In this issue of eLearningPapers we explore different approaches and models that spark creative potential of people and bring together interdisciplinary teams to collaborate and produce applied games and gamified apps. This issue is a collaboration with the ECGBL mini track on the same theme (Pivec & Torrent, 2015).
The selected papers explore the basic requirements and success factors for applied games and gamified approaches. We open with Kampf, who compares two games designed to promote a better understanding of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. This is followed by De la Hera et al., who consider the potential of games for multicultural education. Both of these papers illustrate the use of existing commercial games for education with the purpose of driving change in perception, understanding and behaviour. By contrast, Coakley et al. describe the design and development of a purpose built game and the associated pedagogy aimed at promoting sustainable living; Green Games (Green Games, 2015) is another EU funded project to develop skills and competences and areas of food, waste water and energy management in tourism and hospitality area. The next three papers focus on gamification. Basaiawmoit et al. demonstrate the value of gamification for allocating students to teams - a hard problem in collaborative learning. Simões et al. consider the impact of gamification on engagement in an online course. Lieberoth asks ‘what really works in gamification’ and comes up with some provocative answers. Crombie presents the Jam Today network (JamToday, 2015), an initiative of 25 European Universities, Innovation Centers, Learning Labs and Business Incubators financed by the EU ICT PSP programme. In 48 hour game jams Jam Today activates creative potential of different stakeholders to produce games for learning and resources for teachers on themes like eSkills, Health & Wellbeing and Maths. Libin presents examples of the therapeutic potential of playful interaction for the elderly. We conclude with Kayali et al., who offer design guidance for creating social impact games. More...

This is a job shadowing project to exchange best practice between Eiran aikuislukio and two Adult Education Institutes in Copenhagen, Vestegnen and Efterslægten. More...

Media plays a big role in the lives of young people and young people's use and production of media is increasing all the time. Even so, a large part of the youth workers feel their media skills are poor. More...

The project intends to focus and explore on the concept of the CULTURAL ENTREPRENEURSHIP with specific attention on entrepreneurial skills, leadership and management, need, problem analysis prject design, funding and financing; Those topics will be explored in the context of youth organizations and volunteering. More...

Boisjoly-Potier high school is in the heights of Reunion Island. As is so often the case, in isolated communities with high unemployment and low socio-economic status, there is little or no opportunity for cultural exchange, the students suffer both from their insulation and cultural isolation. (Unemployment is >60% among the young). More...

The main reason of our project is to address the issue of tackling youth unemployment with a focus on entrepreneurship and innovation.
By the combined interaction of the participating partners from Bulgaria, Portugal, Turkey, Russia and Belarus the young participants, we hope to increase the capacity of young people to contribute to the well-being of their community and, in turn, their own lives. More...

The project "Development of the empowerment of educators and beneficiaries in the field of youth at risk and social exclusion" is a response to the aims of the European Union to fight poverty and exclusion. More...

The project’s main activity is "summer camp" which is a youth exchange. The youth exchange focuses on youth unemployment and its psychological effects, impact and the preventive measure. More...

The project "Build up your future" will be held from 01.06.2015 - 11.01.2015 and activities between 2015. Accordingly days 01.07.2015 and 10.07.2015 are provided for travel. More...

The University of Edinburgh will host the OER16 conference, which will take place in Edinburgh on 19-20 April 2016. More...