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Sunday, August 24, 2008
Go Green with Online Learning
When the world is chanting the mantra of “Go Green”, do we consider the amount of carbon produced in the classic mode of imparting education? Be it traveling to the campuses, paper used and energy consumption, we are increasing our carbon footprints. But online education is one of the most effective ways an institution can reduce its carbon footprint. Though little research has been done on the topic, Stockholm Environmental Institute (SEI) and the UK’s Open University Design Innovation Group (DIG) had released some relevant studies in 2005. Their work quantifies the environmental impact of the higher education sector and lauds the “potential of the Internet and other elearning methods to radically reduce energy consumption and emissions.”
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