MUVEnation

TITLE MUVEnation ”Motivating Pupils, linking teachers through active learning with multi-user virtual environment”

AGREEMENT NUMBER

FUNDING PROGRAMME Lifelong Learning Programme - Comenius Action Comenius Multilateral Projects

CONSORTIUM Università di Macerata (Applicant), MENON Network (Coordinator), Friedrich-Alexander University of Erlangen-Nürberg (FIM), Florida Education Centre, Agence Départementale de Numérique, SCIENTER Italia, King's College London, University of Reading

RUNTIME From 01/12/2007 to 30/11/2009

SHORT DESCRIPTION Based on the potential and opportunities afforded by active learning approaches combined with Massive Multi-Users Virtual Environments (MUVEs) as effective solutions to inspire and engage learners and foster motivation, the MUVEnation project's general aim is to contribute to explore, analyse, develop and evaluate within context the effectiveness of this innovative way of teaching and learning with regard to some of the problems of the educational system such as pupils motivation and participation. Therefore the MUVEnation project seeks to develop a European peer learning program for teacher training for the use of “Active learning with Multi-Users Virtual Environments to increase pupils' motivation and participation in education”.

FUNDING PROJECT 400.000 €

FUNDING  UNIMC 59.560 €

PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR Pier Giuseppe Rossi

PROJECT WEBSITE http://muvenation.org/