The collection of essays in this OER explore how open education resources can build a bridge towards global education and enrichment. This resource can help educators take a long-range, global view at a sustainable system, where "open" connective learning spaces have the ability to truly revolutionize education by making it accessible the world over in wholly inclusive, digitally enhanced environments.

In this article the author explores the ways in which the digital age is changing how we engage with nature...looking at benefits and deficits in the advancements of VR and the human engagement with digitized natural environments or indoor recreations rather than the real thing.

In this paper the authors seek to explore the disconnect and ethical implications of our digitally connected world