Publication Type: Platform

Country: Bulgaria

File for download: Future Time Traveller innovative career game in 3D virtual world introduces Gen Z with the jobs of the future through game-based missions

FUTURE TIME TRAVELLER is an innovative virtual reality platform that apply the methodology of educational games to create a simulation of a future world. https://future-time-traveller.eu/ The s... Learn More

FUTURE TIME TRAVELLER is an innovative virtual reality platform that apply the methodology of educational games to create a simulation of a future world.

https://future-time-traveller.eu/

The serious game scenarios incorporate elements of Escape Rooms, Web Quests, Treasure Hunting, strategy and adventure games which have the potential for facilitating career decision making process and help users make use of the labour market intelligence. The visual stimulating, user-centric approach foster engagement and create a truly unique learning experience. The virtual reality environment is designed around a story, which will involve the users in a learning journey, including different virtual spaces.

While exploring the future, the young people improve their knowledge of trends that shape the world of work; sensitize themselves about the societal challenges and dilemmas that accompany technological development; enhance their understanding of the emerging jobs and the skills that will require; promote personal insight of the various career opportunities in front of them and of their role of mastering the future and demonstrate in practice a wide range of career management competences.

Throughout their learning journey players have to complete various missions, which require critical and pro-active thinking, decision making, problem solving; creativity and flexibility. Thus, the FUTURE TIME TRAVELLER helps young people develop in practice a wide range of career management competences for the 21-st century, which in a long-term plan will enhance their employability, productivity and active participation in society.

The users are involved in variety of tasks– reading materials, watching videos, researching for information, solving riddles, puzzles, quizzes, etc. – in order to obtain information about the future life, trends, jobs and skills. Pedagogic elements are closely integrated into the virtual reality environment in order to create a more intuitive method for facilitating learning.

Take a look at the game here:
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Publication Type: Project / initiative

Country: Bulgaria

The Erasmus+ project CRAFT is a successor of the FUTURE project and aims at fostering the employability and entrepreneurship of young people in rural areas through co-working. The project has prod... Learn More

The Erasmus+ project CRAFT is a successor of the FUTURE project and aims at fostering the employability and entrepreneurship of young people in rural areas through co-working.

The project has produced a training program on 3 topics:
💼 Career Skills for the Future
🪂 Entrepreneurship skills
👨‍🌾 Managing co-working spaces in rural areas

They will especially focus on fostering job opportunities and entrepreneurship in personal care and health,
green economy and STEAM.

Based on the content, the partnership has developed 7 original game-based learning scenarios, which will allow young people to test their skills and knowledge in a challenging and engaging way.

In the next months, we will finalize the 3D virtual world platform, where the scenarios will be integrated. It is based on the same technology as the Future Time Traveller, with 7 brand new missions which take place as virtual escape games in beautiful rural scenery.

In September we will present it to a pilot group of young people at learning mobility, which is planned to take place in Croatia.

The initiative is implemented by an international partnership involving the Business Foundation for Education in Bulgaria, CIAPE - Italy, CTI in Greece, STEP Insitute for Occupational Psychology and Entrepreneurship in Slovenia, Desa Dubrovnik Regional Center for Community Building and Civil society development in Croatia and Kunnskapstrening It in Norway and is coordinated by the Częstochowskie Stowarzyszenie Rozwoju Małej Przedsiębiorczości in Poland.

Stay tuned for more information on our website https://craft-project.eu/ Close

Publication Type: Project / initiative

Country: Bulgaria

ELMET is an Erasmus+ initiative, which promotes innovative Experiential Learning Methodologies for addressing vulnerable employed and unemployed people. The main target groups of ELMET are trainers... Learn More

ELMET is an Erasmus+ initiative, which promotes innovative Experiential Learning Methodologies
for addressing vulnerable employed and unemployed people.
The main target groups of ELMET are trainers and experts in continuing vocational education and training (C-VET) who work with adults, especially with low-qualified, unemployed, migrant and other at-risk groups.
ELMET uses educative Escape Rooms as new active learning methodology to develop the key skills and competences requested from the changing working environments.
ELMET develops a comprehensive TOOLKIT to help C-VET professionals design and use educative escape games and digital escape rooms in their practice.

The TOOLKIT includes:
• 2 practical guides
• 4 training modules
• 6 escape rooms

The 4 ELMET training modules:
• The escape room as a training tool
• How to design an educative escape room
• The escape room content
• Materials and resources in escape rooms
The 2 ELMET practical guides are:
• A guide to support each of the stages - design, implementation, facilitation and evaluation of the escape room
• A guide to support the creation of 100% digital-based escape rooms.

The 6 escape rooms (3 offline and 3 digital) will develop the main transversal skills –
• digital skills,
• green skills,
• creative and critical thinking,
• communication and collaboration in intercultural context.
These tools will help generate motivating learning spaces (face-to-face and virtual) for the most vulnerable groups and methodologies which are easily transferable to other educational levels.

The project is implemented by an international partnership, involving:
• Diputación Foral de Álava, Spain
• CIP Citizens In Power, Cyprus
• Panepistimio Thessalias, Greece
• Media Creativa 2020, Spain
• And the Business Foundation for Education in Bulgaria.

www.elmetproject.eu

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Publication Type: Project / initiative

Country: Bulgaria

WINGS training program and serious games support the development of entrepreneurship in an international environment The WINGS project, funded by the Erasmus + program, aims to stimulate the succes... Learn More

WINGS training program and serious games support the development of entrepreneurship in an international environment

The WINGS project, funded by the Erasmus + program, aims to stimulate the success of start-ups and SMEs in international business through an innovative online course integrating practical cases and serious games.

