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Impact on the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)

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Supporting Innovations to Incorporate the SDGs at Universities Through MOOCs

Publicated to:Lecture Notes In Management And Industrial Engineering. 317-330 - 2022-01-01 (), DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-95967-8_28

Authors: Mário Soberón; Teresa Sánchez Chaparro; Valentina Oquendo-Di Cosola; Francesca Olivieri; Irene Ezquerra

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The 2030 Agenda calls for universities to incorporate the SDGs in their processes, organizations and structures. In the field of teaching, MOOCs have rapidly expanded in higher education institutions and might be a potential ally for incorporating the SDGs in university contexts. However, there is a lack of research in using MOOCs for this purpose. This paper focuses on analyzing how MOOCs can be an effective tool for introducing the SDGs in universities. In order to do so, a case study methodology is applied to an online itinerary developed by the Universidad Politécnica de Madrid. Our findings reveal that MOOCs can be a useful tool to support universities to generate interdisciplinary knowledge on sustainability, break down organizational silos, stimulate collaboration with stakeholders from various sectors and promote action-oriented teaching.

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