Table 4.

Alignment of the EE-TtT programme with dimensions of sustainable learning

Sustainability dimensions:	Lifelong learning	Changing your learning behaviour as a result of the specific learning	A process of personal development continuing beyond the course	Deconstruction/reconstruction
TtT programme features:
Training paradigm is focused on theory and is evidence-based/evidence-informed	X	X	X	X
Developmental trajectories—for the trainers themselves to continue to grow/refine their KSAs relating to training specifically	X	X	X	X
Training paradigm seeks to build a community of ELIXIR trainers	X	X	X
Pedagogical and andragogical principles are explicit in training new trainers, so new instructors will also follow these principles		X	X	X
New trainers are introduced to—and encouraged to only use—evidence-based principles of learning		X	X	X
Training paradigm includes a formative assessment of the training KSAs that the programme develops in new instructors			X
New trainers are introduced to—and encouraged to use—Bloom’s taxonomy to develop learning outcomes		X	X
Training paradigm embodies the target KSAs of effective training, course design and learning assessment, together with an explicit developmental trajectory new instructors can continue to build on	X	X	X	X
Training paradigm uses and promotes the use of active learning techniques		X		X
Programme provides instruction on how to integrate technology, including VMs and Cloud, in training delivery and development
Programme involves TtT participants attending actual training courses to observe expert instructors in action, and follow-up discussion about observation, evaluation and metacognitive development around their own teaching	X	X	X	X
Programme includes post-TtT support (e.g. forum/blog/network/meetings/discussions), including support for instructors’ development of their own pre-course assessment (for participant selection) and evaluations (for their continuing professional development)	X	X	X
Materials are FAIR	X	X	X	X