Game-Based Learning for Creative Classrooms (1 week in Thessaloniki)

COURSE DESCRIPTION

Dates

2024: 18.11.2024 – 23.11.2024 | 09.12.2024 – 14.12.2024

2025: 10.02.2025 – 15.02.2025 | 07.04.2025 – 12.04.2025 | 12.05.2025 – 17.05.2025 | 07.07.2025 – 12.07.2025 | 10.11.2025 – 15.11.2025 | 08.12.2025 – 13.12.2025

2026: To be announced (Ask for dates)

Intro

In this course students will learn how to use Game-Based Learning (GBL) in their lessons. Game-Based Learning provides new and innovative ways to improve the quality of their teaching. Various software programs use GBL techniques to improve skills such as multitasking, critical thinking, risk taking and other 21st century skills. Participants will finally be able to create an escape room adjusted to their learning context, use open educational resources to create a sample lesson and learn how to implement GBL strategies in their classrooms.

Course Modules

–  Theory behind Game-Based Learning and Gamification – The need and the outcomes

–  Educational Practices Across Europe

–  Critical and Creative Thinking Through Games

–  Software Programs for the Implementation of GBL Strategies in the Classroom

–  Mobile Devices and GBL

–  QR codes in the Classroom

–  Videogames in Education

–  Escape rooms and GBL Techniques

–  Outdoor GBL

–  Sample Lessons and Projects, Presentations and Assessment

Learning Outcomes

Participants will be able

• to create their own materials using web2 and other software applications to enhance their educational development in the field of GBL.
• to learn how to motivate their students and change their ‘traditional’ teaching approaches, to new and modern approaches that guarantee high quality results.
• to gain confidence in the use of technology (computers, tablets, online applications and web2 applications as well as online cooperative tools).
• to develop skills such as critical thinking, collaboration, use of new technologies in education, creative and innovative thinking in education etc.
• to develop their English language skills through interaction with a multinational group of educators
• to join a broader international team that will support their future needs in professional development.

Note

Participants will need to bring their laptop and their smartphone so that relevant software is installed/used during the course.

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Destination:

Thessaloniki – the heart of northern Greece. Thessaloniki is the second largest city in Greece, considered the co-capital of the country. It’s the place the heart of Northern Greece beats since antiquity. It served as an economical and commercial centre for many years and has rapidly developed, mostly because of its geographical location.

A stroll around the city instantly reveals its rich history. The Old Town, the Castle of Heptapyrgio, the Rotunda, the emblematic White Tower built during the Ottoman rule are just a few of the city’s famous monuments that will please every culture and history enthusiast.

Nowadays it is considered a business hub for the Balkans as it hosts several conferences and major exhibitions including the Thessaloniki International Fair. In 2021 it was acknowledged as the first Greek city to join the UNESCO Network of Gastronomy.

Thessaloniki is the city people love to visit for its culture, cuisine, and hospitality.