This keynote paper uses published research to explore how Technology Enhanced Learning (TEL) can help to sustain learning communities to engage in creative exploration and open investigation. It then draws on this research to suggest that we use TEL to support pedagogies of socio-ecological sustainability in the Art and Design education community. Two themes are explored: learning communities - in developing shared values and supporting investigations around issues of concern; learning spaces - in supporting these communities and their dialogue. This paper tries to initiate an exploration of the fundamental elements required to create pedagogies of socio-ecological sustainability in higher education, using Art and Design Education.