PR 3 - Training module for trainers for applying gamified learning elements in VC formats “GameTrain”

Result leading organization: TTS, Finland

The training module for trainers “GameTrain” will endow VET personnel with the necessary competences to provide engaging, activating, inclusive and innovative VC training. It will also place special emphasis on the necessary trainer competences for providing an inclusive training approach for the target group's special needs, such as scaffolding techniques.

Even though training and learning in a VC provide an experience similar to the physical one, it requires new pedagogical and didactical approaches and a redesign of the instructional model, which requires new knowledge, skills, and competences from the trainers. This applies to the design of VC-based training formats, its organization and planning, as well as implementation and evaluation. One example is that virtual learning requires splitting the learning content into shorter virtual “micro learning nuggets”.

GameTrain will be a self-paced e-learning concept that will focus on the use of gamified learning elements within VC settings including theoretical background knowledge as well as practical tips.

It will be made available as an OER and included in the GamingDRV pool of resources (PR 4) in order to remain available to the interested public beyond the end of the project.