
The power of Game Based Learning and Gamification in education
Overview
Today’s learners are very different from those of 20 years ago; besides being digital natives, they have new profiles and preferences.
Modern education often fails to recognize those characteristics and take them into account in the learning process, often resulting in a lack of students’ motivation and engagement.
Gamification in education and Game Based Learning can be particularly effective to engage learners and promote active participation and motivation in the classroom and outside.
Target Audience
This course is addressed to teachers, trainers, educational counsellors, career counsellors, school psychologists, headmasters, school management and administrative staff working in primary schools, secondary schools, vocational schools, training centres, adult education schools, higher education, kindergarten and NGOs.
Please mind that the course may include teachers from different school levels.
Languages
The course is held in English.
For groups with at least 8 participants, we can organize an ad-hoc session in a different language. Please write an email to
info@erasmuslearningacademy.eu
to get more information about it.
| Location | Starting Date | Ending Date | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bologna | 15/11/2026 | 21/11/2026 | Open for Enrollment |
| Palermo | 29/11/2026 | 05/12/2026 | Open for Enrollment |
| Tenerife | 06/12/2026 | 12/12/2026 | Open for Enrollment |
| Tenerife | 24/01/2027 | 30/01/2027 | Open for Enrollment |
| Athens | 07/02/2027 | 13/02/2027 | Open for Enrollment |
| Bologna | 14/02/2027 | 20/02/2027 | Open for Enrollment |
| Zagreb | 21/02/2027 | 27/02/2027 | Open for Enrollment |
| Palermo | 07/03/2027 | 13/03/2027 | Open for Enrollment |
| Tenerife | 25/04/2027 | 01/05/2027 | Open for Enrollment |
| Bologna | 16/05/2027 | 22/05/2027 | Open for Enrollment |
| Athens | 23/05/2027 | 29/05/2027 | Open for Enrollment |
| Palermo | 27/06/2027 | 03/07/2027 | Open for Enrollment |
| Tenerife | 18/07/2027 | 24/07/2027 | Open for Enrollment |
| Athens | 18/07/2027 | 24/07/2027 | Open for Enrollment |
| Bologna | 08/08/2027 | 14/08/2027 | Open for Enrollment |
| Porto | 26/09/2027 | 02/10/2027 | Open for Enrollment |
| Palermo | 03/10/2027 | 09/10/2027 | Open for Enrollment |
| Tenerife | 31/10/2027 | 06/11/2027 | Open for Enrollment |
| Bologna | 21/11/2027 | 27/11/2027 | Open for Enrollment |
Skills
What will you learn?
Participating in this course, teachers and education staff will discover how to master game thinking to turn the learning process into a game and to use game-based apps and tools in the classroom. Through a hands-on approach, we will reflect on how to adapt learning design to students’ needs, preferences and attitudes.
Learning Outcomes
This structured course aims to introduce the participants to the world of Game Based Learning and Gamification and guide the participants through the principles, possibilities, apps and tools that can allow them addressing today’s education challenges and adapt the learning process to students’ needs and profiles.
The general aim of this course is to foster excellence in education by empowering teachers, school staff and managers with the needed knowledge and skills to use game thinking, approaches and elements in education and effectively apply gamification principles and mechanisms in school settings.
Understanding Game-Based Learning and Gamification
Familiarize yourself with key concepts, trends, and differences between Game-Based Learning and Gamification.
Tools and Techniques for Gamifying Education
Discover apps, tools, and practical steps to integrate game-based elements in the classroom, including designing digital escape rooms and scavenger hunts.
Collaboration and Networking in Education
Share best practices with peers and trainers, and network with educators and organizations across Europe to enhance learning through Gamification.
Daily Program
Please find below the standard indicative daily programme that may be personalized based on groups’ needs and professional profiles. Our standard program comprises 7 days of course: Sunday morning activities will start at around 10:00 and will conclude by 11:00 the next Saturday.
Please note that we always do our best to accommodate the specific needs of our participants in a flexible way, including but not limited to budget restrictions and travel arrangement. Participants generally choose to arrive 1 day before the start of the course and/or leave one day after the end of it as it generally makes their travel arrangements smoother and more convenient. Upon specific request we may organize longer or shorter versions of this course.
