GAP: The Soft Skills Summit
How to Train for Soft Skills Through Digital Games – A Case Study for Training Peacekeepers
Thursday 10 January
| 09:00 – 09:30 Registration Davis Theatre, Arts Building | ||
| 09:30 – 09:45 Opening: Anne Holohan, Project PI and Coordinator | ||
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09:45 – 11:00 Filling the GAP:A Model Using Real World Experiences to Develop Scenarios and Learning Objectives for a Serious Game which has Inbuilt and Standardized Assessment – Anne Holohan (with Vincent Wade, Mads Haahr) |
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| 11:00 – 11:20 Coffee break | ||
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11:20 – 12:50 Break Out Parallel Sessions – School of Ecumenics (G6, G7, G8) |
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| A Curriculum for the Role of Police in Peacekeeping
Chair: Maire Braniff (U of Ulster) Walentyna Trzcińska (WSPOL) Police officers on peacekeeping missions – their tasks and preparation Markus Feilke (German Federal Police) The importance of training on soft skills for police officers deployed to international peace operations Peter McCutcheon (PSNI) ‘Policing Lessons from Kosovo’ |
Game-Based Soft Skills Learning in Different Sectors
Chair: Mads Haahr Janet Benson (Learnovate, TCD) – Game-Based Learning into Today’s Workplaces: Who’s Winning? Ciara Kennedy (AnimaVenture) – AnimaVenture – Unlocking the Imagination, Creativity, Empathy & Innovation – Gaming for Environmental & Inner Peace. |
Culture as a Resource
Chair: Justyna Pyz Kamila Trochowska , Ryszard Szpyra (WSU) – Cross-cultural competence in GAP Livingstone Thompson (SIETAR) – Steps Towards Building Effective Intercultural Relations Yvonne Masakowski (US Naval College) – Developing Global Leaders with Cross-Cultural Competency |
| 12:50 – 14:00 Lunch break |
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| 14:00 – 14:45 Keynote: Tom Digby, Springfield College, author of Love & War: How Militarism Shapes Sexuality and Romance (Davis Theatre, Arts BUilding) | ||
| 15:00 – 16:30 Break Out Parallel Sessions – School of Ecumenics (G6, G7, G8) |
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| Training Needs in Contemporary Peacekeeping Missions
Chair: Kieran Doyle Speakers: Timothy O’Brien, (Defence Forces, UN Training School) – Defence Forces PSO Pre Deployment Training. Jonas Alberoth (Folke Bernadotte Academy) – Focusing on critical needs – soft skills for hard results |
Assessment tools to improve organisational effectiveness
Chair: Anne Holohan (TCD) Speakers: Mascia Touissant (Enquirya) Tracking progress in soft skill training Stephen Rice (Upskill) – Accreditation into action: Keeping it real in the 4th revolution Vinny Wade (TCD/ADAPT) – Rating assessment in serious games |
Gender: Challenges & Benefits
Chair: Yvonne Masakowski (US Naval College) Speakers: Gillian Wylie (TCD) Gendering peace Tom Digby (Springfield College) – Gender as a Hindrance to Peace Charlotta Ahlmark (ESDC) Contributing to mainstreaming gender in CSDP training
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16:30 – 17:30 Opportunity to sample playing game/Games Bazaar Davis Theatre, Arts Building |
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| 19:30 -21:30 Reception for Peacekeepers. Guest speakers: Michael Beary, Dirk Dubois, Maria Mekri
Dining Hall, TCD |
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Friday 11th January
| 09.00 – 10.40 Screening of movie: A Journey of a Thousand Miles: Peacekeepers (2015) | ||
| 10:40 –11:00 Coffee break | ||
| 11:00 –12:30 Break Out Parallel Sessions School of Ecumenics (G6, G7, G8) | ||
| Curriculum for Training Civilians on Complex Missions
Chair: Petteri Taitto Josef Reiterer (UN OCHA) Influence and Authority in Adult Learning Silva Lauffer (ENTRi project) – Posing or Posture? Soft Skills for Hard Mandates Vera Pavinska (CEPOL) – EU Strategic Training Needs Assessment EU-STNA 2019-2021 |
Exploring Alternatives in Learning Through Gaming – design and skills
Chair: Anne Holohan Małgorzata Gawlik-Kobylińska (WSU) – Four Dimensions of Learning in the Gamified “Introduction to Cultural Gene Carolan (DIT) – Unlocking The ‘Good’ Ending: What Video Games Teach Us About Sustainable Peace Michael Cooke (MU) – The Skills of Peace Building – From Dialogue to Design |
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| 12:30 – 12:45 Closing Remarks Anne Holohan | ||
