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International Workshop "Managing and Learning in 3D"

Game4Manager consortium will promote on the 21th September, at 15:00, at Modtissimo, Edífico da Alfândega, in Oporto, an international workshop under the theme "Managing and Learning in 3D." It is designed to inform various communities (educational, business and government) on key aspects of the use of New Information and Communication Technologies in the management and learning.

The Future of Digital Platforms and e-Commerce and Creative Learning with Serious Games will be the themes in debate. In this event it will be made the oficial presentation and international launch of the 3D online game - Game4Manager. This “serious game” has the objective of promoting training in integrated management in the areas of quality, safety, environment and energy.

Through the simulation of a business environment, the user will have the possibility of experience real work situations with which they can deal effectively, providing an aid to decisions making in critical situations or to help the user when faced with a choice in moments of transition.

Game4Manager is an European project for two years, funded by Leonardo Da Vinci programme, coordinated by Citeve – Centro Tecnológico das Indústrias Têxtil e Vestuário de Portugal and with the participation of ATP – Associação Têxtil e Vestuário de Portugal, Innovatex (Hungary), Sigma Consultants Ltd (Greece), Idees-3Com – Centre Innovation Ciel (France) and STPKC – Swedish TelePedagogic Knowledge Centre (Sweden).

Date: 21th September 2010
Timetable: 14h45 hours – 18h00 hours
Venue: Modtissimo, Edifício da Alfândega, Porto (Portugal)



PROGRAM:

14:45 – 15:00 |Registration


15:00 – 15:10 |Welcome and Introduction
                      Paulo Vaz, ATP – Textile and Clothing Association of Portugal, Portugal


15:10 – 15:25 |The future of digital platforms and e-commerce
                      Paulo Nogueira, Exponor Digital, Portugal


15:25 – 16:00 |Virtual worlds: e-commerce and their relation with consumers
                      Leonel Morgado, University of Trás-os-Montes and Alto Douro, Portugal
                      Nelson Zagalo, University of Minho and Portuguese Society of Videogames Science, Portugal


16:00 – 17:00 |Creative Learning with Serious Games
                      Uwe Hoppe, BSW - Bildungswerk der Sächsischen Wirtschaft, Germany
                      Nuno F. Rodrigues, IPCA – Polytechnic Institute of Cávado and Ave, Portugal
                      Roger Tavares, GameCultura.com.br and Microsoft Innovation Center Senac, Brazil
                      Damian Brown, STPKC – Swedish Telepedagogic Knowledge Center, Sweden


17:00 – 17:30 |Game4Manager: presentation and international launch
                      José Neto, CITEVE, Portugal
                      Thanasis Manoloudis, SIGMA Consultants Ltd, Greece


17:30 – 17:40 |Closing
                       Braz Costa, CITEVE, Portugal

17:40 – 18:00 | Demonstrations & Speednetworking



Free participation with mandatory registration.


The event will also be broadcast via internet. The participants should also to register for the organization send the link for the live streaming.


Interested participants should send an e-mail to claudia.silva@atp.pt with the following information:
Name:
Company:
Country:
Attendance: in person or online.

More than virtual Managers

In a virtual environment like Second Life, Game4Manager will be launched, a “serious game” with a Portuguese touch that invites middle and senior managers of companies to overcome the challenges of an integrated management in quality, environment, work safety and hygiene/health and energy, in an e-learning context.

Game4Manager – Corporate Game for Managers in Quality, Environment, Safety and Energy intends to use the fun part and the challenge, to promote learning. The game will be provided through Internet in November 2010 in six languages (Portuguese, English, French, Hungarian, Greek and Swedish) and it will be available to all companies, regardless the area of activity, since its relevance crosses all sectors.

The project aims to develop an e-learning course in the quality, environment, safety and hygiene/health and energy areas by simulating a business environment that it will enable the learner to acquire the necessary knowledge and best practices to perform his functions in any area of the organization.

Several research projects have already demonstrated the potential of the game-based learning, showing that the use of “serious games” can transform learning in a more engaged and dynamic process, improving performance in the professional activity and enhancing the results, concluding that when professionals learn through games, their understanding and retention are higher.

Game4Manager is an European project for two years, funded by Leonardo Da Vinci Programme, coordinated by CITEVE – The Technological Centre for the Textile and Clothing Industries of Portugal and with the participation of ATP – Textile and Clothing Association of Portugal, Innovatex (Hungary), Sigma Consultants Ltd (Greece), Idees-3Com – Centre Innovation Ciel (France) and STPKC – Swedish TelePedagogic Knowledge Centre (Sweden).

During the project’s dissemination process, it will also be provided a common space for “players” to facilitate the transference of knowledge within the community of e-learning in each area, as well as to allow the use of the project’s results in order to deepen the research related to game-based learning.