State of the Art on Serious Gaming & Internet Safety
This report performs desk research on all the disciplines related to influencing attitudes to internet safety skills. These disciplines are: Serious Games and Digital solutions for internet safety.
With the advancement of technology and emergence of Web 2.0, young people spent more time in the online world that in the offline one. Children are introduced by parents to the Internet and mobile devices as early as in early-preschool age and start to develop their digital skills.
From year to year, access to the Internet and other telecommunications services is becoming more and more common. In 2021, almost 85% of Polish population use the Internet. Over 66% use social media.
The first section of this report consists of applications of serious games to enhance Interned Safety. The training approaches to teaching Internet Safety Skills are presented in the second section. Finally some recommendations are presented in the third section
Detailed report for Survey on Serious Games for Internet Safety.
Detailed report on teacher's answers related to safety.
The survey on the use of the Internet by students of Casimir Jagiellon Secondary School in Toruń was answered by 132 teenagers aged 14-19. It was conducted in order to examine the students' knowledge on the Internet safety as well as to check what the virtual world means to them.
In Greek schools there are no curricula in the strict sense of the term. However, most Greek schools cooperate with several institutions that can provide appropriate training for students and teachers, under the auspices of the Ministry of Education.
App Game Development & Evaluation
Teacher Training Courses Materials
App Game Development & Evaluation
Evaluation studies have shown that the project has a significant impact on increasing knowledge about the dangers of using the Internet. Thanks to the conducted research, it was possible to identify the areas of threats related to the use of the Internet.
The analysis of these surveys showed members of the project team that both teachers and students declare that they have a lot of knowledge about safe use of the Internet, and yet engage in risky behavior on the Internet.
On the 19th August 2021 the first international meeting of partners involved in the implementation of the ISafetyApp: Teaching Students Internet Safety Through an Artificial Intelligence Mobile Application project took place. The meeting was held at Casimir Jagiellon Secondary School in Toruń, Poland.
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[Project Number: 2020-1-PL01-KA226-SCH-096462
University of Economics and Innovation in Lublin (WSEI) is a non-state higher education institution, funded in 2001. WSEI offers full university degree programmes in a range of academic disciplines. With over 6 000 students (of which approx. 80 % extramural learners), is a nationally recognized university, demonstrating a commitment to engage in partnerships with EU organizations and institutions to support education, training and research.
According to national ranking “Perspectives” 2017- WSEI is located on 1st place of non public universities in Region and 18th on general national list. From 6 years WSEI regularly receives certificate “The School of Leaders” issued by The Foundation of High Education Development.
WSEI offers a distinctive educational experience, through a range of vocationally related courses / undergraduate, graduate & postgraduate courses, incl. economics, management, computer science, supported by a strong research and knowledge transfer activities (Centre for Information Technology and Transport Safety).
All programs offered by WSEI are accredited by the Ministry of Science and Higher Education and qualified for relevant grants. WSEI has also introduced the ECTS points system to apply the EU standards in terms of recognition of our diploma internationally. Lately, WSEI is also implementing a modular system of teaching at nearly all fields of studies.
The educational offer of University is constantly modified to match up the demands of the labor market, which is expressed by creating new programs and specialties. The high level of educational process is maintained by almost 400 diligently selected didactic staff with proper academic degrees and necessary academic experience. WSEI also posses excellent didactic facilities (11 laboratories, e.g. modern audio-visual and multimedia labs) to support teaching and learning experience and build bridges between education, business and industry.
The University maintains close co-operation with many education institutions across Europe, adopting an increasingly international outlook, and is committed to maintaining a high level of research arising from scientific programs along with the development of the collaborative links with industry, commerce and also R&D sector on an international level.
The Project Team at WSEI has an extensive experience in preparing applications, implementing and coordinating projects, which have been selected for funding under the range of EU initiatives. We focus on building bridges between business and academic sector, creating links between work and education through introducing new innovative methods and tools to academic curricula.
Research in the University of Economics and Innovation in Lublin is supported by the Centre for Projects and International Cooperation as well as Finance Department, which are both experienced in assisting with the budgetary and management of EU founded projects. In the field of the EU funded projects we have an experience with Erasmus (studies, work placements, intensive programmes, multilateral projects), LDV (VETPRO, TOI) and other initiatives on national and international level. We have also acted as experts for other EU projects.
