GameLearn project

So happy to doing this for more than 3 years - every single month!
Join and learn from five different teaching cases in the upcoming Pan-EU Conference on Digital Education.
Free registration: https://www.erasmuspluscourses.com/pan-eu-conference-on-digital-education.html

We are glad to present the results of our GAMELEARN project at the Pan-European Conference on Digital Education. This is a precious opportunity to spread the IOs to a wide group of teachers from all Europe.

So happy to doing this for more than 3 years - every single month!
Join and learn from five different teaching cases in the upcoming Pan-EU Conference on Digital Education.
Free registration: https://www.erasmuspluscourses.com/pan-eu-conference-on-digital-education.html

The GameLearn Multiplier Event in Sweden took place in two different cities: Uppsala and Sandviken.
This enabled the project managers to get feedbacks on the project from different categories of the project's target group and stakehoders.

The IO2 Game-based digital curriculum is online and available in different language. What it is? It's a guide for teachers in which they will find tools for planning game-based lessons and learning path, a list of case study and replicable lessons of different subjects, inspiration about new games or platform. You can check it here

IOs | GAMELEARN Free Bootstrap Theme by ProBootstrap.com

Multiplier Event "Ion Ghica",High School, Romania

We are releasing our MOOC in different language. Here you'll find the Italian Version

Tutorial gratuito di - Apprendimento basato sul gioco per gli insegnanti Un viaggio nel mondo dell'apprendimento basato sui giochi - Corso gratuito

And here some pictures from the 🇮🇹🇮🇹🇮🇹 Italian Multiplier Event organised by Polo Liceale Statale SAFFO and Ilmiofuturo in Roseto degli Abruzzi. It was very interesting to listen and involved in project activities! So much creativity in designing pathways for different school subjets ( , , , foreign languages and so on)

Hello everyone! How is your week going?

Today we are here to tell you about the Multiplier Event that took place in Magale Salestarrak school (Urnieta, Spain) a few months ago. The speaker was Azahara G. Peralta, who is an expert in gamification and educational innovation with extensive experience in eLearning and Design Thinking.

It was a training event with the aim of motivating and multiplying educational innovation. It lasted about 3 hours and a half and the truth is that all the participants were very active talking and doing several practical activities about Design Thinking,
Cooperative learning, talent development Game-based learning,
Educational Gamification and Soft Skills (creativity, mindset, cooperation, communication skills, etc.).

It was a pleasure to have Azahara and a receptive audience in this ME, for that, we simply have to say THANK YOU.😊

Are you searching for the right game to use during your lessons?! Check our Digital Compendium on which you’ll find a collection of games and their description.
It’s available in all the partners languages, just switch the website language.

IOs | GAMELEARN Free Bootstrap Theme by ProBootstrap.com

"Historia"
A game-based learning method that has been used to teach history to students.
So interesting to see both teachers and students admitting the success and efficiency of the used learning method.
Using this game makes the teacher act as a facilitator instead of being at the center of the learning method. This enables students to do their research and take decisions on their own..

Game-Based Learning Brings the History of Civilization to Life Middle school students learn social studies through Historia, a paper-based simulation game that incorporates a world cultures curriculum aligned to state st...

The benefits of Game-based learning are now confirmed by increasing scientific evidence: many researchers in the field of school psychology are dealing with digital well-being and experimentation in schools and involve teachers and professionals from various fields also to popularize and raise awareness of these issues. A recent example is the study day organized by the Laboratory of School Psychology (Splab) of the "G. D'Annunzio" University of Chieti (in Italy) "Gamification and Digital Well-Being," during which psychologists, researchers, teachers, students, trainers, and gamification experts spoke.
Among the many multidisciplinary contributions on the topic, the psychologists presented the most recent lines of research. Moreover, the teachers showed some school experiences (including the educational video games made by the students of the Liceo scientifico "C. D'Ascanio" in Montesilvano, which you can take a look at at the link https://gamefalconeborsellino.it/).
In addition, the school trainers shared with the audience the initiatives undertaken at the governmental level to incentivize new teaching methodologies based on technologies. It is hoped that these figures can collaborate more and more closely in a lifelong learning perspective. Take a look at the event program: https://www.unich.it/sites/default/files/locandina_evento_splab_26nov2022_5.pdf

