This project has been funded with support from the European Commission.
This publication [communication] reflects the views only of the author, and the Commission cannot be held responsible for any use which may be made of the information contained therein.
The Plentis project is funded by the European Commission’s Erasmus + programme. The project started in September 2014 and lasts for 2 years. The main field of the project is to develop an online game based learning platform and a supporting teachers’ handbook in the topic of agricultural entrepreneurship development.
The project is realized by an international partnership with various backgrounds (see more in: Partners)
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| You are a student or trainee studying entrepreneurship and/or agriculture in vocational school, and would like to develop your competences in this topic. If you are tired of reading textbooks, trying to memorize the most important attributes of entrepreneurship, then this is your place to practice and challenge your knowledge and competences in a game based learning environment | You are a teacher and you lack methods or tools to effectively teach entrepreneurship skills to your students. If you are looking for an educational tool, to spice up your classes, and ensure that your students really understand the basic competences for entrepreneurship, and you would like to provide some gamified practical lessons… this is your place | And for you if you would like to play a few games, while acquiring new knowledge on agricultural and entrepreneurial competences. |
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The Plentis partnership was carefully assembled, inviting capable, willing educational organisations to join. All together there are 7 partners from 4 different countries, with VET training and/or other educational background. For details please check the partners’ description:
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Trebag Ltd
In 2000 we established an Innovation Lodge and the Wellbeing Living Lab in Nagykovácsi, Budapest agglomeration, which became a member of the European Network of Living Labs (EnoLL) in 2011. Our main activities and services:
Our scope activities include:
Contact: website: www.trebag.hu Andrea Kövesd, +3626 555 220, andrea.kovesd@trebag.hu H-2094 Nagykovácsi Kossuth utca 20. |
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VM KASZK Vocational School
We offer full-time education for our students from the age fourteen to twenty. This year we have about 1500 students and the participants of the adult education. The vocational centre is regulated and financed directly by the Ministry of Agriculture. Our schools are located in Central-Europe and in the centre of Hungary. Two of our schools are in Budapest, one in Vác, at the bank of the river Danube, and one in the mountains of Buda, in the town Piliscsaba. The schools are closer than 40km from the central building (located in the X. district of Budapest). All of our schools have student-dormitories, this way we can provide good conditions for students from the countryside. Our centre has a very active international life. Every year, we take part in the Erasmus+ student mobility and innovation transfer programs. In the last 2 years Bercsényi school was a host partner for a Spanish university and Spanish students spent 3 months practical training in our school. We are a member of the EUROPEA organization what gives us good opportunities to know the newest education methods. We would like to improve our international network and would like to find new partners for the future programs. This year we had cooperation with Denmark, Germany, the Netherlands, France, Finland, UK, Ireland and Estonia. We had programs for the students and for the teachers as well.
Contact Website: http://www.kaszk.hu/ Ferenc Gál, Managing Director, gal.ferenc@kaszk.hu H-1106 Budapest, Maglódi út 4/b. |
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Prompt-H
Prompt worked as the coordinator institute in the ‘Best Practice’ European LLL project: “TENEGEN - Connect the teachers to teach and reach the Net generation (2008-2010) and the SME 2.0 – Proactive Networking in Business Management of European SMEs (2011-2013) Leonardo projects. Prompt Ltd. initiated in 2008 the foundation an IT cluster under the name of “Innolearn – the Cluster of Knowledge Network” in order to facilitate and intensive knowledge sharing between the academic sphere and the IT industry, to help small and medium enterprises in adapting the newest IT tools and solutions and to generate professional collaboration among the eLearning providers. With this experience, PROMPT-H Ltd. responsible for the Quality Management of the project, which includes the following points: Making Questionnaires
Contact: Website: www.prompt.hu Dr. József Lengyel, Managing Director, jozsef.lengyel@prompt.hu H- 2100, Gödöllő, Testvérvárosok útja 28. |
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Soros Educational Center – SEC
SEC provides language training in various European languages, training in the field of ICT, key competences and promote the professional development of teachers and adult educators. In the past ten years we have been enhancing the quality of our educational offer and have been promoting take-up of innovative practices by actively participating at above 30 European projects run under the Socrates and Lifelong Learning Programmes. We closely collaborate with public institutions, training bodies and public schools in our region to jointly answer educational and training needs of the region.
