October 2015).

Worthington, T. (2014, August 23). Chinese and Australian Students Learning to Work Together Online: Proposal to Expand the New Colombo Plan to the Online Environment. Paper to be presented at the 9th International Conference on Computer Science & Education (ICCSE). Vancouver, Canada. http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/ICCSE.2014.6926448

Worthington, T. (2017). Digital teaching in higher education : designing e-learning for international students of technology, innovation and the environment. Belconnen, A.C.T. TomW Communications Pty Ltd. http://www.tomw.net.au/digital_teaching/