KA1 course | Teaching methods

Innovative Teaching Methods: Active Learning, PBL & Gamification

Hands-on methods that get every learner working. You leave with a ready project-based unit for your class.

Teachers building a classroom project together
5 days
30 teaching hours
400 €
course fee, Erasmus+ fundable
Quick online booking
invoice the next working day
Certificate
+ Europass Mobility support

2027 dates

Choose your Erasmus+ Week

Every course week is guaranteed to run.

Five days, 30 hours

Programme

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Monday to Friday09:00 to 15:30, with coffee and lunch breaks6 teaching hours a day, 30 in totalIn English, level B1
1
Day 1
Monday

Active learning that works

  • Welcome, introductions and your needs
  • What research says helps learners, and what to drop
  • Quick active-learning routines for any lesson
2
Day 2
Tuesday

Project-based learning

  • From driving question to public product
  • Planning milestones and roles
  • Workshop: start your own project plan
3
Day 3
Wednesday

Gamification

  • Game mechanics that motivate
  • Quests, badges and escape rooms
  • Workshop: turn a lesson into a game
4
Day 4
Thursday

Flipped and cooperative learning

  • Flipped classroom in practice
  • Cooperative structures for group work
  • Assessing projects with clear rubrics
5
Day 5
Friday

Your project-based unit

  • Finishing your unit and rubric
  • Presentations and peer feedback
  • Evaluation, certificates and Europass Mobility
Programme subject to minor changes.

Learning outcomes

What you will learn

Ready to copy into your application and your Europass Mobility document.

KnowledgeWhat you will understand
  • ✓Principles of active and cooperative learning
  • ✓How to design a project-based unit
  • ✓Game mechanics that motivate learners
SkillsWhat you will be able to do
  • ✓Plan a project-based unit
  • ✓Turn a lesson into a game or quest
  • ✓Assess projects with clear rubrics
AttitudesHow you will approach your work
  • ✓Learner voice and choice
  • ✓Openness to try new methods
  • ✓Working with colleagues across subjects

You go home with

Your project-based unit
Ready to run with your class.
A ready toolkit
Games, templates, rubrics.
Certificate + Europass Mobility support
30 hours, outcomes listed.

Your week

Before and after

Before you come
A short questionnaire about your needs, so we can adapt the week to your group. Practical information.
After you go home
Your materials stay with you, and you can write to us with questions as you put your plan into practice.

Any access needs? Tell us when you book and we plan around them.

Participants

Who it is for

School teachers
Primary, secondary, VET
Adult educators
Trainers in adult learning
VET trainers
Workshops and work-based learning
Teacher trainers
Mentors and coaches

No prior experience with project-based learning needed.

One clear price

Price and terms

Course fee
400 €
80 € × 5 days, the Erasmus+ rate.
Pay the full fee by bank transfer before the course, by the date in your agreement. Your places stay held until then.
Included
  • ✓30 teaching hours with expert trainers
  • ✓All materials and digital toolkit
  • ✓Certificate and Europass Mobility support
  • ✓Learning Agreement support
Not included
  • –Travel
  • –Accommodation (we send a practical guide to areas and budget)
  • –Meals
Terms
  • iFree name changes at any time
  • iEvery course week is guaranteed to run
  • iOnce booked, the fee is not refundable. If someone cannot travel, send a colleague instead, at no cost.
  • iFree time is yours; we share a list of nearby places.
Full booking terms →

Erasmus+ funding

For coordinators

Everything for your KA121 or KA122 application.

What your Erasmus+ grant covers
  • ✓Course fee400 € = 80 € × 5 days, the Erasmus+ rate
  • ✓Stay and mealsdaily Erasmus+ allowance for Greece
  • ✓Traveltravel allowance for your distance
  • ✓Your organisationorganisational support per participant
Copy into your application
  • ✓OID E10228854PIC 912790953
  • ✓ActivityCourses and training
  • ✓Erasmus+ priority it supportsDevelopment of key competences
  • ✓FitsKA121 / KA122 | SCH, ADU, VET
Paperwork we handle
  • ✓Learning Agreementprepared with you
  • ✓Europass Mobility supportcompleted with you on the last day
  • ✓Certificatewith learning outcomes
  • ✓Course descriptiondownload PDF →

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