The online course for starting and managing a successful international company is freely available in 6 languages ​​and is aimed at everyone who is interested in the topic of entrepreneurship - trainers, career counselors, young people, start-up entrepreneurs and startups.

The initiative is coordinated by the University of Cyprus and includes the Business Foundation for Education (Bulgaria), FyG Consultores (Spain), INOVA (Portugal), bit.cz (Czech Republic) and Danmar Computers (Poland).

The training program covers 7 topics:
• Global entrepreneurship
• Key entrepreneurial competencies
• Uncertainty management
• Intercultural communication
• Marketing skills
• Business skills
•Financial literacy

The modules are complemented by 6 serious online games based on real cases, which allow entrepreneurs to practice the skills needed to develop and expand their own business abroad.
The partners developed a competence framework for the global entrepreneur and gathered training materials and resources in relation to each skill.

In the platform, you will find a special article that analyzes the effect of Covid on internationalization.
More useful information on the topic can be found on the project website https://wings.erasmus.site/ and on its Facebook page https://www.facebook.com/wings.entrepreneurship.games. Close

Publication Type: Project / initiative

Country: Bulgaria

The Erasmus Empower me Project, 2018-1-FR01-KA202-047991, funded with the support of the European Commission under the Erasmus+ Program, Key Activity 2 Strategic Partnerships is closer to the successf... Learn More

The Erasmus Empower me Project, 2018-1-FR01-KA202-047991, funded with the support of the European Commission under the Erasmus+ Program, Key Activity 2 Strategic Partnerships is closer to the successful finalization of the foreseen activities.

The main objectives of the project are:
- to improve the academic success and performances of students with Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) through interactive exercises for virtual coaching.
- to promote the capacity of professionals (VET teachers, trainers, advisors) to more effectively engage students’ attention and help them structure their time.

To achieve this, the project has developed the following products:
- Study analysis of the characteristics and needs of the students with ADHD
- Compendium of methods for teaching and counselling ADHD students
- Virtual resources centre for teachers
- Toolkit with exercises for students.
- The resources are freely available in 6 languages (BG, EN, ES, FR, IT, PT, BG).

Visit the project’s website to take advantage of the project’s results:
http://projectempowerme.eu/

The project is jointly implemented by a team lead by the coordinator IRIPS - France and including also Business Foundation for Education - Bulgaria, Civiform - Italy, Logopsycom - Belgium, Ies Valle de Aller - Spain and Politécnico do Porto - Portugal. Close

Publication Type: Project / initiative

Country: Bulgaria

The Mental Health+ is an Erasmus+ project that aims to develop governance and benchmarking tools for VET organizations so they can include and support students with mental health issues. The conso... Learn More

The Mental Health+ is an Erasmus+ project that aims to develop governance and benchmarking tools for VET organizations so they can include and support students with mental health issues.

The consortium is lead by Aspire-international from the United Kingdom and includes Business Foundation for Education from Bulgaria, CESIE from Italy, Learnmera Oy from Finland, Hugarafl from Iceland and Fundación Intras from Spain.

The partnership has developed:
- Charter listing the standards for MH+ organizations
- MH inclusion report into MH inclusion
- Ebook of best practices
- Benchmarking tool that allows organizations to assess their inclusivity regarding MH issues
- MH+ leader skills profile.

These products aim to help VET organizations (and other educational organizations) foster a tolerant, inclusive and accepting environment in which student and staff mental health is recognized and supported. It includes a series of approaches, policies, and procedures that a mental health positive VET organization can adhere to, to demonstrate that it is committed to supporting the mental health and wellbeing of all of its staff and students.

The products are freely available on the project website - https://www.mentalhealthplus.eu/

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Publication Type: Project / initiative

Country: Bulgaria

The European Framework of Competences provides a reference of competences in Skills Audits in Adult Education, using a common language to describe competences, skills, knowledge and proficiency levels... Learn More

The European Framework of Competences provides a reference of competences in Skills Audits in Adult Education, using a common language to describe competences, skills, knowledge and proficiency levels that can be understood across Europe, following European standards and frameworks of reference such as the EQF. This product is designed to meet the needs of counsellors, guidance personnel, assessors and practitioners involved with validation and who may be working to support disadvantaged adults on accessing upskilling pathways by making skills identification and screening available through digital tools.

The European Framework of Competences in Skills Audits for Adult Education has been elaborated as part of the implementation process of ASSESS PLUS. Supporting skills audits in adult education through digital tools (No. 2019-1-FR01-KA204-062263) – a project funded by the European Commission, under Erasmus+ Programme, Strategic Partnerships for Adult Education.

ASSESS PLUS. Supporting Skills Audits in adult education’s main objective is to make available skills identification and screening through innovative digital tools and products, including the validation of skills acquired through informal and non-formal learning, and to facilitate the progress of low-skilled and disadvantaged adults towards higher qualifications.

The ASSESS PLUS project team includes professionals from 7 organizations from 6 countries: the coordinator ITG Conseil, France and the partners INFODEF, Spain; BEST, Austria; IASIS, Greece; La bien paga, Spain; Business Foundation for Education, Bulgaria and Innoquality Systems from Ireland.

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Publication Type: Event

Country: Finland

44th IAEVG international conference in Riga, Latvia on 19-21 October, 2021. Further information: https://www.iaevgconference2020.lv/ Learn More

44th IAEVG international conference in Riga, Latvia on 19-21 October, 2021.

Further information:
https://www.iaevgconference2020.lv/ Close