GAME ON – E-LEARNING FOR

SOCIAL INCLUSION
Learn to play, play to learn!

Camelia Popescu

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 Preliminary issues

 European project
 Socrates - Grundvig 1
 24 months
– October 2006 – September 2008

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 Target groups
 prisoners,
 young offenders
 young people at risk of offending and
ex-offenders
 marginalised groups of prisoners, i.e.
deaf prisoners and those who are
learning disabled

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 Elearning platform

 4 games adapted to be linguistically

and culturally appropriate for the
countries involved in the project
 An editing tool to allow generation,
modification and translation of content.
 A guide for trainers
 A 3D First Night introduction tour of
prison

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 Games – design and development
 3 questionnaires
 In 5 countries: UK, Italy, Bulgaria, Greece
and Romania
What did you think about the graphics in the gam e?

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16
14
Were the Graphical themes appropriate for your target
12
group
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8 8
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4
6 2

5
0
Very Good Good Ok Bad Very Bad
4

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Very Appropriate OK Not Appropriate Really Not
Appropriate Appropriate

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 Learning objectives

 The Personal Development Module has the

following objectives:
– To improve self esteem
– to learn how to manage aggression in
circumstances related to work and life in groups
– to learn strategies to respond to Problems &
Stress (addressing aspects of “Managing Peer
Pressure”)
– to be able to develop realistic goals
– to understand “trust” in different situations

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 Learning objectives
 The Learning objectives of the second module,
Work Preparation, are:
– Demonstrate knowledge of how behaviour affects
colleagues and clients
– Demonstrate an understanding of the need for loyalty and
commitment
– Demonstrate knowledge of personal hygiene
– Demonstrate the need for good time keeping at work
– Demonstrate an awareness of line management structures
– Demonstrate an understanding of the benefits of training
development
– Demonstrate an awareness of appropriate working dress
codes
– Demonstrate an awareness of your legal rights and
responsibilities

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 Learning objectives

 The third module, Basic Skills aims to:

– Develop numeracy skills
– Develop literacy skills

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Games’ description

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Thank you!

Questions?

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