| Sunday | – Participants arrival – Course introduction – Schools/institutions’ presentation & best practices sharing – Walking tour in the venue’s city | ||
| Monday | – Teambuilding exercises – Needs and expectations evaluation – New learners, new challenges : how Game Based Learning and Gamification can help 21st century education – Understanding the difference between Game Based Learning and Gamification – Testing and practicing basic Game Based Learning activities | ||
| Tuesday | – Discovering and analyzing the elements of learners’ motivation in a Gamification framework – Testing and practicing some of the most common Gamification and Game Based Learning apps – How to stimulate critical and creative thinking through Gamification and Game-based learning – Cultural activities in the venue’s city | ||
| Wednesday | – The 4 main steps to gamify your classroom and learning activities – Experiencing and creating digital escape room style experiences to engage learners – Applying backward design principles and ICT tools to plan your own digital escape room – Optional cultural visit outside the venue’s city | ||
| Thursday | – Benefits and opportunities of adventure and outdoor education – Practicing Outdoor Game Based Learning through urban challenges – Designing scavenger hunts to engage and motivate students to learn outdoors | ||
| Friday | – The top-picked game elements to engage students in the learning process – How to design, create and award a Digital Badge to track goals and skills achieved – Upgrading a unit or lesson adding game elements and mechanisms – Cultural activities in the venue’s city – Farewell dinner | ||
| Saturday | – Space for discussion of future cooperation and planning follow up activities – Course roundup and final evaluation – Validation of learning outcomes and certification ceremony – Additional training session tailored to specific needs – Participants departure |
Other relevant facts
Methodology
All our courses have a standard duration of 7 days, totaling 35 hours of training. This includes both formal teaching sessions and practical activities, as well as moments for discussion, cultural experiences, and networking, ensuring a comprehensive learning experience in line with Erasmus+ quality standards.
We tailor the working methods based upon participants’ needs, attitudes and professional profiles in order to ensure high productivity, effectiveness and transferability into practice.
The standard methodology is highly practical and participative with hands-on approach that comprises real-job examples, case studies examination and simulations. We embrace collaboratively working methods that foster mutual learning and cooperation among participants. Our focus is on learning in an interactive and international environment knowledge applicable to the real contexts and/or in the classroom. The pedagogical methods that we use are based upon experiential training, group and peer activities, learning-by-doing and best practices’ exchange. They include visits with local schools and institutions allowing the participants to better understand the local education system as well as exchange ideas and contacts.
Morning Wrap-up and brief daily evaluations are foreseen to ensure quality of education and to adapt the learning programme to participants’ needs better tailoring the education.
We organize optional social, networking and cultural activities in order to give participants the opportunity to know Italy as well as to exchange best-practice and establish professional cooperation and links.
The training and staff team is multinational thus giving a full European dimension to the course.
Costs and Erasmus+ Funding
Teachers, trainers, headmasters and any other staff of education organizations are eligible to receive an Erasmus+ grant covering all the costs to attend our training courses including travel, board and lodging, cultural activities and all fees. Our training courses are tailored to be fully funded by Erasmus+ and we offer different options to ensure the best comfort and quality at a price that is within the Erasmus+ grant.
We offer our courses in an all-inclusive format: training and accommodation in the same venue, networking meals during the courses as well as cultural visits are provided by us and are fully covered by the Erasmus+ funding. In this way participants just need to organise their international flights and can rely on us for all the other practical arrangements.
If you prefer you can take care of some of the practical arrangements (e.g. meals, accommodation…) by yourself but we strongly recommend entrusting us with the accommodation booking in order to ensure optimal logistic organization, networking with fellow
participants, safety and time-efficiency.
Read more about how we take care of your subsistence and practical arrangements.
The most common option that we offer to schools and organizations costs EUR 1,415 in Bologna, EUR 1,235 in Palermo and Zagreb, EUR 1,265 in Tenerife, 1215 EUR in Athens and EUR 1,335 in Porto. This price includes the course fee, certification and support fee, accommodation in single room, breakfast, 2 coffee breaks per day, 3 networking meals (shared lunch/dinner opportunities with other participants), a walking tour in the venue’s city and a sum-up dissemination video.
Please note: in Bologna the price includes full board (all meals), whereas in the other locations only the 3 networking meals are included alongside breakfast.
Prices shown may vary for specific courses that include extra services or visits to schools and associations. More detailed pricing information for each course is available upon request or at the time of enrolment.
For schools sending 2 or more participants we can offer accommodation in double rooms and we can provide as well accommodation for people or relatives accompanying the participants.
When attending our courses, we recommend you to request 9 days of individual support for your subsistence costs, 7 days for the course plus 2 additional days for the travel. In this way you can have more flexibility in planning your stay and you can enjoy all the cultural activities planned from the first to the last day of course. You can read here more about the Erasmus+ funding. Shall you have need any help with filling the budget during the application stage or have any problem with your grant please let us know and we will see how to support you.
Certification and Validation of learning outcomes
At the end of the course, each participant will be awarded a certificate of attendance, together – if requested – with the Europass Mobility Certificate.
The certificate are in line with the Erasmus Quality Standards and include a short description of the course and its learning outcomes, dates, venues, the name of the course provider and the course instructor(s).
We support the participants in every step of certification and validation of learning outcomes with specific focus on European instruments and Erasmus plus requirements such as staff mobility/learning agreement, quality commitment and Europass mobility certificate.
We experienced that schools and education organizations may require additional documents to certify the competences learned or the presence in the training course. Upon request we can provide additional certification and reporting documents as well as we provide photos of the training course and a sum-up video that can be used for visibility and dissemination purposes.
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