Due to the multidisciplinary nature of food studies, in the large variety of European Food Sciences programmes the central core considers food technology, consumer sciences, business and economics, nutrition and health studies. Research on Information and Communications Technology (ICT) applications in educational systems confirms the potential of ICT to promote and encourage innovation and improve the quality of education, as well as to achieve greater inclusion and equity quotas. On the other hand, online lifelong learning training systems through different training modalities (e-Learning, b-Learning or m-Learning, MOOCs) make a more extensive and inclusive lifelong training possible in formal and non-formal education, proving to have the potential to be effective in expanding food studies. In addition, ICT is also a powerful pedagogical tool for the treatment of curricular contents related to: determinants of food choice, food marketing, food culture, food security, food safety and food technology. This thematic series aims to raise awareness and help to adapt food related modules/courses to these new opportunities and educational challenges.
Edited by:
F. Xavier Medina, Universitat Oberta de Catalunya (UOC), Spain
Alicia Aguilar, Universitat Oberta de Catalunya (UOC), Spain
Ana Pinto Moura, Universidade Aberta, Portugal
Jesús Frias, Dublin Institute of Technology, Ireland
José Antonio Vázquez, Universidad Claustro de Sor Juana, Ciudad de México