It deals with sustainable development and the change of politics needed for achieving that. The definition of this term in the report is quite well known and often cited:
"Sustainable development is development that meets the needs of the present without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their own needs."
They further concluded that the reported impact on students, as perceived by the teachers, were greater access to information, increased enthusiasm, more opportunities to collaborate in larger groups, and increased incorporation of real life experience to classroom activities.
Reporting from the experiences teaching a upper secondary biology course in Norway, Sande and Eide (1993) stated that computer conferencing facilitates the use of students as assistant teachers.
The schools received a videotape and the Brundtlandreport along with a case description and a schedule.