About the training program
This Staff Training Program is open to instructors, teachers, and educators from any institution who want practical and conceptual tools to innovate their teaching.
The program consists of a series of interactive webinars exploring the activities, assignments, and technologies at the centre of TREnD’s immersive methodology. Each session is led by an experienced instructor and includes operative examples, bibliographical references, and best practices.
Key themes include:
- Collaborative Online International Learning (COIL) and virtual exchange design
- Education for Sustainable Development (ESD): goals, methods, and classroom applications
- Critical mapping for environmental and social challenges
- Virtual reality tools and immersive learning in higher education
About the project
TREnD (Teaching Resilience and Environmental Democracy) is an Erasmus+ Cooperation Partnership that develops new ways to teach and learn about sustainability, resilience, and environmental democracy through collaborative and immersive education.
TREnD brings together a concortium to create innovative learning pathways based on virtual exchanges, collaborative mapping, and digital content creation. Such immersive learning technologies are embedded into Education for Sustainable Development (ESD).
Project partners: Leiden University, The Netherlands (cordinator); Stichting Roosevelt Institute for American Studies, The Netherlands; Complutense University of Madrid, Spain; University of Helsinki, Finland; University of Bologna, Italy; Media & Learning Association
Associated partners: Emory University, USA; Grand Valley State University, USA; UTRGV, USA; Louisiana State University, USA.
Example Curriculum
- Introduction
- Learning objectives
- Lesson 1 Designing Global Learning Experience using VE
- Lesson 1.1 What Is Virtual Exchange?
- Lesson 1.2 What Is COIL?
- Lesson 1.3 Setting up a Virtual Exchange: Seven Steps
- Lesson 1.4 Evidence-Based Course Design Checklist
- 1.5 Practical Tools and Applications Across Disciplines
- Knowledge check
- Lesson 2 Common Pitfalls & Practical Solutions
- Lesson 3 Strengthening Global Collaboration Through Research
- Lesson 3.1 Practical Tips for the Research Side
- Lesson 3.2 Where to Publish, Present, and Connect
- Knowledge check
Co-funded by the European Union. Views and opinions expressed are however those of the author(s) only and do not necessarily reflect those of the European Union or Stichting Nuffic. Neither the European Union nor the granting authority can be held responsible for them. Project Number: 2025-1-NL01-KA220-HED-000355762