Goal of the project: Integration of simulation games in strategic communication studies for the development of future competences. The aim is to create and test pedagogical innovations in strategic communication teaching in three Baltic universities through academic staff training, development of teaching aids, and development of a prototype of an interactive collaborative digital learning and teaching platform.
Programme: Erasmus+
Full title of the project: European Union Erasmus+ programme KA2 (cooperation for innovation and the exchange of good practices) strategic partnerships for higher education project “Simulation Games in Startegic Communication”
Project number: 2018-1-LV01-KA203-046981
The target group: (1) Academic staff members and (2) students at Vidzeme University of Applied Sciences and partner institutions
The leading partner: Vidzeme University of Applied Sciences
Cooperation partners:
- Lithuania, Vilnius University
- Estonia, University of Tartu
Associated partners:
- United Kingdom, King’s College London
- Latvia, Valmiera City Council
- Latvia, Vidzeme Planning Region
Project implementation period: 01.12.2018. – 31.08.2021. (30 months)
Main activities: Erasmus+ mobility activities (student, staff exchange, learning/teaching/training activities) between partner institutions, development and dissemination of intellectual outputs
Expected outputs: handbook and methodological guide, descriptions of simulations, teacher training workshops programs, description of simulation game architecture (technical specification and description of technological tools), data set, survey instruments and learning analytics’ metrics for evaluation students competences, scientific publications
Study directions: Communication and media
Total budget: 149 884,00
Project funding: EC funding
Contacts:
Project managers at Vidzeme University of Applied Sciences: Tatjana Mažāne (
Phone: +371 22042022
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03/12/2020 A publication has been published on transferring in-person social simulation to online environment: pedagogical reflections on creating teaching presence. Read here
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11/06/2021 An online scenario of the “Simulation Games in Strategic Communication” project was tested at the Vilnius University Faculty of Communication. Read here
09/09/2021 Three Baltic States universities concludes the project with a research on students' perceptions on acquirement of transversal skills during an online social simulation. Read here
