gamED – Gamification for Developing Essential Competencies in Youth Work

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gamED is a 24 months strategic partnership project developed by Romanian Angel Appeal Foundation in partnership with 5 partners from 3 European countries: World University Services of the Mediterranean and Blue Room Innovation from Spain, Instituto Politecnico de Setubal and Produções Fixe from Portugal and Universitatea „Vasile Alecsandri” Bacău from Romania.

The 6 partners propose a complex multi-layered intervention through a project that follows to develop the capacity of professionals working with youth in non-formal and formal education contexts in order to improve the quality of programs aiming at developing key competencies that lead to a successful life and in the same time instilling in youth core values of fairness, social justice, non-discrimination, involvement in the community. All of these by gaining essential competencies of gamification and game design which will support them in developing and delivering innovative curriculums.

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The specific objectives of the project are:

• Creating a series of 4 tools to support youth workers in delivering and creating quality educational programs for youth by using gamification in different educational sectors
• Fostering the development of key competencies and values for a minimum of 420 youth involved in gamification processes
• Raising awareness and knowledge regarding how to use gamification in youth work through face-to-face and online dissemination

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Intellectual outputs

By the end of the project, a full package of using gamification and (board)game-based learning will be available and ready to be used with and/or for 14-24 y.o. the youth of different socio-economical backgrounds and other specificities, in a wide range of contexts:

• Gamified Learning Contents on Key Competencies (GLC) – with 10 relevant key competencies gamified
• Hi-Quest 2.0 Board Game an educational journey of conquering cities impersonating essential competencies based on the Hero’s Journey and team work
• Guidelines on how to co-create gamified contents together with participants in nonformal and formal contexts – a tool encouraging youth workers to involve their beneficiaries when planning learning processes for them and teaching them how to use gamification in competencies’ development programs
• 3 E-learning modules (tutorials) of Gamification of learning processes and Boardgame use in youth work at the community level: in NGOs and other community contexts / in schools and highschools / in universities

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Main results of the project

Several groups of beneficiaries will be involved throughout the project in activities that are relevant for them:

• project teams from the 6 organizations, which will be better prepared to offer quality youth work and promote it within their teams of youth workers and education professionals;
• 4 groups of 15, in total 60 youth from different contexts in the 3 countries will be involved in the piloting phase and developing essential skills, in the meantime being empowered to give feedback for improvement of materials;
• 18 trainees from 3 countries will specialize in gamification during a 5-days training and will consistently implement GLC and board game with youth, in their local contexts;
• 420 youth from 3 countries will benefit from developing essential skills through 2 different gamified processes;
• 7,090 stakeholders relevant for youth work and the educational field will familiarise themselves with how to use gamification in developing key competencies and with project outputs as a result of dissemination activities.

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The project is funded under K205 Strategic Partnerships for youth program and has started on April 2021.