The BEACONING project aims to support "anytime anywhere" learning through exploiting pervasive, context-aware and gamified techniques. It has 15 partners across 9 countries with a budget of EUR 5,902,772.13 over 3 years. The objectives are to 1) integrate technologies and pedagogical approaches for connected learning, 2) develop an adaptable platform leveraging approaches like gaming, analytics and problem-based learning, and 3) explore engagement and impact through large-scale pilots.

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Project Essentials

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The project aims to support „anytime anywhere” learning
INTRODUCTION
BEACONING stands for „Breaking Educational Barriers
with Contextualised, Pervasive and Gameful Learning”
The project seeks to pilot such an innovation in real
operational environments.
by exploiting pervasive, context-
aware and gamified techniques
and technologies
framed under the Problem - Based
Learning approach

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FACT SHEET
Start date: 01-01-2016
Coordinator: Coventry University, UK
15 partners
9 countries: UK, SP, DE, RO, FR, PT, IT, PO, FR
Budget: EUR 5,902,772.13
Duration: 36 months
H2020 ICT-20-2015: Technologies for better
human learning and teaching

4. OBJECTIVES

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INTEGRATE technologies, pedagogical and
social perspectives of using pervasive,
context-aware and gamified approaches to
engage an inclusive community of learners
in connected and contextualised learning
processes.
OBJECTIVE 1
End-user Specification
Play-learn Design
Technical Specification

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DEVELOP, IMPLEMENT and VALIDATE an
adaptable, extendable and sustainable platform
that leverages cutting-edge approaches: Future
Internet Technology, mobile, gamification,
pervasive gaming, procedural content generation,
game authoring, human – computer interfaces,
learning analytics and problem based - learning
OBJECTIVE 2
Technical components of the
Integrated BEACONING Platform

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COMPONENTS
Core platform
Centralized data store
Service discovery and integration interface
Common communication interface
Open Data
Interface
Context aware systems
and communication
Analytics
Learning semantics
Adaptive component
Multi-platform game
engine
Media asset
library
Game bundle
Procedural content
generation
Authoring tool
Gamified lesson plan
Gamification and social rewardsUser interface
LMS
Integration

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EXPLORE and MEASURE through large
scale pilots engagement effectiveness and
impact towards incentivising learners,
fostering acquisition, transfer of knowledge
and skills.
OBJECTIVE 3
Guidance for further development
Evidence of the efficacy
Sustainability and business plan to aid
exploitation and adoption

9. WORK PACKAGES

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11. IN SUMMARY…
Breaking barriers

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LEARNING SHOULD BE...
Anytime
anywhere
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Pervasive and
context-aware
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Problem
based
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Gamified
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Accessible
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Analyzable/
traceable
(learning analytics)
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…and based on innovative content
and validated through large-scale pilots