Gamedia

The project aims:

• To improve the skills of youth workers in and outside of the partner organizations
• To provide a tool for youth workers to train youth in media literacy
• To make youth workers aware of the potential benefits of game-based learning and gamification 
• To improve youth’s media literacy skills to combat dis/misinformation in Europe
• To boost youth’s engagement in the community as informed citizens

The project will engage in the following activities:

• Research activity for mapping mis/disinformation and media literacy skills
• Design and elaboration of game’s materials (cards, scenarios, etc.) available in 6 languages
• Development of a card-based board game
• International training-testing activity attended by youth workers
• 15 pilot workshops involving 54 young people in total.

The project has yielded the following results:

• Report on the most common and most damaging forms of mis/disinformation, and the main skills, methods and good practices associated with combating this mis/disinformation. 
• The Project Game
• A booklet of workshop guidelines – for youth workers to carry out media literacy training with youth.