Dec 20

Beaconing*s contribution with PalermoCityChallengeGame @Gala conf. 2018

Posted by Jannicke Baalsrud Hauge

In connection with the GALA conference 2018 in Palermo, Italy, the hosting team of CNR under the lead of Manuel Gentile arranged a pre-event among offering local students to try out a geolocated game, called CityChallenge of Palermo, to get to know their city a little bit better. The city challenge game is…

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Dec 17

BEACONING Artwork Takes Off

Posted by Jackie Calderwood

Coventry University have been developing new artwork and narratives for the 'meta-game' plots of the BEACONING platform. Our intention was to create examples of three structured narrative formats, as a complement to the meta-game narratives already available for Teacher Authoring of Gamified Lesson Plans (GLP). Coventry University will conduct research around the use…

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Dec 17

Location Based Learning Proves Popular with Information Systems Undergraduates

Posted by Jackie Calderwood

This autumn BEACONING project researchers from Coventry University have been working with college staff and students from CU Coventry on a small pilot testing out various aspects of the platform with third year undergraduate students who are taking the Information Systems (Advanced) module. Over the six-week module, students experienced three different styles of…

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Dec 10

BEACONING @ Digital Education Stakeholder Meeting

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On December 10th 2018, during the Digital Education Stakeholder Meeting in Luxemburg, the Beaconing team presented the achievements and the customizable gamified learning experiences of the project. Besides the presentation of the result of the Beaconing project, the team had the opportunity to met other team members from the H2020 projects, to exchange…

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Dec 9

Beaconing @ ICT 2018 Exhibition

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On December 04th-06th 2018, the BEACONING project was presented by a team from Coventry University, BIBA, ATS and Geomotion, within the ICT-2018 Exibition, which took place in Vienna. The general exhibition was guided this year by three themes: “Inspiring a Digital Society”, “Creating Networks & Technology” and “Transforming Industry & Economy”. The event…

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