SERIOUS GAMES ON HEALTH AND SAFETY FOR MOBILE LEARNING

More than one in five fatal accidents at work in the EU-28 in 2012 took place within the construction sector. Workers report high levels of exposure to physical risks although they seem to be well informed about health and safety in the workplace. The partnership of the project Serious Games on Health and Safety for mobile learning is composed by seven partners (Fundacion Laboral de la Construccion, Sataedu Satakunta Educational Federation, Open Universiteit Nederland, Westdeutscher Handwerkskammertag, Fundatia Romano-Germana Timisoara, Warrington Collegiate and Centro Edile Andrea Palladio), and it is coordinated by Fundaci6n Laboral de la Construcci6n. They considered the development of serious games for mobile phones as an excellent tool to acquire basic health and safety skills in the construction sector. And this is the objective of this European project. Through game-based learning, three key aspects are achieved: a knowledge transfer method by using "game play", an exchange among players which includes some form of competition, and a reward/penalty system as an assessment method. In addition, the development of the game in a software designed for mobile phones, will allow any person (not necessarily a construction worker) access this knowledge anywhere, anytime.