young europeans for democracy - presentation given at the ec, in brussels

YED – Young Europeans for DemocracyConference “Learning EU at school”, 25-26 April 2013

The team wished to render students more

informed and participant in their role as European

Citizens.

European Citizenship issues are not included at all

or only superficially in secondary curricula in the

most EU countries.

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We proposed to use immersive environments in

support of students’ motivation and providing

personal context for these issues, inside and

outside of classrooms.

Introduction

Mission

The YED project immersed youngsters in a democratic virtual enviroment, with oportunities to understand and practice their roles as European citizens.

Using 3D Virtual Worlds for experimenting, discussing

and demonstrating democracy

Identify learning priorities with the students

Enhance teachers’ competence for promoting

Education for Democratic Citizenship

Prepare innovative resources and

methodologies for Collaborative Game-Based

Learning

Design adequate 3D environments for the

activities

Involve students using their preferential

technologies as 3D virtual worlds, social

networks, and (serious) games

Goals

Stages

Main stakeholders

Facebook competition

Facebook competition

The Facebook game allowed students to play it

wherever and whenever they wished – multiple

choice quiz structure

Team score was integrated with the virtual world

game

Final conference with 2 events:

• 1st event with all participants in the YED project

• 2nd event with external experts: Portuguese

Ministry of Education, Institute for Sports and

Youth, etc.

New project proposal in the 2013 Jean Monnet Call,

to promote students’ role as active citizens and

autodidacts:

• SMYLE (Social Media for Youths' Learning in

Europe)

• Regional contest in support of creativity skills

using social media and multimedia tools

Final events and future initiatives

Connecting schools with simulators

European students participating in each others’ simulations using eduroam ID federation

A Federated IdentityGrid for Europe

Contacts:Website: http://yed.utad.pt

YED Facebook page:https://www.facebook.com/YoungEuropeansDemocracy

Email: yed@utad.pt