‘Sustainable’ Digital Education: Does it Make Global Citizenship Education More Accessible?

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Education is seen as one of the critical components of national development and global competitiveness for nations and its students. It can also be looked at for its sustainability and connectivity purposes. Therefore, HEIs all over the world are employing the strategy of equipping its graduates with the required skillsets and competencies that will help them navigate the global and diverse outside world. Since not all staff and academic scholars can avail of some essential services to build the said skillset, a new branch of internationalization has developed known as Internationalization at Home. Pre-COVID times, human contact, travel across the borders and physical exchange mobilities were important to develop the required multicultural skills. However, after the pandemic hit, the focus has shifted towards developing the skills through borderless means like virtual mobility, online classroom learning and other aspects of “digital education”. Countries are focusing more on developing collaborations and joint ventures with universities across the world to participate in the exchange of knowledge and best practices. This chapter, along with critically looking at the sustainability of online education, also examines if digital education can make education more accessible to its stakeholders. Tying the article together is the concept of Global Citizenship Education (GCE) that highlights the importance of knowledge, skills, and values for the involvement of students in all levels. Emphasis should be on graduate experience at home and abroad which makes digital education a vehicle to align IHE with global citizenship education.

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