Game-Based Learning to Alleviate Early School Leaving: a presentation delivered at the Erasmus Plus Project Kickoff Meeting in Malta, October 2015

1. Erasmus+
Game Based Learning to
Alleviate Early School
Leaving

2. Erasmus+
University of Malta
Vanessa Camilleri, Faculty of Education
Alexiei Dingli, Faculty of ICT

3. Erasmus+
84% of
13-24 year
olds in
Malta play
digital
and video
games.
28% of
13-24 year
olds in
Malta play
for at least
2 hours a
day.
Source:
http://www.digitalgamesmalta.com/di
gital-games-report
Infographic:
http://theinnovativeeducator.blogspot.co.uk/2
012/11/5-reasons-to-gamify-your-class.html

4. Erasmus+
Games model
learning by
doing
Source: http://tinyurl.com/pusfhca

5. Digital Games | Learning
Source: http://tinyurl.com/qfeyrxm

6. #1 Designing
#2 Recommending
#3 Sharing
#4 Gaining insights
Our Role
Source: http://tinyurl.com/o8x8w8p

7. Erasmus+
Thank You
Slideshare link:

8. Erasmus+
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Harvard Kennedy School, Shortenstein Center on Media, Politics and Public Policy. Journalist’s
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roundup
Shapiro, J; Salen Tekinbaş K; Schwartz, K; Darvarsi, P; 2014. The Mindshift Guide to Games +
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