Game Falcone Borsellino

The prestigious University of Turin in Italy, has already completed 600 years of educational activity and counts among its students names of personalities who have characterized the history of Italy and humanity, such as Erasmus of Rotterdam, Amedeo Avogadro, Luigi Enaudi, later President of the Italian Republic and Nobel laureates Salvatore Luria, Rita Levi Montalcini and Renato Dulbecco.
Nevertheless, the University proves to be at the forefront in the educational and didactic field.
Indeed, the Bachelor of Science in Education provides among the teachings of the 2nd year, the characterizing course of didactics and special pedagogy "Pedagogy of Creativity + Game Based Learning" held by Prof. Manuela Repetto, demonstrating that this new teaching methodology is spreading as a regular practice in teaching, for its many positive effects on meaningful learning and the fight against school dropout.

Pedagogia della creatività + Game based learning

Good afternoon everyone!
How are you feeling? Our project’s ending is just around the corner, and we are working hard at schools using the tools we have created and exchanging views and experiences with other teachers.

While we are doing that work, we get motivated when we read testimonials from other teachers who have implemented game-based teaching and have been successful. It is certainly a pleasure to hear from these stories.
For example, it is worth reading this article in which students are focused on doing business and enterprise units which would plan concerts or events.
Do not hesitate to take a look at it!

On a Mission With Game-Based Learning - EdSurge News Veteran technology teacher Ben Kelly is thankful that, after 18 years of teaching, his students still run into the room when it’s time for his class. ...

The New Year is just started and noe we are getting prepared to experiment the game-based learning actively in our school partners classes. What we aim is to track the activities and the results to create a roadmap to the teachers who want to try the GBL themselves.

Some pictures taken from today morning activities. We made different practical activities in order to reflect on teaching mode and our students' charachteristics to make the learning more effective. What are the LOs we want them to achieve? How do they do it? How their attitudes will change? Everything is related in designing a Learning pathway based on Game-base Learning, creating also our own games and exploiting the already existing ones.

We are glad to announce that our MOOC has been published on Udemy, now it is available in English, but soon will be available in all the partners' languages. The course, completely free, is aimed at teaching what is game-based learning, how it works and how to apply it while teaching.
It's possible to learn while playing games? Absolutely yes! This brings huge benefits to students' performance. Let's have a look at that.

Free Tutorial - Game-Based Learning for Teachers A journey through the world of game-based learning - Free Course

Good afternoon! :)
The last time we shared a personal experience, we talked about gamification elements introduced in a primary school in the early 1970s.

Today we want to share the experience of a young Italian man in his mid-twenties who would have loved to have learned by playing games.

“I’ve never had any game-based learning experience at school. But hearing about this project makes me feel like I’ve lost a great chance to learn things in a different way. For example, I would have loved to have felt more engaged through games. Learning without even being aware of it would have stimulated my imagination and curiosity. Moreover, having a reward would have kept me motivated to carry on with the learning process. Applying game elements, such as a quiz with a prize, to a learning activity would have made me happier.”

What are your personal experiences with learning at school? We would love to hear about them. Please share them with us, and tell us what you liked or even what you disliked: it will enrich our project.

Hello! How are you doing?
Today we come with a curious fact.

Thinking back to our learning experiences at school, interesting memories pop up. In the early 1970s, i.e., half a century ago, a sort of gamification element was being used by a catholic priest who taught religion in a primary school of a small village in southern Germany. Not even in our wildest dreams would we have called it ‘gamification element’ half a century later!

The gamification element in question was a pack of playing cards with images of saints printed on them. On one side, there was a picture of a Saint and on the other a short biography of such Saint.

If schoolchildren had done their homework well or achieved some learning goal, they would receive these cards as a prize for their efforts. These prizes had a two-fold impact: they would show appreciation for their efforts but were also useful because schoolchildren would learn the life stories of the Saints.

