PROVIDE

Soft Skills Through Video Games

The course is organized in cooperation with the international consortium MEGASKILLS. The consortium focuses on the research of soft skills development through playing computer games.

Category:

Course Venue

Olomouc, Czechia


Content Areas
  • Creating and promoting learning opportunities among all citizens and generations
  • Digitalisation

Topics

Soft Skills, Social Entrepreneurship


Potential Participants

Youth Learner , Disadvantaged Learner


Course Duration (in days)

55


Next Available Course

Jan 2024



Organised by

University of Duisburg-Essen (UDE)

Language(s)

English


Description

The main language of instruction will be English. The course will focus on developing specific soft skills using computer games, particularly on Adaptability and Flexibility; Critical Thinking; Problem-solving; Teamwork; Time Management. The course will consist of the following compulsory elements:

  1. Introductory online session explaining the purpose of the course and its workflow.
  2. Registering for participation and filling in the informed consent through the link provided by the consortium MEGASKILLS.
  3. Taking part in the initial soft skills assessment via questionnaire (1.5 – 2.5 hours).
  4. Gaming session (in total 15 hours) February 2024 – March 2024.
  5. Taking part in the closing soft skills assessment via questionnaire (1.5 – 2.5 hours).
  6. Submitting the received participation confirmation (provided by the consortium MEGASKILLS) via MOODLE as proof of course participation.
 


Tentative Program & Schedule

Preconditions

Technical equipment:

  • Standard PC.
  • Preinstalled Steam platform (a free gaming platform for hosting computer games).
Course content

The main language of instruction will be English. The course will focus on developing specific soft skills using computer games, particularly on Adaptability and Flexibility; Critical Thinking; Problem-solving; Teamwork; Time Management.

 

The course will consist of the following compulsory elements:

  1. Introductory online session explaining the purpose of the course and its workflow.
  2. Registering for participation and filling in the informed consent through the link provided by the consortium MEGASKILLS.
  3. Taking part in the initial soft skills assessment via questionnaire (1.5 – 2.5 hours).
  4. Gaming session (in total 15 hours) February 2024 – March 2024.
  5. Taking part in the closing soft skills assessment via questionnaire (1.5 – 2.5 hours).
  6. Submitting the received participation confirmation (provided by the consortium MEGASKILLS) via MOODLE as proof of course participation.

 

There will also be an optional on-site lecture (Olomouc, Czech Republic) for both local and international students (Aurora Alliance) on soft skills for the 21st century.


Expected Outcome

To develop specific soft skills of the course participants by playing selected computer games.


About Olomouc, Czech Republic

is a city in the Czech Republic. It has about 102,000 inhabitants and its larger urban zone has a population of about 384,000 inhabitants (2019).[2] Located on the Morava River, the city is the ecclesiastical metropolis and was a historical co-capital city of Moravia, before having been occupied by the Swedish army during the Thirty Years' War. Today, it is the administrative centre of the Olomouc Region and the sixth largest city in the Czech Republic. The historic city centre is well preserved and is protected by law as urban monument reservation. The Holy Trinity Column was listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 2000 for its quintessential Baroque style and symbolic value.


Source: Wikipedia

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Venue address

Křížkovského 511/8
CZ-779 00 Olomouc
Czechia


How to Apply

https://forms.office.com/e/a6CcqiJtKb

Via the registration link.  Note: only for Aurora University Students!


Course Website
https://aurora-universities.eu/course/students-soft-skills-through-videogames/
University of Duisburg-Essen (UDE)
University of Duisburg-Essen (UDE)

University of Duisburg-Essen (UDE)


Address

Forsthausweg 2, 47057 Duisburg

Website URL

https://www.uni-due.de/de/universitaet/

Contact persons

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Co-Organiser (local host)

Name of Co-Organisation

Palacký University Olomouc

Short Description of the Organisation

Palacký University Olomouc (UP) is an internationally respected and scientifically and academically highly productive university in Central Europe. Founded 22 December 1573, it is the second-oldest university in the Czech Republic and the oldest one in Moravia. For 450 years it has contributed to the intellectual wealth of society and to its scientific, cultural, and social development.

Every year 23,000 students study UP’s eight faculties, which provide over a thousand combinations of Bachelor’s, Master’s, and doctoral study programmes. Virtually every discipline is on offer, in teacher training, law, theology, physical education and sports, the humanities, social sciences, and arts to those in natural, medical, and health sciences. The UP credit system is fully compatible with international ECTS.

The university operates a number of modern science and research centres employing renowned international teams. In 2021, a university institute was established, the Czech Advanced Technology and Research Institute (CATRIN), bringing together teams from the CRH, RCPTM and IMTM science centres. Martin Procházka has been UP Rector since May 2021.

Organisation Website

https://www.upol.cz/en/