Milan (IT), April 2011 - The LUDUS Consortium's second International Conference takes place in Milan, Italy, 25-27 May 2011. The event focuses on educational, psychological, economic, and institutional issues as they relate to Serious Games, providing various points of view on this theme as articulated by experts and organizations.
The Conference is free and offers round tables, discussions, and case-study presentations through a morning session and workshops where participants can collaborate with experts about Serious Games on specific themes in the afternoon.
Presentation topics include "Innovation of the Training Languages: Game as a Key Factor for Motivation and Learning" by Alberto Colorni( President of METID Centre) and "Regional Policies of Didactic Innovation: How to Meet Young New Horizons of Learning" by Barbara Ongaro (Regional Scholarship Institution of Lombardy).
Workshops are offered on "Multicultural Dialogue Training: An Adaptive Simulation Approach in the Frame of the European Project ImREAL"; "LUDUS Second Competition: Award and Discussion about the Use of Serious Games to Boost Students' Motivation"; and "Serious Games for Reflective Learning in the Frame of the European Project MIRROR".
Within the MIRROR project about reflective learning, there is a sample Serious Game presenting the concept of reflective learning on the project's website of the.
