Project description DEENESFRITPL Video games for skill development VERSA is an EU-funded project within the SwafS-08-2020 programme. With electronics and the internet of things on the rise, people are exploring innovative ways to use them in education, and skills training and development programmes. VERSA aims to challenge preconceived methods of skills development by using a variety of commercially available and fun video games. The focus will be on training eight innovation-related skills: creativity, critical thinking, cognitive flexibility, time management, complex problem solving, judgement and decision-making, and goal setting. With this methodology and technology the project aims to modernise PhD programmes as well as prove that this novel methodology could be very beneficial for any PhD programme’s curriculum. Show the project objective Hide the project objective Objective VERSA aims to challenge the current paradigm of soft skills development at PhD level by implementing an innovative methodology for soft skills training using commercially available video games. We target the training of eight innovation related skills, namely Creativity, Critical Thinking, Complex Problem Solving, Cognitive Flexibility, People/Team Management, Time Management, Judgement and Decision Making and Goal Setting, all these skills being very desirable choices for the non-academic sector. There is a dual scope to VERSA's approach...one one hand, we aim to modernize the PhD programmes at the partner universities, by offering innovative digital tools for soft skills training, and on the other hand, we aim to prove this as a consistent methodology for future use in any PhD's programme curricula, which has the potential to shape the way Universities of the future offer soft skills training for Doctoral Education. Programme(s) H2020-EU.5.a. - Make scientific and technological careers attractive to young students, and forster sustainable interaction between schools, research institutions, industry and civil society organisations Main Programme Topic(s) SwafS-08-2019-2020 - Research innovation needs & skills training in PhD programmes Call for proposal H2020-SwafS-2018-2020 See other projects for this call Sub call H2020-SwafS-2020-1 Funding Scheme CSA - Coordination and support action Coordinator UNIVERSITAT ROVIRA I VIRGILI Net EU contribution € 64 000,00 Address Carrer de escorxador 43003 Tarragona Spain See on map Region Este Cataluña Tarragona Activity type Higher or Secondary Education Establishments Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Website Opens in new window Participation in EU R&I programmes Opens in new window HORIZON collaboration network Opens in new window Other funding € 0,00 Participants (3) Sort alphabetically Sort by Net EU contribution Expand all Collapse all UNIVERSITAET INNSBRUCK Austria Net EU contribution € 52 250,00 Address Innrain 52 6020 Innsbruck See on map Region Westösterreich Tirol Innsbruck Activity type Higher or Secondary Education Establishments Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Website Opens in new window Participation in EU R&I programmes Opens in new window HORIZON collaboration network Opens in new window Other funding € 0,00 FUNDACION IBEROAMERICANA DEL CONOCIMIENTO Spain Net EU contribution € 133 750,00 Address Arago 336 08009 Barcelona See on map Region Este Cataluña Barcelona Activity type Research Organisations Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Participation in EU R&I programmes Opens in new window HORIZON collaboration network Opens in new window Other funding € 0,00 STICHTING VU Netherlands Net EU contribution € 47 500,00 Address De boelelaan 1105 1081 HV Amsterdam See on map Region West-Nederland Noord-Holland Groot-Amsterdam Activity type Higher or Secondary Education Establishments Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Website Opens in new window Participation in EU R&I programmes Opens in new window HORIZON collaboration network Opens in new window Other funding € 0,00
