Sofia Garcia Fracaro has won first place in the Science Slam “Engineering the future” competition at the European Congress of Chemical Engineering! With her 6 minutes online presentation, Sofia has shared her research in the CHARMING Project, in a non-conventional ...

The Charming project presents the “Fabulous Soap Making Challenge”, a game developed by a team from the members of the project. The game is produced as an example of immersive learning tools in chemistry and chemical engineering education. The game ...

How to combine game mechanics and formative assessment in practice

I was excited but anxious to give a talk to a live audience. I was going to talk about a familiar subject, a topic I have been researching for over a year. I shouldn’t be nervous nor anxious, but I ...

NWE5 took place between the 22nd and the 26th of March and was hosted by IT University of Copenhagen in gather.town.

The reasons why kids play games for entertainment could potentially inspire designers for educational experiences

We’re not always “Otaku”

When it comes to learn STEM subjects, makerspaces in Higher Education can provide hands-on sessions, facilitating reflection, problem solving and interaction with other peers. This way, game making can reinforce the understanding of the theory learnt in class is introduced as a student-centred learning approach.

What do you think when you hear about art from the Middle Ages? What about the Middle Ages and Multimedia? Crazy?

Aid of nature to solve a maze