We have the pleasure of inviting you to the final conference of the Open Mind project, which will take place on October 17th 2018 (Wednesday) in the VUZF University, hall 501.
The event will get together all partner organizations from Bulgaria, Greece, Romania, Poland and UK, as well as students, learners, representatives of institutions and social enterprises. During the event we will present the Open Mind products – the massive open online course (MOOC) in social entrepreneurship, the gamified e-learning platform, as well as the achieved results. We will discuss the role of mentors in the learning process and will exchange ideas who to make the learning more attractive, and how to apply design thinking principles to foster innovation.
Please, confirm participation to: mkamenov@vuzf.bg
AGENDA
09:00 – Welcome – VUZF University
09:40 – An overview of the project – needs and target groups addressed, objectives, activities, partnership. Presentation of the major project results and outcomes. – VUZF University, Bulgaria
09:50 – Virtual tour of the platform. Application of game design in e-learning. – 11235 Ltd, Bulgaria
10:00 – Fostering inclusive entrepreneurship. The Open Mind methodology and approach – Institute of Entrepreneurship Development, Greece
10:10 – Presentation of the Open Mind MOOC – University of Sheffield, UK
10:20 – Innovations of the platform. Effect of gamification on learning. – University of Lodz – Poland
10:30 – Coffee break
11:00 – The role of trainers in a gamified e-course – “Dimitar Tsenov” Academy of Economics– Svishtov, Bulgaria
11:10 – How to make learning attractive – messages from the project information campaign, presentation of videos from the Open Mind Workshops – Business Foundation for Education,Bulgaria
11:20 – Key findings from the Policy report with impact assessment of results – University Titu Maiurescu, Romania
11:30 – Discussion on opportunities for multiplication of results on national and EU level, quality and relevance of the produced intellectual outputs, their innovation character and multiplication capacity of the applied methodology.
12:00 – Lunch break
13:00 – Presentation of students’ final tasks and pitch session
13:30 – A workshop on innovations in education and policy making using design thinking approach
14:30 – Summary and closure of the conference.
Open Mind project, No: 2016-1-BG01-KA203-023754, has been funded with the support of the Erasmus+ Programme of the European Union. This communication reflects the views only of the author, and the Commission cannot be held responsible for any use which may be made of the information contained therein.