Reflect, apply and share
In this final session, you will reflect on what you learned and put it to use by designing and sharing learning objectives and activities tailored to your courses. The aim is to begin integrating sustainable futures thinking into disciplinary practice, step by step.
Creating a toolbox
To leverage our educator community, we will also start a shared repository of learning activities—from small inserts to larger modules—that embed futures thinking competencies in field-specific teaching. Your contribution will be a valued addition to the shared resource!
Pause and Reflect
* What futures‑relevant approach would benefit your students?
* What could be an easy first step?
* What futures questions might spark intensive debate in your class?
Try it out! Design a learning activity
You do not need a brand-new module to bring futures thinking alive. A few well-placed exercises can create powerful learning moments.
Based on this training:
- Map entry points
- Draw a futures-oriented mind map around your course’s core themes.
- Identify futures-related sustainability questions relevant to those topics.
- Note boundary conditions (group size, time, facilities, modality).
- Select a competence element
- Choose an element of futures thinking competence to integrate (e.g., normative thinking and ethical questions, work on trends, awareness of assumptions, understanding temporalities).
- Formulate a learning goal
- Write one clear outcome (“By the end, students can…”).
- Design a pilot activity
- Sketch an activity you can test in your course.
Describe the key elements of your learning activity and document them in your preferable way. You can use the template to structure your plan.
Share your learning activity with colleagues. Contribute your activity to the shared repository to inspire others and to allow them to adapt it to their contexts.
The final file should be saved as .ppt, .pdf, or an image. Upload your file on the next page to the Resource Library!
Pause and Reflect
* Do you have hesitations or barriers to integrating sustainable futures thinking into your course?
* Where might these reservations stem from?
* What support would help?
Final words
Thank you for investing your time and expertise in this training. We hope you leave with practical ways to weave sustainable futures thinking into your courses—one clear learning goal, one focused activity, one iteration at a time.
Your insights now matter as much as your implementation: please share feedback with the creators so we can refine materials, add examples, and strengthen the shared repository. If you found this useful, consider passing it along to colleagues who might benefit.
Together, we can grow a global community of practice that helps students imagine, test, and shape better futures!