GALA - Games and Learning Alliance
GALA, Games and Learning Alliance, Network of Excellence for Serious Games gathers the cutting-the-edge European Research & Development organizations on Serious Gamesinvolving, altogether 31 partners from 14 countries all over the EU.
The GALA motivation stems from the acknowledgment of the potentiality of Serious Games for education and training and the need to address the challenges of the main stakeholders of the European Serious Games landscape (users, researchers, developers/industry, educators). GALA aims to build a European Virtual Research Centre aimed at gathering, integrating, harmonizing and coordinating research on Serious Games and transferring innovation and knowledge from academia to business.
GALA is funded by the European Union in FP7 – IST ICT, Technology Enhanced Learning. (1.10.2010−30.9.2014).
Responsible leader: Kristian Kiili (TUT, Pori)