Sustainability strategies for Acadimia

The purpose of this tool is to help us to focus on optimal ambitious, but realistic, sustainability strategies for the Acadimia project. Your thoughtful responses and reflections here are intended not to dismiss or promote specific strategies, but rather to highlight the priorities and goals that will need to frame our upcoming dialogue about Acadimia's future.

Before continuing with this tool you should read the Acadimia Sustainability Options Discussion Document thoroughly. It contains concise descriptions of all of the sustainability strategies that you will be considering using this tool. Once you have read the Discussion Document, keep a copy of it handy so that you can refer to the descriptions as you use this tool.

The tool consists of three sections that are intended to reflect three key dimensions of project sustainability. In each of the sections you will choose and rank the three sustainability strategies that you think are best suited to facilitate that sustainability dimension. The sustainability dimensions are:

  • Doability - This dimension focuses on the capacity of the Acadimia consortium. Here you should choose and rank the three strategies that you feel will sustain the project and that the Acadimia consortium is realistically able to implement and fund.
  • Impact - This dimension focuses on the potential of each strategy to have a durable effect on the teacher training in Europe. Here you should choose and rank strategies that you feel would have the greatest impact without consideration of how challenging they might be to implement or fund.
  • Attractiveness - This dimension focuses on the novelty and appeal of the sustainability strategies. Here you should choose and rank strategies that you find most interesting without consideration of how challenging they might be to implement or fund.

Once you have completed selecting and ranking 3 sustainability strategies in each section, you will be presented with a brief synthesis highlighting the primary features of sustainability exemplified by the options that you have selected and how you have ranked them. Read this overview carefully. If you feel that it does not accurately reflect your opinion regarding the relevant dimension of sustainability, you may change your selection and rankings. Each change will produce a new synthesis. Once you are satisfied that the synthesis reflects your opinions, move on to the next section and repeat the process for each of the 3 sustainability dimensions.

When you have completed choosing and ranking sustainability strategies for each of the 3 dimensions of sustainability, you may enter any comments that you feel will better communicate you concerns and interests regarding the sustainability of the Acadimia project.

Finally, you must click on the submit button at the bottom of the page to record your results. Only one form should be submitted for each individual. So, carefully read what you have entered into the form and the syntheses produced before submitting.

Section 1: Doability - Sustainability strategies that the Acadimia consortium is capable of implementing
Available Strategies
  • Institutionalisation through strategic anchoringⓘ
    Embedding Acadimia in universities as a formal structure.
  • Distributed ownership and emergent governanceⓘ
    Creating a decentralized network of communities of practice.
  • Multi-source financial strategiesⓘ
    Combining EU, national, local funding and modular fee-based offerings.
  • Open educational infrastructuresⓘ
    Maintaining resources like the joint curriculum as open educational tools.
  • Strategic partnerships and systems-level advocacyⓘ
    Engaging ministries and stakeholders to align with education policy goals.
  • Futures-oriented adaptabilityⓘ
    Evolving Acadimia through trend analysis, foresight, and periodic updates.
  • Pedagogical R&D infrastructureⓘ
    Positioning Acadimia as a platform for experimentation and design-based research.
  • Media-based cultural disseminationⓘ
    Using podcasts, videos, or stories to share the project's ideas widely.
  • Competence-based badge ecosystemⓘ
    Awarding digital microcredentials aligned with teacher competences.
  • Playable futures platformⓘ
    Creating serious games or simulations for exploring pedagogical futures.
  • Distributed residenciesⓘ
    Allowing educators to learn in-person at innovative schools across Europe.
  • Participatory governanceⓘ
    Using inclusive, democratic processes to shape Acadimia's direction.
  • Pop-up academiesⓘ
    Running temporary, localized teacher development events on-site.
  • Memetic pedagogyⓘ
    Spreading key practices as small, adaptable, replicable tools or rituals.
Top 3 Most Doable
    You can only select 3 items.
    Section 2: Impact - Sustainability strategies that are likely to have the greatest impact on teachers professional development
    Available Strategies
    • Institutionalisation through strategic anchoringⓘ
      Embedding Acadimia in universities as a formal structure.
    • Distributed ownership and emergent governanceⓘ
      Creating a decentralized network of communities of practice.
    • Multi-source financial strategiesⓘ
      Combining EU, national, local funding and modular fee-based offerings.
    • Open educational infrastructuresⓘ
      Maintaining resources like the joint curriculum as open educational tools.
    • Strategic partnerships and systems-level advocacyⓘ
      Engaging ministries and stakeholders to align with education policy goals.
    • Futures-oriented adaptabilityⓘ
      Evolving Acadimia through trend analysis, foresight, and periodic updates.
    • Pedagogical R&D infrastructureⓘ
      Positioning Acadimia as a platform for experimentation and design-based research.
    • Media-based cultural disseminationⓘ
      Using podcasts, videos, or stories to share the project's ideas widely.
    • Competence-based badge ecosystemⓘ
      Awarding digital microcredentials aligned with teacher competences.
    • Playable futures platformⓘ
      Creating serious games or simulations for exploring pedagogical futures.
    • Distributed residenciesⓘ
      Allowing educators to learn in-person at innovative schools across Europe.
    • Participatory governanceⓘ
      Using inclusive, democratic processes to shape Acadimia's direction.
    • Pop-up academiesⓘ
      Running temporary, localized teacher development events on-site.
    • Memetic pedagogyⓘ
      Spreading key practices as small, adaptable, replicable tools or rituals.
    Top 3 Most Impactful
      You can only select 3 items.
      Section 3: Attractiveness - Sustainability strategies that are most novel and interesting
      Available Strategies
      • Institutionalisation through strategic anchoringⓘ
        Embedding Acadimia in universities as a formal structure.
      • Distributed ownership and emergent governanceⓘ
        Creating a decentralized network of communities of practice.
      • Multi-source financial strategiesⓘ
        Combining EU, national, local funding and modular fee-based offerings.
      • Open educational infrastructuresⓘ
        Maintaining resources like the joint curriculum as open educational tools.
      • Strategic partnerships and systems-level advocacyⓘ
        Engaging ministries and stakeholders to align with education policy goals.
      • Futures-oriented adaptabilityⓘ
        Evolving Acadimia through trend analysis, foresight, and periodic updates.
      • Pedagogical R&D infrastructureⓘ
        Positioning Acadimia as a platform for experimentation and design-based research.
      • Media-based cultural disseminationⓘ
        Using podcasts, videos, or stories to share the project's ideas widely.
      • Competence-based badge ecosystemⓘ
        Awarding digital microcredentials aligned with teacher competences.
      • Playable futures platformⓘ
        Creating serious games or simulations for exploring pedagogical futures.
      • Distributed residenciesⓘ
        Allowing educators to learn in-person at innovative schools across Europe.
      • Participatory governanceⓘ
        Using inclusive, democratic processes to shape Acadimia's direction.
      • Pop-up academiesⓘ
        Running temporary, localized teacher development events on-site.
      • Memetic pedagogyⓘ
        Spreading key practices as small, adaptable, replicable tools or rituals.
      Top 3 Most Attractive
        You can only select 3 items.