Prof. Sandra Dingli from The Edward de Bono Institute for Creative Thinking and Innovation recently organised a training workshop and partners meeting for the Erasmus+ ThinkGame project (Cooperation to implement creative thinking and gamification for innovative online training of STEM students) at the University of Malta’s Msida Campus.
Dr Vanessa Camilleri from the Faculty of ICT and Dr Margaret Mangion from The Edward de Bono Institute are also involved in this project, together with Professor Dingli.
Twenty-eight persons from five countries including Malta attended the two-day training session on gamification and creativity which was delivered by Assoc. Prof. Adina Cocu from the University "Dunarea de Jos" of Galati in Romania (project coordinator), together with Dr Vanessa Camilleri, Dr Josef Bajada, Dr Margaret Mangion and Prof. Sandra Dingli, all from the University of Malta.
During the partners’ meeting, which was the first for this three-year project, the five partner representatives discussed the manner in which the project will develop, and tasks were allocated. The goal of the project arises from the need to enhance the abilities of educators to incorporate gamification and creativity in their e-learning systems. A number of online tools will be developed by each of the partners, and these will be evaluated and tested. Once completed, the online platform may be used by academics to enrich their courses and by students to motivate the development of their creative thinking skills.