IX Liceum Ogólnokształcące im. Kazimierza Jagiellończyka w Toruniu (Eng.: Casimir Jagiellon Secondary School number 9 in Toruń) was established in 1992. Currently it is attended by 468 students. It is also a workplace for more than 40 teachers. Each year at least three classes of three different profiles are being opened for newcomers. First of all, a ‘health and beauty’ profile, aimed at developing beautician skills – painting nails, creating artistic make-ups, etc., as well as learning how to keep fit, eat healthily and become a paragon in health aspects. Secondly a “pedagogical-psychological’ profile, aimed at making students be able to help the disabled, both physically and mentally, improving pupils’ emotional intelligence and also leading them towards applying for psychological studies at a university. Finally, we also open a general profile for all those students who don’t know yet what they want to do in the future. It aims at helping them to choose the best career path, as well as paying attention to developing social skills and IT knowledge. Our patron, Casimir IV Jagiellon, was a notable king, who had a major impact on the development of the city, in which our school is situated. We have a noticeable experience in taking part in Erasmus+ projects. Nevertheless, we believe that iSafetyApp project is yet another opportunity to learn unique things, establish new international bonds and develop in numerous aspects.
Innovation Frontiers IKE is an innovative educational technology & research company that specializes in creating educational, engaging, and entertaining learning experiences that incorporate innovation, creativity, and gamification to enhance flow for learners. Our company offers a wide spectrum of solutions, including interactive custom eLearning, Serious Games, Open Educational Resources, Training Simulations, Educational Animations and Mobile Learning. We combine game design, game technology, instructional design and psychology to master the art of crafting learning games, simulations and training. All developments are tailored precisely to our clients’ individual needs. What is more the company integrates the implications of educational neuroscience in classroom so as to improve the efficiency of learning and teaching.
As an innovative eLearning production company, we bring the transformative force of Artificial Intelligence to eLearning development and implementation. Virtually anyone in your company or organization can benefit from AI-powered eLearning. AI is capable to improve the learning process resulting in higher knowledge transfer, decreased costs, greater transparency of the eLearning outcomes, data-informed program implementation, and, last but not least, the capability to provide deeply engaging personal learning experiences for the learners at all levels of your organization.
To us, learning is never a one-size-fits-all approach, and therefore, any learning solution we produce is tailored to each organization’s goals and needs. Our clients often know what their learners need to know, but they may not know the best way to get there.
Moreover, Innovation Frontiers IKE develops, implements and coordinates european educational projects related to virtual and augmented reality; robotics; online school tutoring; production of digital educational resources; development of multiplatform educational games; management and optimization of educational platforms; education for the media and integration of ICT in classrooms to enhance the learning process.
For the past 35 years, Ballybeen Womens Centre (BWC) has been developing and delivering quality services in an area of low and weak community infrastructure and objectively
defined as disadvantaged. BWC promotes social inclusion by involving the most marginalised and disadvantaged groups in the community in the development and management of programmes to address their needs. BWC established the Peer Education Project (PEP) in 1992 and it is now the longest established Peer Education Project in NI. The PEP aims to support, educate and empower young people to make positive health and lifestyle choices through the development and delivery of a range of peer led programmes, one-to-one mentoring and a drop-in support service. Sexual health, mental health and well-being are priority areas of work and staff and volunteers have undertaken training in sexual health, suicide prevention, mental health first aid, drugs and mental health, life maps and promoting resilience and a positive outlook. The PEP has a history of success in delivering services which are accessible to all young people and in developing programmes which young people can identify with and have a strong sense of ownership over.
Welcome Home International believes that integration is a two-way street. We seek innovative methods to support refugees and asylum seekers arriving in our societies. By implementing and designing hands-on projects, we create inviting environments where newcomers and local community members can acquire the tools and information they need to help integration happen naturally.
Currently, Welcome Home International is operating many of its on the ground activities in the refugee reception centre Le Petit-Chateau in Brussels, Belgium, where we have had great success filling a need for volunteer activities and events that engage the new arrivals with local community members. Our focus is also on app development for free and easy language acquisition and media projects that unite arriving and receiving cultures.
Technologos Research and Innovation Services ltd (TRI) is a Cypriot high tech ΙΤ team of highly qualified scientists and engineers with a proven record of expertise. Technologos supports collaborations among academic and industrial institutes to develop their research from inception of ideas to output commercialisation. Technologos is conducting IT research in various fields and provides best practices and practical tools to get projects done better, faster and cheaper. Technologos is in close collaboration with various companies and organisations spread all over the world.
The following list includes Technologos main services:
Development of digital interventions for education and health.
Serious games development.
Data exploration and analysis with the primary goal of turning raw data into information and action.
Data Management ensuring the accessibility, reliability, and timeliness of data.
Theoretical structure, problem definition, formulate context-relevant questions and hypotheses and solution design that yield measurable, actionable improvements.
Statistical modelling and inference.
Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning model development, pattern recognition and predictive analytics.
Data visualisations to discover trends.
Communicating insights derived from data.
