Upskilling educators for modern, interdisciplinary teaching approaches

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The Train the Teachers Programme represents a critical capacity-building pillar of the GreenTech Horizons project. While the Competency-Oriented Curriculum Model (COCM) defines what should be taught, this programme ensures that educators are fully equipped to deliver how it should be taught.

Through three intensive international training schools, the initiative strengthens the pedagogical, didactic, and technological capacities of academic staff across partner institutions — ensuring long-term sustainability and institutional embedding of green and digital transition education.

Strategic Purpose

The programme was designed to:

• Equip university educators with advanced competency-based teaching methodologies
• Strengthen capacity for blended and digital learning delivery
• Integrate AI-supported education and digital tools into sustainability curricula
• Foster experiential, project-based, and simulation-driven learning approaches
• Align course delivery with European quality, digital, and sustainability standards

By building a skilled and confident network of educators, the project ensures that curriculum innovation is not temporary — but structurally embedded.

What Was Implemented?

1️⃣ 1st Train the Teachers Workshop

📍 University of Novi Sad, Serbia
📅 September 2025

Focus areas included:

• Green & Sustainable Project Management
• Green Entrepreneurship & Innovation
• Sustainable Business Strategies
• Green Marketing & Communication
• Online & blended learning methodologies

Participants piloted draft modules and co-created teaching adaptations, directly shaping course refinement.

2️⃣ & 3️⃣ Joint Train the Teachers Training School

📍 Kaunas University of Technology (Lithuania)
📍 Riga Technical University (Latvia)
📅 January 2026

This extended training school focused on:

• Digital Tools for Sustainability
• AI in Education & AI Tutor Design
• Cyber Security & Data Ethics in Green Innovation
• Smart Cities & Urban Green Innovation
• Sustainable Energy Systems

Participants worked as both learners and co-designers, strengthening cross-institutional collaboration.

Methodological Foundation

The Train the Teachers Programme was grounded in:

• Competency-based learning design
• Constructive alignment (learning outcomes – activities – assessment)
• Active and experiential learning strategies
• Systems thinking integration
• Artefact-based and performance-based assessment
• Digital minimalism and intentional tool usage
• EU regulatory alignment (AI Act, Cyber Resilience Act, GDPR, CSRD)

Each session combined theoretical framing with hands-on application and structured reflection.

Who Is It For?

This programme directly supports:

🎓 University educators delivering green and digital transition courses
🏫 Higher education institutions modernizing teaching practices
📚 Curriculum designers aligning programmes with European frameworks
🌍 Institutions in Neighbourhood East, Central Asia, and Asia seeking capacity strengthening
🔄 Consortium partners piloting and scaling innovative curricula

Impact and Sustainability

The Train the Teachers Programme:

• Trained 70+ educators across two international training schools
• Established a cross-regional Community of Practice
• Created ready-to-use teaching templates, canvases, and simulation tools
• Strengthened institutional capacity for blended and AI-supported education
• Ensured scalability of the COCM across eight higher education institutions

Most importantly, it created multiplier effects — trained educators now act as institutional change agents within their universities.

Why It Matters

Curriculum reform without educator empowerment cannot succeed.

By investing in pedagogical capacity, digital readiness, and interdisciplinary confidence, GreenTech Horizons ensures that sustainability and digital transformation are not only curricular topics — but lived educational practices.

Status: Completed – Full Report Available

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