Educational games are designed to help people learn about certain topics, expand concepts, reinforce development or assist them in learning a skill as they play. They use motivational qualities of games for relevant learning purposes, meaning knowledge acquisition, skill acquisition or training and/or attitude or behavior change. Educational games are enhanced when incorporated into a … Continue reading Educational Games and their forms
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Gamechangers Fest 2.0 was the final part of the Gamechangers program, a 5-month learning experience where youth workers and educators from Estonia, Finland, Latvia, Lithuania, Sweden, and Russia created their own educational games with focus on topics related to civic education. During the online festival, implemented on 13th and 14th of March 2021, attendants had … Continue reading Gamechangers Fest 2.0
The strategic partnership project “Game On: Developing Educational Board Games for Young Entrepreneurs” continues its course, and we are now more than halfway the total duration of the journey! From 22nd to 24th of November, the team of Shokkin Group International met up again with representatives from Ticket2Europe, Awesome People and Solidarity Mission for the third … Continue reading “Game ON” Transnational project meeting TPM 3 in Örebro (Sweden)
Shokkin Group International members and partners are working on the long-term project “Game On: Developing Educational Board Games for Young Entrepreneurs”, an Erasmus+ strategic partnership that explores the potential of board games in entrepreneurship education. The project, which involves Estonia, Greece, Spain and Sweden, started with a kick-off meeting in March 2019 in Pontevedra (Spain). … Continue reading Game On: Developing Educational Board Games for Young Entrepreneurs
Gamification and game-based learning are getting their share of hype in the education and youth work fields. Some educators show more interest to use motivational qualities of games to get learners engaged. Meanwhile, others critically remark that game elements put serious learning to the background of the classroom. When you work in the field of … Continue reading Challenges of creating own educational games