Abstract

GOMEZ ZERMENO, Marcela Georgina; ALEMAN DE LA GARZA, Lorena  and  HOSMAN, Laura. SolarSPELL: Digital Library for Teaching Climate Change in Rural Communities. Rev. Interam. Bibliot [online]. 2022, vol.45, n.3, e3.  Epub Oct 04, 2022. ISSN 0120-0976.  https://doi.org/10.17533/udea.rib.v45n3e346130.

This article presents an educational research carried out with the aim of generating information on the use of the SolarSPELL Digital Library, as an educational innovation strategy for teaching climate change in rural communities of the Fiji Islands. SolarSPELL works with the energy generated by an integrated solar panel and provides access through its own wifi network. It offers a variety of open educational resources, selected for their potential to strengthen educational practices and the achievement of the Sustainable Development Goals of the 2030 Agenda. Based on the research question, a case study was selected, as it allows intensive study a complex phenomenon in a short period of time and analyzes the object of study in a specific context. The DIAPASON instrument was applied in the community or school libraries that participate in the pilot program. The results show that SolarSPELL contributes to the digital transformation of educational practices and the value of the librarians being able to have a greater number of bibliographic resources on climate change. Currently, the project "Schools that Learn Post COVID-19" took up these results to carry out a pilot in rural communities in Chiapas, Mexico. The results emphasize the need for the librarian of the future to incorporate into their work, actions focused on improving the quality of education that allow potentiating the sustainable development of their communities, improving collective knowledge and raising awareness about this phenomenon.

Keywords : Educational innovation; digital library; solar energy; climate change; sustainable development; open educational resources.

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