Sustainability in Higher Teaching: Digital Transformation of the Fourth Industrial Revolution and Its Impact on Open Knowledge

IF 3.6 3区教育学 Q1 EDUCATION & EDUCATIONAL RESEARCH

European Journal of Education Pub Date : 2026-01-28 DOI:10.1111/ejed.70468

Bian Dong

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Abstract

Changes in higher education began to emerge with the new development of the fourth industrial revolution (4IR) that featured such buzzwords as robots, artificial intelligence, the Internet of Things and blockchain. These paradigm shifts provide new opportunities for sustainability and transparent sharing of knowledge and create new challenges. Therefore, the research investigates the topics of open educational resources, sustainability practices and digital change in higher education. To investigate surveys on research in Germany, Canada and Australia regarding transformations caused by 4IR technologies in sustaining sustainability and availability of knowledge, a comprehensive literature review and bibliometric analysis were established. The 4IR technologies have been found to promote comprehensive and inclusive, sustainable and cheap educational models. Nevertheless, unaddressed concerns regarding infrastructural impediments to implementation, absence of digital care and fragmented policy regimes still hamper the achievement of those benefits. The authors request the complete implementation of sustainability in digital education, and strategic application of OER to knowledge universal access. Institutions that have undertaken the 4IR technologies are recommended to maintain resilience in and of the higher education systems.

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高等教学中的可持续性：第四次工业革命的数字化转型及其对开放知识的影响

随着第四次工业革命（4IR）的新发展，高等教育的变化开始出现，其中包括机器人、人工智能、物联网和区块链等流行语。这些模式的转变为可持续性和知识的透明共享提供了新的机会，同时也带来了新的挑战。因此，本研究探讨了开放教育资源、可持续发展实践和高等教育数字化变革的主题。为了调查德国、加拿大和澳大利亚关于第四次工业革命技术对知识可持续性和可获得性的影响的研究，本文建立了全面的文献综述和文献计量分析。人们发现，第四次工业革命技术可以促进全面、包容、可持续和廉价的教育模式。然而，基础设施对实施的障碍、缺乏数字医疗和支离破碎的政策制度等问题仍未得到解决，这些问题仍阻碍着这些效益的实现。作者要求在数字教育中全面实施可持续性，并战略性地应用OER来实现知识的普遍获取。建议采用第四次工业革命技术的机构保持高等教育系统的弹性。

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European Journal of Education EDUCATION & EDUCATIONAL RESEARCH-

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期刊介绍： The prime aims of the European Journal of Education are: - To examine, compare and assess education policies, trends, reforms and programmes of European countries in an international perspective - To disseminate policy debates and research results to a wide audience of academics, researchers, practitioners and students of education sciences - To contribute to the policy debate at the national and European level by providing European administrators and policy-makers in international organisations, national and local governments with comparative and up-to-date material centred on specific themes of common interest.