“In the beginning of May, the project’s Badge Specialist Dr Sanna Ruhalahti and Project Manager Eveliina Asikainen were invited to present the project for about 200 European teachers as a best practice in a networking conference “Schools go Green and Digital” organised by the German National Erasmus+ Agency in Bonn.
The three-year project has been running now for a year, but it has already gained attention because of its ambiguous and topical approach, which combines ESD and digitalisation in a novel way. For example, EduSTA is presented in a report published by the European Expert Network on Economics of Education (EENEE) as one of the catalytic entry points that can change teacher education to better promote Green Transition. This report specifically notes the possibilities of microcredentials and digital open badges as an agile tool to develop teachers’ competences.
The author of the EENEE report, Dr Ingrid Mulá states:
“We selected the EduSTA project as a case study, because it shows the value of micro-credentials and digital open badges as tools that can incentivise teachers to engage in professional development in education for sustainable development (ESD). There are practically no experiences related to the assessment of ESD competences of teachers and EduSTA is helping teachers to develop and demonstrate their competences in this area.”
Read the whole blog text from TAMK International Blog.
Text: Eveliina Asikainen
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