Serious game for disaster management

Serious game for disaster management
Serious game for disaster management

The Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering of the University of Thessaly, and more specifically the Creative Technologies Learning Lab (http://ctll.e-ece.uth.gr), is developing digital learning interventions for fostering preparation towards natural disaster management.
The learning intervention is implemented in the context of project Take It Serious that is funded by the Erasmus+ program of the European Commission. To project aims to foster a “disaster management” culture in Europe and strengthening the resilience of communities against natural disasters, to support teachers to teach in matters of risk reduction, emergency preparedness and in response to disaster situations, to raise awareness of children in the field of natural disasters and disaster management cyclewith the use of gamification based on authentic disaster scenarios; to support school authorities to develop disaster management strategies at the regional level, to develop a set ofinnovative awareness materials to train the European population on the prevention, preparedness, and response to disasters, to raise awareness of families and community-at-large about the disaster management cycle, and to support schools to be better prepared disasters for leading the community about disaster management. To achieve these objectives, a digital learning game is being developed that exposes students to authentic scenarios and supports educators in the design of educational activities that foster awareness on the importance of disaster preparedness.