CLI Lunch & Learn | Gamification projects at EUR

• Professor Sandra van Thiel was appointed as professor of Public Management at Radboud University Nijmegen in 2012. Her research focuses on the creation of executive agencies and the governance relationships between government bodies and these semi-autonomous organisations. Sandra is a full-time professor at ESSB and used her lifelong expertise to create a game about the Tendering process between municipalities and private companies in the Netherlands. This game has been played since 2015 by many students and is a proven concept that adds value in the classroom.

  

• Dr. Ana Vasques is a senior lecturer at Erasmus University College (EUC) and one of the co-founders of the DIT-platform. She was also one of the first fellows at the CLI focusing on empowering students through interdisciplinary and intercultural education on sustainable development. Ana is always committed to her students and their personal growth; she believes students go through a transformative journey and applies this principle to her teaching. Through this culmination of interests, Ana has created the game Fireflies, a game for students to deal with difficult dilemmas and their emotions. 

  

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• Shen Liu is a project manager at the Community for Learning and Innovation. His background in Design Thinking and Industrial Design Engineering led to him being the project manager of many gamification projects at the EUR. Shen has worked with Sandra on digitalising her successful game and moved it to the digital era. He also worked with Ana Vasques on creating a boardgame for students to better express their emotions on difficult dilemmas.