Contact website: www.sec.ro Csilla Lázár, lazarb_csilla@sec.ro RO – 530220 Csíkszereda - Hargita county - Kossuth Lajos u., 9. |
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Czech University of Life Science – CULS
Contact Website: http://www.czu.cz/cs/ Tereza Balcarová, balcarova@pef.czu.cz CZ - Kamýcká 961/129, 165 00 Prague 6-Suchdol |
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INVESLAN
Our experience in Social Research Studies includes analytical and situation studies about collectives with special difficulties in accessing labour market, descriptive and assessment studies about training and employment for specific collectives and geographical areas or studies on the development of training materials, among others. Our experience in Social Research is complemented with a wide experience in international projects management through European Projects in the framework of the Lifelong Learning Programme, participating and/or coordinating projects under the Leonardo da Vinci or Grundtvig sub programmes. Currently INVESLAN has been particularly focused on innovative training methodologies, new learning environments and content combining the use of ICTs with a lifelong learning approach.
Contact Wesite: http://www.inveslan.com Jaione Santos, j.santos@inveslan.com ES - Lutxana 6, 4º dpto A, 48008 Bilbao, Biscay |
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HAZI
To achieve these objectives, the Foundation cooperates with other institutions and local agents carrying out the following activities:
a) Development and promotion of agro alimentary and fishery products of high quality, through origin certificates. b) Establishment of certification and control systems over agro alimentary and fishery products, to guarantee their origin, security, authenticity and their quality. c) Promotion and dissemination. d) Enhancement of agreements and actions to foster cooperation between different actors or the agricultural sector. e) Enforce entrepreneurship and the creation of agro-business. f) Disseminate EU policies and programs to develop national and international projects. g) Enhance rural development through projects aimed to revitalize the rural areas socially and economically. h) Promotion of the qualifications of professionals from the agricultural sector through the provision of specific training. i) Coordination, development and implementation of technological solutions aimed to improve productive processes, commercialization and transformation. j) Design and execution of statistical research, cartography and socio-economic research. k) Design and development of projects for the recognition, analysis, evaluation and control of territorial and environmental resources and its management, especially of protected natural spaces. Hazi counts with 193 workers.
Contact Webpage: http://www.hazi.es/ Marta Garcia de Vicuña, mgvicu@hazi.eus Sede central Granja Modelo s/n, 01192 Arkaute Araba |
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Learning by playing is actually a form of learning by doing. There are numerous studies (see links below) suggesting that indeed there are topics, subjects etc that can be better acquired by practicing, and not just reading over and over. This method is not a magic. We just have to remember when we were little children we barely sat down to learn but were playing all day long. Why not to continue learning by playing as an adult? Of course not the same way, but with the use of well structured educational games. With the use of such games (online or offline) participants can experience risk without real danger. These kind of games can make the player curious about a given topic, and as the learning process happens unconsciously, the player is not focusing or stressing on learning, but enjoying the game. Educational games are especially useful in the field of competence development Experts suggest that games based learning approaches can provide a number of benefits, such as: Motivating learners to succeed and to continually improve There are counter-opinions that say games are just not the tool for learning, for knowledge transfer. Of course when using or even designing educational games one must be well aware of the topic and the target groups needs and possibilities. |
Message to the players Coming up |
Some advice to the teachers Coming up |
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The main product of the Plentis project is the Agropoly online serious game platform. This is a virtual place which reunites the fun of playing with games and usefulness of learning entrepreneurial skills and competencies for students of agricultural sector. If these students are open or plan to start their own business in the future, they will already have an idea about real life situations as well as they get an idea about their competencies to be developed. |
The game itself has a frame story serving as a starting point to give them motivation to perform well and achieve points. This framework is about building up their own enterprise depending on their collected points they earn based on their correct answers; this way it will presumably motivate them to solve as many tests as possible. Besides the tests – based on different types of game engines – real life simulations, decision trees can also be found (and played) on the platform. The platform contains 6 knowledge bases, covering the important topics of agricultural entrepreneurship and the essential competences belonging to it. 8-10 minigames belong to every knowledge center, with the aim of developing the competences. |
The achievements of the players will be honoured by a pointing system. The points can be used to purchase different objects and placed individually on this forsaken land, making their gaming area more personalised. The players can compare their progress through these objects and the development of the piece of land each of them own. |
If you are interested in the project, you have any question or suggestions, don’t hesitate to contact the national representative of the project:
Kövesd Andrea
Trebag Kft
+3626 555 220
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This project has been funded with support from the European Commission.
This publication [communication] reflects the views only of the author, and the Commission cannot be held responsible for any use which may be made of the information contained therein.
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