Games and Learning Alliance (GaLA) Supporting Education and Training through Hi-Tech Gaming.

Games and Learning Alliance (GaLA) is the EU Network of Excellence on serious games (SG). The main expected outcome is the set-up a Virtual Research Centre (VRC) aimed at integrating, harmonizing and coordinating research on SGs and disseminating knowledge, best practices and tools as a reference point at an international level. The other two key focuses of the project are (1) the support to deployment in the actual educational and training settings and (2) the fostering of innovation and knowledge transfer through research-business dialogue. The NoE is composed of organizations that aim to integrate their activities and resources in a long-term view. A long-term perspective is systematically pursued as GaLA sets-up an infrastucture and aims at making it viable and sustainable. The major expected outcomes include: the European Society on Serious Games; the European conference on Serious Games; journal special issues; the Virtual Research Environment (VRE); the SG Living Labs (SG LLs); a MSc programme on SGs, with the relevant didactic tools; PhD projects on SGs; the schools (alignment and summer) on SGs. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]