Digital Learning, face-to-face learning and climate change
Digital learning, face-to-face learning and climate change David Liam Davies, AbdulAzeez Lawal, Angela E. Orji, Chloe Tytherleigh, Kieran Walsh* Debates about digital learning, face-to-face learning, and blended learning often focus on their effectiveness in achieving a few core educa- tional outcomes. These include applied knowledge, problem-solving or procedural skills, and professional behaviours. The cost or convenience of using different methods to achieve certain outcomes have increas- ingly come into the educational framework over the past two decades. This is important as it enables learners and providers of education to access and deliver education that is ideally high quality for the lowest possible cost. However, only rarely do educators or learners consider the climate footprint of their various activities. Face-to-face learning is the traditional means of delivering medi- cal education activities, and it has much to commend it. Students and t...