{"id":44627,"date":"2026-01-11T16:11:19","date_gmt":"2026-01-11T15:11:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/media-and-learning.eu\/?p=44627"},"modified":"2026-01-11T16:11:24","modified_gmt":"2026-01-11T15:11:24","slug":"discover-how-video-games-are-transforming-soft-skills-development-across-europe-with-megaskills","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/media-and-learning.eu\/subject\/lifelong-learning\/discover-how-video-games-are-transforming-soft-skills-development-across-europe-with-megaskills\/","title":{"rendered":"Discover how video games are transforming soft skills development across Europe with \u00a0MEGASKILLS"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>At the heart of the project lies the MEGASKILLS methodology, which demonstrates how commercial video games can be used as scalable, evidence-based tools to train and assess soft skills such as problem-solving, adaptability, collaboration, strategic thinking, and resilience. Live platform testing during the event enabled participants to experience this innovative approach firsthand, with support from the project\u2019s technical team.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>On 11 December 2025, the Horizon Europe MEGASKILLS project held its Final Results Presentation Event in Brussels in a hybrid format, bringing together policymakers, researchers, educators, industry representatives, and SMEs.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The programme showcased the MEGASKILLS journey and key outcomes, featuring two high-level panel discussions on the importance of soft skills for Europe\u2019s labour market and on the sustainability and scaling of game-based approaches to skills development. Participants also had the opportunity to test the MEGASKILLS platform first-hand and engage in networking sessions. With more than 100 registrations, we are pleased to share all the event <a href=\"https:\/\/www.megaskills.eu\/megaskills-final-event\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">resources<\/a> now available on our website, including photos, presentations, and the event recording.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Explore the research: <a href=\"https:\/\/cdn.prod.website-files.com\/642f583654d6f77712f74608\/68668fe4918c5ab3be52c294_978-3-031-89557-9.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Soft Skills for the 21st Century <\/a><br><br>Discover the platform:<a href=\"https:\/\/pilot.megaskills.eu\/MegaSkillsUseCases\/index\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"> Train and measure soft skills through MEGASKILLS <\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>At the heart of the project lies the MEGASKILLS methodology, which demonstrates how commercial video games can be used as scalable, evidence-based tools to train and assess soft skills such as problem-solving, adaptability, collaboration, strategic thinking, and resilience. Live platform testing during the event enabled participants to experience this innovative approach firsthand, with support from [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":44619,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[276,272,2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-44627","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-lifelong-learning","category-media-literacy","category-news"],"featured_image_src":"https:\/\/media-and-learning.eu\/files\/2026\/01\/Horizontal.png","author_info":{"display_name":"Shirin Izadpanah","author_link":"https:\/\/media-and-learning.eu\/author\/shirin-izadpanah\/"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/media-and-learning.eu\/api-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/44627","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/media-and-learning.eu\/api-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/media-and-learning.eu\/api-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/media-and-learning.eu\/api-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/7"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/media-and-learning.eu\/api-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=44627"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/media-and-learning.eu\/api-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/44627\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":44639,"href":"https:\/\/media-and-learning.eu\/api-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/44627\/revisions\/44639"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/media-and-learning.eu\/api-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/44619"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/media-and-learning.eu\/api-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=44627"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/media-and-learning.eu\/api-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=44627"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/media-and-learning.eu\/api-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=44627"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}