Sustainability, Green IT and Education Strategies in the Twenty-first Century

Tomayess Issa is a senior lecturer at the School of Information Systems at Curtin University, Australia. Tomayess completed her doctoral research in Web development and Human Factors. As an academic, she is also interested in establishing teaching methods and styles to enhance the students' learning experiences and resolve problems that students face. Tomayess Issa Conference and Program Co-Chair of the IADIS International Conference on Internet Technologies and Society and IADIS International Conference on International Higher Education. Furthermore, she initiated the IADIS conference for Sustainability, Green IT and Education. Currently, she conducts research locally and globally in information systems, Human-Computer Interaction, Usability, Social Networking, Teaching and Learning, Sustainability, Green IT and Cloud Computing. Tomayess participated in a couple of conferences and published her work in several peer-reviewed journals, books, book chapters, papers and research reports Tomayess Issa is a Project leader in the International research network (IRNet-EU (Jan2014 - Dec 2017)) to study and develop new tools and methods for advanced pedagogical science in the field of ICT instruments, e-learning and intercultural competences and she is a senior research member of ISRLAb (Information Society Research Lab) from International Association for Development of the Information Society. Tomayess is a member of eLmL Steering Committee conference and member of the local committee of WWW2017 conference, and chair and Coordinator for the special track: SST2017: Sustainability and Smart Technology Workshop in WWW2017 conference. Furthermore, Tomayess is a senior research member in ISR-Lab and member in the International Association for Development of the Information Society) Scientific Advisory Board. Pedro Teixeira Isaias is an associate professor at The University of Queensland, Brisbane, Australia. He teaches topics in Management Information Systems (MIS). He has a background in MIS, having obtained a Doctorate in Information Management (Information and Decision Systems speciality) in 2002. Previously he was associate professor at the Universidade Aberta (Portuguese Open University) in Lisbon, Portugal, responsible for several courses and director of the master degree program in Management / MBA. In the past he was director of master degree program in Electronic Commerce and Internet for 10 years. He has also been invited associate professor at ISEG - Lisbon School of Economics and Management in Portugal. He has taught postgraduate and undergraduate courses in Decision Support Systems, Data Mining, Business Intelligence, E-Marketing, E-Business, CRM and ERPs, Applied Project [MIS], Strategy in the Digital Context, and Research Methods in Business. He has supervised successfully to master and PhD completion more than 60 students in MIS and related areas. Author of several books, book chapters, papers and research reports, all in the information systems area, he has headed several conferences and workshops within the mentioned area. He has also been responsible for the scientific coordination of several EU funded research projects. He is also member of the editorial board of several journals and program committee member of several conferences and workshops. At the moment he conducts research activity related to E-Commerce and E-Business, Learning Technologies, Information Systems in general, and WWW related areas. Theodora Issa is a Senior Lecturer in the School of Management at Curtin University. She is the recipient of the Emerald/European Fund for Management Development 2010 Outstanding Research Award for her PhD thesis under the title 'Ethical mindsets, aesthetics and spirituality: a mixed-methods approach analysis of the Australian services sector'. Theodora holds the t

Foreword.- Preface.- Acknowledgement.- Changing the Students' Mind-set via Sustainability.- Sustainability Perspective and Awareness amongst Higher Education In Australia.- Sustainable Development, Ethics, Strategy and International Higher Education : The Case of Australia and France.- From Understanding Net Generation to Sustainable Student Engagement.- Understanding 'Sustainability' and Attitudes of Students to the Concept of 'Sustainable Development' in China and the UK.- Sustainability Awareness in Thailand.- Sustainability Awareness in Vietnam's Higher Education Sector.- The Opportunities and Risks of Sustainability Awareness in Sri Lankan Organizations.- The Advantages and Risks of Sustainability Awareness in the Indian Higher Education Sector.- Sustainability in Public Organizations: Bhutan's Perspective.- Sustainability Awareness in Singapore's Higher Education Sector.- Examining the Opportunities and Risks Associated with Sustainability Awareness in Higher Education in Pakistan.- Sustainability Awareness in Saudi Arabia.- Sustainability Awareness: Colombia Perspective.- Sustainability Awareness in the Brazilian Higher Education.- Sustainability and Green Supply Chain Awareness in Nigerian Organizations.- Analysis of University e-Environment in Selected European Countries - IRNet Case Study.- Design and Evaluation of the Makahiki Open Source Serious Game Framework for Sustainability Education.- SYSTEM-EVENTS TOOLBOX: Designing a System of Events that Relies on Local Resources to Create Urban Places for Social Cohesion.- Teaching Assembly for Disassembly; An Under-Graduate Module Experience.- Designing Participatory Learning Systems.- The Concern about Environmental Responsibility in Public Service Media Management.- Subject Index.

"It is a compilation of texts dealing with the mission of sustainability. Integration of texts from various authors into one edition is always hard work, and the editor plays a crucial role in this process. ... it is strongly recommended to universities and the IT community, who should understand the premise that businesses and universities should work together in green IT deployment." (F. J. Ruzic, Computing Reviews, May, 2018)