Year: 2021

A social media campaign for promoting results by Virtual Campus has reached over 14.500 individuals see more

HERA was presented at the IEEE Hellenic Students and Young Professionals Congress, which took place virtually on November 20 – 21, 2021. The audience had the opportunity to reflect on the imporance of innovative thinking among engineering students, who will be the problem solvers of tomorrow. The audience further enjoyed a demonstration of the HERA game, and provided very positive feedback on the game overall appearance, graphics, and functionality see more

HERA was presented in a focus group of maximizing the benefits of games in educational contexts. The focus group took place virtually on November 10, 2021 with the engagement of 8 individuals with interest in serious games. The event was organized by the TEGA Erasmus+ project. In addition to TEGA project participants, external experts were invited to contribute to the discussion and know-how exchange see more

HERA was presented to students enrolled in the Technology in Education course for academic year 2021 - 2022. The project was presented as a good example of problem-based learning through digital technologies. Students had the opportunity to be exposed to a discussion on the benefits of problem-based and active learning for building higher order thinking skills demanded by society and industry. They further had the opportunity to experience a live demonstration of the HERA learning game and to see the scenarios that have been developed. A presentation on the project was published through the eClass system for all students to review. Over 100 students are enrolled in this class for the current academic year see more

The HERA project was presented in Erasmus+ days, a celebration of Erasmus+ projects and outcomes, which took place on October 14 - 16, 2021. The event took place virtually. It was an invited presentation in the context of a 3-day Erasmus+ event organizez by the Daissy team of the Hellenic Open University. The audience had the opportunity to reflect on the benefits of problem-based learning and experience a live demonstration of the HERA game. Discussion followed on the importance of digital skills and digital technologies in learning see the presentation

A multiplier event took place in Portugal on September 30, 2021. The event was organized by Virtual Campus together with the School of Engineering of the Porto Polytechnic (ISEP) and GILT R&D, a research group on Learning Technologies and Active Learning. It was attended by 85 individuals, who were educators and students at Porto Polytechnic. The event targeted the main stakeholders of the project, higher education teachers and students. The objectives of the event were to present the objectives, activities and results of the HERA project and collect feedback and recommendations from the participants. This way it was possible to raise awareness on the project objectives and activities, to disseminate outputs and results, and to promote uptake of outputs within the partner organization and HE in general. The audience was…

2nd multiplier event was organized in Estonia on September 20, 2021. The event took place virtually due to Covid-19 restrictions. The event duration was from 16.00 to 17.30. It took place over Google Meet. The audience first had the opportunity to see a presentation of the project objectives, activities, and outcomes. Then, the organizers presented the HERA game and delivered a demo. In addition, the organizers presented videos of the game and learning sheets of supporting activities. Next, the organizers guided the participants – teachers through the process of registering and creating the account for teachers in the HERA game. Participants downloaded the game from the HERA website and registered their accounts. The event concluded with a discussion about the game and how teachers perceive it. They saw great potential…

The HERA multiplier event in Portugal was promoted to Porto Polytechnic via email. The communication reached 19.000 students and 1.500 teachers. The communication presented the multiplier objectives and program as well as the HERA rational, objectives, and implementation.

The HERA project is promoted on the EPALE portal through a post in the EPALE blog. The post aims to raise awareness among EPALE users on the HERA objectives, outcomes, and benefits and to encourage the downloading of the HERA game, which is openly available to all see the post

A new version 1.96e of the software has been released, which includes enhancement based on user evaluation. You may download the new version from the address download game