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Título:	Promoting sustainable human development in engineering: assessment of online courses within continuing professional development strategies
Autor/a:	Pérez Foguet, Agustí; Lazzarini, Boris; Giné Garriga, Ricard; Velo García, Enrique; Boni Aristizábal, Alejandra; Sierra Castañer, Manuel; Zolezzi, Guido; Trimingham, Rhoda
Otros autores:	Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya. Departament d'Enginyeria Civil i Ambiental; Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya. Institut Universitari de Recerca en Ciència i Tecnologies de la Sostenibilitat; Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya. Departament d'Enginyeria Química; Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya. Departament de Màquines i Motors Tèrmics; Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya. EScGD - Engineering Sciences and Global Development
Abstract:	Higher Education Institutions play a critical role in societies transition towards sustainable development, educating future professionals and decision makers. In the last few decades, a number of technical universities have devoted major efforts to integrating sustainable development into engineering curricula. There is still, however, an increasing need to further transform learning and training environments and build capacity of educators and trainers on sustainable development issues.Against this background, this paper assesses the role of online training courses, within continuing professional development strategies, in promoting sustainable human development in engineering degrees. It was built upon the implementation of a European initiative, the Global Dimension in Engineering Education, promoted by a transdisciplinary consortium of technical universities and non-governmental organisations.In terms of method, this study analyses two sets of quantitative and qualitative indicators to assess i) the perceived quality/relevance of the training proposals, and ii) the learning acquisition of participants. Quantitative indicators were complemented by a descriptive analysis of findings from a semi-structured survey. The results provide evidence that online learning can be an effective approach for continuing professional development of academics. The findings also suggest that participants perceived online courses' contents and curricula, developed jointly by academics and practitioners of non-governmental organisations, as relevant and useful for integrating sustainability principles in teaching activities. To conclude, authors recommend the leaders of higher educational institutions to explore the integration of online courses addressed to faculty into university policy and strategies, as a way to promote professional development and the engagement of academics on sustainable development.
Abstract:	Peer Reviewed
Materia(s):	-Àrees temàtiques de la UPC::Desenvolupament humà i sostenible -Àrees temàtiques de la UPC::Ensenyament i aprenentatge::Ensenyament universitari -Sustainable development--Study and teaching (Higher) -Continuing professional development -Engineering -Global dimension -Sustainable human development -Desenvolupament sostenible -- Ensenyament universitari
Derechos:	Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs 3.0 Spain http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/es/
Tipo de documento:	Artículo - Versión presentada Artículo
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