Project Overview
Digital technology offers new learning opportunities by enabling access to additional learning environments and resources that can be used to attract and integrate learners. Digital technologies facilitate problem-based and interactive learning and enable a personalisation of the learning experience. However, successfully leveraging the potential of digital technologies for education is first and foremost a question of improving education and the focus when integrating new technologies into educational settings needs to focus on the pedagogy.
The objective of the GAME-CHANGER project is to harness the pervasiveness of digital and social media environments to build entrepreneurial capacity throughout Europe. In pursuit of this objective partners will:
(1) support front-line youth workers to develop new professional competences that enable them to harness the potential of online, challenge-based education to build the entrepreneurial attributes of their youth target group;
(2) develop a suite of WebQuest resources to support the acquisition of entrepreneurial competences; (3) develop a bespoke WebQuest platform where all the challenge-based learning resources developed can be accessed by youth workers and youth target group members.
Project aim
| The aim of the project is to build entrepreneurial capacity in Europe by using digital and social media environments. |
| Promoting entrepreneurship education and social entrepreneurship activities among young people through innovative practices in digital era. |
Partners
| Lancaster and Morecambe College (LMC) is a public sector college of further education and the main provider of vocational and adult education and training in North Lancashire and South Cumbria. It annually has around 1500 full-time students & 3000+ part-time or work based students. LMC’s main role is to provide training in vocational skills to students of all ages and ability levels, leading to employment and/or academic skills leading to a place in higher education. LMC welcomes students of all ages and has well established courses in basic skills as well as initial teacher training and a range of business courses. |
The Rural Hub was set up as an association by a group of education, training and rural development professionals as a response to the impact of the economic crisis on small rural villages and towns in Ireland. Since it was first established in 2012, The Rural Hub has been providing a wide range of training and capacity development programmes to local residents and community groups. We specialise in the area of community development and have developed a number of local initiatives to support the social inclusion of disadvantaged rural youth, migrant communities and isolated older residents. We work with these groups, using creative approaches and the testing of digital media resources to support greater social cohesion among local communities in County Cavan. We have a developed network of county-wide stakeholders who support our work on a thematic basis.
InnovADE works with organizations to help them streamline technological advancements and productivity tools into their processes to ensure that they improve performance, and increase their productivity and profitability. The InnovADE team has a positive outlook in formulating and solving problems, a passion and the commitment to clients, and its expertise, experience, and knowledge are the driving forces behind its business philosophy. The combination of these values is what differentiates InnovADE from the multitude of other organizations.
Jugend- & Kulturprojekt e.V. (JKPeV) was founded in 2004 with the aim of providing opportunities for young people and adults to develop and use their soft and professional skills and stimulate their creativity and entrepreneurship through non-formal learning methods. Located in Dresden, Germany, JKPeV is dedicated to promoting the EU citizenship and active participation of its citizens.
We organise international Projects, Events and Trainings for young people and adults in Dresden and abroad, with a focus on assisting the cultural enrichment of the city of Dresden and the Free State of Saxony while also promoting the cultural diversity of the European Union. Inviting foreign educators and participants to our projects kindles an intercultural dialogue in the heart of an already highly artistic hub -Dresden- while on the other hand, including local citizens in our events abroad brings a fresh outlook to familiar problems in the city and a sense of belonging to a greater group – Europe.
The Center for Training and Research INNEO is an association based in Rzeszów (Poland). It was established in 2011 to provide training for young people, mainly within the framework of the Human Capital Program. After two years of working at the local level and developing a network of contacts, the members of INNEO decided to develop EU projects. The association is currently involved in many Erasmus + projects, mainly in the fields of entrepreneurship, computer service, education and creative industry. INNEO staff have extensive experience in training, research, dissemination activities, project management and administration.