Serious Games and Gamification Design, Certificate | Tallinn University | Tallinn, Estonia
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Serious Games and Gamification Design

5 days
Duration
250 EUR/full
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About

Explore the world of serious games in our one-week course on “Serious Games and Gamification Design”. Serious games aren’t just for fun; they’re games with a purpose. They can help in areas like education, health care, and politics.

Overview

In this course, you’ll learn how to create games that do more than entertain. You’ll work with students from all over to design games that tackle real-world problems. And the best part? You don’t need to know any programming.

WHY THIS COURSE?

Our program offers a unique blend of game mechanics, real-world applications, and purpose-driven design. This ensures that students don’t just learn to create games but games that have a meaningful impact, addressing challenges in sectors like education, health care, and beyond.

You will be able to practice in an interdisciplinary environment.

Our course utilizes intuitive tools like Twine and Gdevelop, allowing every participants to bring their game ideas to life without coding.

Programme Structure

What we’ll cover:

  • What are serious games and gamification?
  • Looking at games that teach or solve problems. Looking at gamified ideas that solve real life problems.
  • How to plan and make a game or gamified systems.
  • Coming up with game/ gamified ideas and setting goals.
  • The basics of how games work: challenges, actions, and rules.
  • Creating the world of the game, its characters, and its story.
  • Tools to help you make games, including Twine and Gdevelop.
  • Audience

    The course is for teachers, educational technologists, designers, developers, story writers, graphical designers, and others interested in designing serious games or gamified solutions. Our goal is to form heterogeneous teams of students with different backgrounds. The Limit is 10.

    Lecturers

    Nail Türkoğlu

    Key information

    Duration

    • Full-time
      • 5 days

    Start dates & application deadlines

    Language

    English

    Credits

    2 ECTS

    Delivered

    On Campus

    Academic requirements

    We are not aware of any specific GRE, GMAT or GPA grading score requirements for this programme.

    English requirements

    We are not aware of any English requirements for this programme.

    Student insurance

    Make sure to cover your health, travel, and stay while studying abroad. Even global coverages can miss important items, so make sure your student insurance ticks all the following:

    • Additional medical costs (i.e. dental)
    • Repatriation, if something happens to you or your family
    • Liability
    • Home contents and baggage
    • Accidents
    • Legal aid

    We partnered with Aon to provide you with the best affordable student insurance, for a carefree experience away from home.

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    Starting from €0.53/day, free cancellation any time.

    Remember, countries and universities may have specific insurance requirements. To learn more about how student insurance work at Tallinn University and/or in Estonia, please visit Student Insurance Portal.

    Other requirements

    General requirements

    The course is for teachers, educational technologists, designers, developers, story writers, graphical designers, and others interested in designing serious games or gamified solutions.

    Tuition Fee

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    • International

      250 EUR/full
      Tuition Fee
      Based on the tuition of 250 EUR for the full programme during 5 days.
    • Student Discount: Early-bird fee (until November 30) - 250€, regular fee - 300€
    • Non-student:  Early-bird fee - 325€, regular - 375€

    Living costs for Tallinn

    598 - 948 EUR /month
    Living costs

    The living costs include the total expenses per month, covering accommodation, public transportation, utilities (electricity, internet), books and groceries.

    Funding

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