Aug
2
The latest e-newsletter on Gamification and Enabling Technologies accessed by the link above includes a review of 2 recent conferences whose primary focus has been on serious games and gamification for learning and development. The Thaisim 2017 conference in Bangkok included a number of practical examples of the use of gamification for learner engagement such as the trial of a game involving storytelling and the use of 360 video and playing cards to engage and inspire interest in geography, history and STEM subjects.
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Jul
3
This example case demonstrates technology validation that are being adopted and adapted for the BEACONING platform as well as the initative to collaborate with existing local projects. UCM as lead of the learning analytics task, has collaborated with the DownTown project providing the technology and the experimental design for the scientific validation experiment to test a serious game. Specifically, UCM reingeneered the game incorporating the analytics system to collect data during the experiment to the preexisting game that was produced by CEIEC (Center for Research and Innovation in Knowledge Management), an Institute of Francisco de Vitoria University, in cooperation with Down Madrid Association.
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Jun
29
The 9th international Thaisim Conference took place on June 29/30 2017 at Bansomdejchaopraya Rajabhat University in Bangkok, Thailand. The Beaconing project principles were featured in the opening keynote presentation at the conference on the topic which can be accessed at https://www.slideshare.net/dwortley/storytelling-and-immersive-learning-with-360-video-vr-technologies-and-gamification-techniques .
The presentation included a practical example of the use of immersive technologies, storytelling and gamification in which conference delegates were assembled into random teams to solve problems in a world tour treasure hunt based on a 360 degree video of 10 country locations.
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Jun
27
Last week from Tuesday to Friday, BEACONING consortium partners took part in General Assembly meeting and workshop held by ATS in the city of Bucharest in Romania. For three days we discussed integration process of BEACONING platform and how will we enter piloting phase.
Big thanks to all who attended for creative and productive time!
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Jun
16
Technology is progressing. Science drives its development. New jobs appear every day on the labour market, some we haven’t even thought about. Many of today’s students will do these jobs. They probably won’t be trained for these jobs since they haven’t been invented yet. However they will learn somehow.
„Nothing is more important in the twenty-first century than learning to manage change.” (Fullan, 2008).
But for this to happen, their thinking and knowledge must be adaptable. The skills they acquire in school should allow anchoring in the real world.
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