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News and press releases for the eCrisis project.
News and press releases for the eCrisis project.
On Thursday 20th October 2016 and Friday 21st October 2016 we had our first kick-off meeting of our eCrisis project, held at the faculty of ICT at the University of Malta. All partners of the consortium from Greece, Austria and Malta, were present for this meeting. Profs. Georgios Yannakakis (University of Malta - UoM) kicked-off the meeting by introducing eCrisis, and Ms Mihael Neagoe (UoM) followed by presenting the financial issues and plan for the project. Subsequently, Profs. Georgios Yannakakis (UoM) presented current tools and methods including an overview of the Iconoscope, one of the games the eCrisis framework will...
On Friday 21st October 2016 we officially launched eCrisis at the Institute of Digital Games at the University of Malta. Hon. Evarist Bartolo gave an opening speech followed by several other speakers.
The Europe in Crisis (eCrisis) Project Launch was announced in the following press releases:Times of Malta - Sunday 16th October 2016 Times of Malta - Thursday 20th October 2016 Times of Malta - Friday 21st October 2016
The Institute of Digital Games would like to invite you to the launch of the new research project “Europe in Crisis” (eCrisis), funded through the Erasmus+ Programme. The 3-year eCrisis project aims to enable inclusive education through playful and game-based learning and, thereby, foster the development of social, civic and intercultural competences such as conflict resolution, creative thinking, and reflective debate in primary and secondary education students. The project will launch with an opening address by the Minister of Education and Employment, Hon. E. Bartolo and the Rector of the University of Malta, Prof. A. Vella. A number of internationally...