PARTNERS

EDC Paris Business School is the project coordinator. EDC is a leading business and management school founded in 1950. Bought by its alumni more than 20 years ago, long before its recent acquisition by Planeta Formación y Universidades, it is the oldest 100% private institution of the Conférence des Grandes Ecoles in France. “Training humanistic leaders for the digital age with an entrepreneurial spirit and the ability to design and implement innovative strategies to increase the societal and economic performance of organizations.” This vision is materialized by EDC’s educational signature DIVE – Developer, Innovator, Value Creator, Entrepreneur – which is applied to all degree courses. A particular focus is placed on entrepreneurship, business development and innovation in order to train leaders and managers capable of identifying and developing new horizons, of pushing back the frontiers of business in a world where uncertainty and ambiguity are invariants. EDC Paris Business School is ranked number 1 in France in terms of Entrepreneurship education. For the last two decades the average rate of company creation by EDC alumni in the five years after graduation is around 20% – five times higher than the national average. EDC OCRE research laboratory – Observatory and Research Center in Entrepreneurship – is ranked among the top five in France in the domains of entrepreneurship, business development, innovation and digital transformation.

The Valencian International University – VIU – is one of the main online universities in the Spanish-speaking world, recognized by the Spanish Ministry of Education, Culture and Sport and offering its own methodology in constant evolution, which keeps it at the forefront of distance education. The university currently serves more than 17,000 students of 84 different nationalities and has increased its teaching staff to more than 1,200 instructors. At VIU we believe that the curriculum, spaces, tools, and infrastructure offer an opportunity to create value and design the new university experience. We are constantly evolving to adapt to the needs of the students and the labor market. This flexibility and adaptability is recognized today as an example of enhancing the synergies between universities, companies, and public institutions in favor of social progress. VIU has several recognized research groups in the area of education and educational innovation including researchers in gamification, providing a rich environment to host research activities, collaborations, and academic events. In 2018 VIU held the II International Conference in Educational Technology and Innovation (http://congresos.viu.es/innovacionytic/) which involved 452 participants from all over the world.

Gestionet has been in the market for 20 years with its unfaltering mission to transmit values, skills and abilities through digital solutions based on gaming methodologies. Gestionet has been developing and implementing digital educational tools in classrooms and companies. Gestionet has among its clients public entities, universities, business schools, training centers and HR departments of Large Corporations like Cemex, EY, BBVA, Banco Santander, Unilever, Avianca , Iberdrola, Securitas Direct, , Banco de Crédito del Perú, Endesa, etc. Every year, Gestionet develops, with its R&D multidisciplinary team, 6 educational digital solutions and, in recent years, specializes in measuring these competencies through an arduous process of scientific reliability.

Hacettepe University (HU) is a leading a research university, committed to the promotion of excellence in education in line with universal values with its 16 Faculties, 15 Graduate Schools and Institutes, 2 Applied Schools, 1 Conservatory, 4 Vocational Schools, 94 Research and Application Centers, 3 Libraries. HU was designated as one of the ten “Research Universities” in Turkey in 2017. As a research-oriented university, HU is committed to enhancing the student experience of research-based teaching in undergraduate and graduate programmes. The Department of Computer Education and Instructional Technologies (CEIT) was established in 1998 under the Faculty of Education. Besides its undergraduate, M.Sc. and PhD graduate programs, CEIT also aims to do scientific research on the use of information and communication technologies (ICT) in teaching-learning situations, development, integration and diffusion of those technologies in educational settings and distance learning, developing educational products, education of ICT, and training human resources needed in the field. Dr. Selay Arkün Kocadere has been carrying out both national and international projects and research in online learning, ICT integration into education, educational games and gamification. She has a BA in Maths Education and M.S. and Ph.D. in CEIT. Before her academic career, she worked as an instructional designer on developing educational software, including digital educational games.

Innomate offers professional development seminars to teachers, educators and facilitators who want to propose more effective learning experiences. Innomate is also fully committed to the development of innovative learning tools and initiatives, including content development for online courses for different target users and in diverse domains. Innomate has been involved in many national and international projects, in cooperation with public research organizations, universities, NGO and companies. The European Project Office has been working in the preparation and implementation of EU projects and regional projects for more than 20-years, both as coordinator and partner.