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What can you do in the ETF Community of Innovative Educators?
EXPLORE AND SHARE INNOVATIVE TEACHING PRACTICES
More than 100 INNOVATIVE EDUCATIONAL PRACTICES from all the ETF countries can be browsed in the community database on Open Space. Have a look and get inspired by the work of our Community Members! https://lnkd.in/dQ4Fn6FG.
Also, you can share your innovative teaching practice.
ENGAGE IN COLLABORATIVE DISCUSSIONS: New Learning Clubs
Start collaborating with members of the thematic groups inside the New Learning Clubs. Meet experts from different countries who work on a specific theme related to learning innovation and discuss how to improve their teaching approaches learning from each other. Co-create a final outcome and get an Open Badge!
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New Learning Club on “Teachers Professional Development”
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New Learning Club on “Innovative STEAM education”
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New Learning Club on "Teaching with Artificial Intelligence"
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New Learning Club on "Engaging and inclusive teaching methods for upskilling and reskilling of adults"
Get involved in a co-creation process
Work in an international team of experts & collaborate on a joint outcome. See examples of Community joint endeavours:
- Unlocking AI in education: A Teacher's Guide to AI Literacy (result of AI Club)
- Low-tech, High impact STEAM: collection of inspirational practices and ready-to-use resources for educators (result of STEAM Club)
LEARN FROM LEADING INNOVATORS
The New Learning Award 2026 call for innovative teaching and learning practices was annonced in November 2025 jointly by the European Training Foundation (ETF) and its partners: European Association of Institutes for Vocational Training (EVBB), the European Forum of Technical and Vocational Education and Training (EfVET), the European Vocational Training Association (EVTA) and the Lifelong Learning Platform (LLLP).
From the 461 applications received from 50 countries – including EU Member States and Partner Countries, and beyond - our international jury selected nine outstanding practices, chosen for the way they reimagined education and inspired real change.
The competition revealed the names of four 🎉 New Learning Award 2026 winners who deserve our applause for their outstanding innovative practices! And here are the names (in alphabetical order):
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🏆 Anna Kyrpa – Become an Agent of Social Changes, digital simulation game creating a bridge between Ukrainian refugees and host communities, fostering empathy, ethical reasoning and civic responsibility (Ukraine) 🏆 Farah Zeedia – Young Builders – inclusive, play-based STEM for children of all abilities (Germany) 🏆 Nana Marghania – “Theatre and Simulation Methods: Replicable Tools for Integrated Competence Development” – student-led theatre turning classroom learning into community action (Georgia) 🏆 Noora El Wer – Masahati Student Clubs – safe, inclusive spaces for refugee and host community children to learn and grow together (Jordan) |
The International Jury also acknowledged seven other practices which received Inspiration Awards for their remarkable innovations. Here are the educators who received our Inspiration Awards (in alphabetical order):
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🏆 Ana Kintsurashvili –"Activating civic engagement through arts" (Georgia) 🏆 Dafna Kariv –"Entrepreneurial learning in the digital age" (Israel) 🏆 Gulmira Meshitbayeva –"Empowering teachers for impact with Scaffold" (Kazakhstan) 🏆 Leyan Zahdeh –"Integrating key competences through personalised learning" (Palestine) 🏆 Lidia Pokrzycka –"Gamification as key driver for local impact" (Poland) 🏆 Oksana Buturlina –"STEM for inclusive learning" (Ukraine) 🏆 Olena Shyyan –"Building resilience through system-level support" (Ukraine) |
Explore the work of the three winners of the New Learning 2022 competition:
Escape Room by Katerina Veljković, Serbia
Theater to strengthen ICT learning by Hédia Mhiri Sellami, Tunisia
STEM Stands Together by Selçuk Yusuf Arslan, Turkey
DISCUSS RELEVANT EDUCATIONAL ISSUES
Through our webinars:
Webinar report: Artificial Intelligence for Educators: ethical challenges, practices and guidelines
Webinar report: Digital credentials and Open Badges: a revolution for Education and Training?
Webinar report: Teaching for green societies: skills and practical experiences
... and our blog posts:
How to build critical digital literacies of teachers? – practical tools and real-life applications
Make the change happen with a small – scale development projects: best practice from South Africa
AND MUCH MORE:
READY MODEL: (Reference model for Educators' Activities and Development in the 21st-centurY) aims to offer a structured way to identify the professional practices and development needs of 21st-century educators. Click for MORE.
Community members can be awarded with Open Badges, which are a special type of digital credential. Depending on your role inside the Community you can be assigned one of three Open Badges: an INNOVATOR badge, a PIONEER badge, an AMBASSADOR badge.
Meet Community Ambassadors - a group of committed educators supporting the community to grow in their countries.
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