We’re proud to share that we’ve reached 10,000 users on FEE Academy!
The need to set up an online learning platform was sown back in 2018. Originally planned as FEE University, it was meant to support the quality delivery of FEE Programmes by providing capacity-building to our rapidly growing member network. The pandemic supercharged the development of the platform, transforming the initial seedling of an idea into a much broader and inclusive initiative. We launched our first courses in early 2021 with just 300 users at the start, and we haven’t stopped growing since.
Today, FEE Academy has attracted users interested in capacity-building and professional development in Education for Sustainable Development (ESD) from around the world, with the top five countries being the United Arab Emirates, the United Kingdom, India, Greece and Uzbekistan. Over 5,500 course certificates have been issued across our 20 courses (with additional translated versions), and we’ve achieved an average completion rate of 49%, significantly above the 12 percent median completion rate (Uncovering MOOC Completion: A Comparative Study of Completion Rates from Different Perspectives | Open Praxis).
Our courses range from topics such as circular economy to outdoor education and sustainable tourism. We’ve seen great enrolment in the newly launched course for educators interested in the Young Reporters for Environment (YRE) programme as well as a new training course for Green Key establishments, while other more well-established courses like our introduction to biodiversity course and the Climate Change Education: From Knowledge to Action course developed by the Office for Climate Education continue to be fan favourites.
We’re continuing to build on this with new courses in development, such as the two-course package for educators interested in Eco-Schools, generously supported by PPG Industries, Inc. and a sustainable food systems course from the PLAN’EAT project.
FEE Academy has become an integral tool, not only in supporting our members in delivering high-quality FEE programmes, but also by supporting stakeholders down the line – educators, students, hospitality professionals and more. With FEE being a member of the Greening Education Partnership (GEP), our courses on FEE Academy are also being used to support greening teacher training and education system capacities as part of the GEP’s Pillar 3.
Of course, FEE Academy’s success would not have been possible without the support of many partners along the way. Many thanks to our FEE members who have used and shared courses, the Office for Climate Education, the Mars Wrigley Foundation, the Alcoa Foundation, the Helvellyn Foundation and PPG for helping deliver the resources needed to develop the courses and platform itself.
Testimonials from FEE Academy users
Looking forward, we’re excited to keep developing FEE Academy, creating new courses and improving existing ones, and continuing to provide free Education for Sustainable Development to all.
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If you’re interested in partnering with us to continue developing FEE Academy, please get in touch with pramod@fee.global or reeza@fee.global