Using interactive technologies and distance learning in sustainable education

¹ Center for Additional Professional Education Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology, Kerchenskaya str., 1A, bldg. 1, Moscow, Russian Federation
² Russian State Social University, Wilhelm Pik str. 4 p. 1, 129226 Moscow, Russian Federation
³ Department of Russian history, Pskov State University, 2 Lenin Square, 180000 Pskov, Russian Federation

^* Corresponding author: anya_rybakova@list.ru

Abstract

This paper focuses on the use of interactive technologies and distance learning in sustainable education. It discusses how remote learning technologies can positively influence students’ learning and entry in sustainable education. The paper looks at the use of distance learning in higher education as a means to help students in the built environment and its use within the education system. It studies and expands the theoretical research on the benefits of distance learning, where the study is remote and there is no personal contact with staff or students, and examines the impact of distance learning on the student’s learning experience. It also proposes and evaluates potential solutions to overcome the barriers to learning in the built environment and create successful virtual learning communities, recognising that such improvements must be reconciled with the primary benefits identified. The paper provides an overview of sustainable distance learning within higher education and discusses the differences between learning outside the structural environment of a profession, what it means for the student’s learning experience and the potential to overcome barriers to distance learning. This is a very timely topic in the times of COVID-10 pandemic. Lockdowns of the economy and social life impacted all spheres of education with schools and universities closed for long periods of time and all teaching moved to online and distance mode. However, coronavirus pandemic also brought the digital surge in the system of education, including the sustainable education. All these innovations might stay after the pandemic and help the education to evolve and to embrace more novel trends and technologies.