It is clear that game-based learning has been around for a long time and was used generations ago without even knowing what it was or that it would be called game-based learning.
We would love to hear about your personal experiences. Please share them. Thank you!

The second TPM of the Gamelearn project was hold in Lublijana on the 30th of June and 1st of July. The partners discussed the last adjustment for IO1 finalisation and it’s experimentation, then the IO2 realization. The team has been active and productive and enjoyed also time together.

Hey! How do you manage to keep the attention of the students? How can I teach them to be more participatory and make them more motivated? One of the key challenges of online learning is student engagement. Student engagement is extremely critical to learning and retention. The low participation of the students generates boredom, low motivation and, consequently, low performance. These are some of the educational games available on the 9ijakids platform to inspire learning for high school kids. Have a look!!
https://9ijakids.com/top-ten-fun-educational-games-for-secondary-school/

Hey!👋😁 how are you doing? I invite you to read this interesting article about excessive screen time and the definitions of 'good' and 'bad' screen time. The Conversation is a source of news and analysis written by the academic and research community but with a journalistic soul that is addressed directly to society. The team of editors works with the experts to bring their knowledge to the readers https://theconversation.com/children-live-online-more-than-ever-we-need-better-definitions-of-good-and-bad-screen-time-168650

In recent years, some studies discovered that thanks to the gaming young and teenagers gamers display improvements in selective attention and sustained attention. It has been proved that the areas of the brain involved in attention require less stimulation to sustain attention on challenging tasks. Aside from improving focus and concentration, video games can also improve mood. But not all is good, benefits and profits. We must to take care of some details and downsides to avoid causes like attention problems...
Have a look to this article!
https://parentingscience.com/video-games-and-attention/

Video games and attention: Gaming enhances some attention skills, and hinders others Studies of video games and attention reveal mixed effects. Some games can boost visual attention, and they may help kids with dyslexia. But there's a downside.

Automating a learning process was never enough. "Kids are coming to school to be social."
Anderson explains how he was able to bring online games' dynamics into his classroom. He reinvented his class as a video game by taking into account the following facts:
- Schools should be fun!
- Failure is part of the learning process.
- Having a learning system is important.
A very interesting and inspiring talk!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4qlYGX0H6Ec&t=10s&ab_channel=TEDxTalks

Classroom Game Design: Paul Andersen at TEDxBozeman Paul Andersen has been teaching science in Montana for the last eighteen years. He explains how he is using elements of game design to improve learning in h...

Hey take a look at this! On this website you can create your own educational game. There is a wide variety to create! Riddles, crosswords, word research puzzle, unscramble letter, froggy jump, quiz, interactive map... Furthermore, it is compatible with many platforms!
https://www.educaplay.com/

Educaplay: Free educational games generator Create your own educational games or search our directory of more than one million educational activities.

This interesting article deals with two ways to implement gamification in studies. It raises two different points of view on the basis that we have only just begun to harness the potential of gamification to engage students and improve knowledge acquisition among other benefits. In this way, the authors delve into the fact that game design and human motivation theories indicate that gamification can provide a variety of techniques to engage and motivate students in playful and novel ways. Check it out! https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/journal-of-clinical-and-translational-science/article/gamification-and-education-a-pragmatic-approach-with-two-examples-of-implementation/478C9229E04D4F295B0A7095F0D508A2 #

Gamification and education: A pragmatic approach with two examples of implementation | Journal of Clinical and Translational Science | Cambridge Core Gamification and education: A pragmatic approach with two examples of implementation - Volume 5 Issue 1

Why do so many students struggle to memorize quite simple information like the periodic table of elements, while at the same time they can easily recall such complicated data like Pokémon dual-type charts?
André Thomas discusses how game-based learning can boost and improve motivation and, as a result, achievements in students.

https://youtu.be/-X1m7tf9cRQ

The Effective Use of Game-Based Learning in Education | Andre Thomas | TEDxTAMU André Thomas designs and researches the creation of games for higher education, targeting difficult subjects such as Calculus to help students succeed. His a...