Green Games Lab: Innovating Youth Work Through Play

The training aims to help youth workers make non-formal education more engaging, inclusive and effective through practical use of game design and gamification. Participants will learn how to turn educational goals into meaningful game-based activities that can be used with diverse groups of young people in youth clubs, schools, community centres and other youth-work settings.

-Learn the basics of educational game design and build practical skills in creating games that support clear learning objectives.

-learn how games can support topics such as human rights, civic participation, media literacy, anti-discrimination, environmental education, STEAM and soft skills.

-Use gamification to increase motivation and engagement while keeping activities meaningful and connected to youth-work goals.

-Create inclusive and accessible game-based activities that can be adapted to mixed-ability groups, different learning needs and young people with fewer opportunities.

-Develop ready-to-use educational tools that participants can test, adapt and implement in their organisations and local youth-work practice.

 

PARTICIPANTS

This training course is suitable for:

-youth workers;

-educators;

-trainers and facilitators;

-NGO staff and volunteers;

-people working directly with young people;

-people working with young people with fewer opportunities;

-people interested in game-based learning, educational games and gamification;

-people looking for new practical methods to make youth work more engaging and participatory.

SELECTION CRITERIA

Participants should:

-be 18 years old or over;

-be able to communicate in English;

-be involved in youth work and/or education;

-ideally work with young people with fewer opportunities;

-be available for the entire duration of the training course;

-be motivated to learn about educational game design and gamification;

-be ready to participate actively in practical, creative and experiential activities;

-be interested in adapting game-based methods to their own youth-work context;

-be ready to promote the project and its results in their local community;

-be committed to dissemination and follow-up activities after the training. 

IMPORTANT NOTE

Participants are expected to take part in the full training programme and actively contribute to the learning process.

After the training, selected participants will be expected to:

-publish at least one post about the project on their personal social media;

-organise at least one local educational activity for a minimum of 5 young people aged 13+;