Author/Authors :
Fonseca, Benjamim University of Trás-os-Montes e Alto Douro (UTAD) - Knowledge Engineering and Decision Support Research Center (GECAD), Portugal , Morgado, Leonel University of Trás-os-Montes e Alto Douro (UTAD) - Knowledge Engineering and Decision Support Research Center (GECAD), Portugal , Paredes, Hugo University of Trás-os-Montes e Alto Douro (UTAD) - Knowledge Engineering and Decision Support Research Center (GECAD), Portugal , Martins, Paulo University of Trás-os-Montes e Alto Douro (UTAD) - Knowledge Engineering and Decision Support Research Center (GECAD), Portugal , Gonçalves, Ramiro University of Trás-os-Montes e Alto Douro (UTAD) - Knowledge Engineering and Decision Support Research Center (GECAD), Portugal , Neves, Pedro University of Trás-os-Montes e Alto Douro (UTAD), Portugal , Nunes, Ricardo Rodrigues University of Trás-os-Montes e Alto Douro (UTAD), Portugal , Lima, Jorge University of Trás-os-Montes e Alto Douro (UTAD), Portugal , Varajão, João University of Trás-os-Montes e Alto Douro (UTAD ) - Centro Algoritmi, Portugal , Pereira, Ângela Instituto Politécnico de Leiria, Portugal , Sanders, Robert European BIC Network(EBN), Belgium , Barracho, Vera European BIC Network (EBN), Belgium , Lapajne, Urban University of Maribor - Faculty of Economics and Business, inštitut za raziskovanje podjetništva (Irp), Slovenia , Rus, Matej University of Maribor - Faculty of Economics and Business, inštitut za raziskovanje podjetništva ( Irp), Slovenia , Rahe, Martin Escuela de Alta Dirección y Administración (EADA), Spain , Mostert, Andre University of East London, Uk , Klein, Thorsten University of East London, Uk , Bojovic, Viktorija University of Novi Sad, Serbia , Bošnjak, Saša University of Novi Sad, Serbia , Bošnjak, Zita University of Novi Sad, Serbia , Carvalho, João Centro de Inovação Empresarial da Beira Interior (CIEBI), Portugal , Duarte, Isabel Centro de Inovação Empresarial da Beira Interior (CIEBI), Portugal , Casaramona, Andreana Innova BIC (Business Innovation Centre), Italy , Soraci, Alberto Innova BIC (Business Innovation Centre), Italy
Abstract :
Entrepreneurship is widely recognized as one of the basic skills to be acquired through a life-long learning. The European Union, under the guidance of the Oslo Agenda, promotes several initiatives to develop entrepreneurship culture in Europe. Education can make a significant contribution to entrepreneurship, encouraging the development of entrepreneurial attitudes and skills in young people. Serious Games are presently recognised as having an important role and potential in education and social networks emerged in the last years as the platform preferred by many, especially young people, to socialize, play games and even learn.This paper presents the PLAYER project, in which a game was developed and implemented as a Facebook application, to enable learning entrepreneurial skills progressively, by guiding users to develop a business idea in the form of a business plan.
Keywords :
Computers in Education , Technology Enhanced Learning , Entrepreneurship , Entrepreneurship Education , Business Education , Serious Games , Facebook , Game based Learning , EU Project
