SEA-EU University Alliance · Task 2.2 Training Pathways
Universidade do Algarve · Penha Campus · 23–27 March 2026
D2.1 target
30 materials · June 2026
Staff Week — Introduction
Building what we promised together — and doing it the way we said we would
In Gdańsk in June 2024, we wrote a manifesto. We committed to co-creation, to peer learning, to breaking down silos, to building an educational community that prepares both educators and students for the challenges ahead. This week in Algarve is not a planning meeting — it is the manifesto in action. We are here to make things: Moodle modules, teaching videos, shared frameworks that travel across nine universities and nine countries. What we produce here becomes the open-source Digital Sharing of Innovative Tools and Pedagogies that the SEA-EU Alliance has promised to its students, its educators, and the European Commission.
What Task 2.2 asks of us
Fostering inclusive, digital and green interdisciplinary and innovative training pathways
The proposal commits SEA-EU to equipping academic teachers and staff with the green and digital skills needed for the future — through courses, exchanges of experience, and a forum of mutual learning. Each partner contributes one or two modules according to their best practices. Together these form an open pool of excellent educators. This week, we build that pool.
What Gdańsk asked of us
Co-creating the educational culture we described — not just describing it
The Gdańsk Manifesto calls for educators who work in partnerships, who learn with and from each other, who bring knowledge to societal challenges. It asks us to model the pedagogy we advocate. A workshop where teachers design learning activities together, build on each other's ideas, and share what they know — that is the manifesto, not just a step toward it.
Manifesto commitments active this week — Gdańsk 2024
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Sustainability togetherIntegrate sustainable development into shared practices — green modules as Alliance-wide model
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Digital as community practiceCo-create learning strategies that prepare students for meaningful participation in a digital society
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Empathy in a digital worldSpace for diverse contributions including neurodiversity — make colleagues feel seen across borders
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Transdisciplinary learningBreak down academic silos — interconnected learning that reflects real-world complexity
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Cultural & coastal identityLeverage the unique character of our coastal universities — Algarve, the Ria Formosa, the Atlantic
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Collaborative communitiesEducators learn with and from each other — co-creation, shared knowledge, collective growth
What we leave Algarve with
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Module commitments
Signed Module Design Cards — one per working group, with named owner, deadline and Moodle structure
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Teaching videos
Filmed teaching tip clips — peer-to-peer, teacher to teacher, ready for post-production
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Module flows
Moodle storyboards — activity sequences mapped and ready to build after the week
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Working relationships
Cross-institutional co-authors who know each other — the foundation for the modules that follow
