GAMLEC
Learn to Play – Play to Learn
Card Decks Gallery
You can visit the card decks gallery section with its downloadable playing cards.
Do-it-Yourself Gallery
You can explore the Do-it-Yourself gallery with downloadable card templates to create your own learning content tailored to your specific needs.
Background
In the background section you will find the Educational Framework with in-depth information about game-based-learning.
Game Board
(1 page size 63cm x 59,4cm)
Below you can download the full-size version of the board for self-printing and professional printing in the following languages: English (EN), German (DE), Italian (IT), Lithuanian (LI) and Dutch (NL).
For a professional print out of the full-size version of the GAMLEC board, we suggest the following:
– Printing must be done on paper with a minimum weight of 300gr + matt lamination.
– For the folds it is advisable to tell the printer to make a half cut vertically (up to the center) to facilitate the closing of the board.
(6 pages size A4 21cm x 29,7cm)
Below you can download the version of the board you can easily print on any printer and put the 6 pieces together in the following languages: English (EN), German (DE), Italian (IT), Lithuanian (LI) and Dutch (NL).
Card Decks
There are two major groups of cards: the cards that contain learning content on what is beneficial to the Quality of Life of the care home residents, and the cards that contain learning content on what is detrimental to their Quality of Life. These groups are suitable for all players, professional staff, volunteers, family members, and the residents themselves.
A third group of cards has been added for professional staff only. The learning content of these cards is put in a way that, in order to play, the players need specific knowledge or experience on the job that is possessed only by professionals. Accordingly, these cards are used when only professionals are playing.
A fourth category of cards has been created for the specific version of the learning board game to be played exclusively with a Game Coach. The content of this category consists in tasks to be completed by teams playing against each other. All the tasks contained in these cards need to be facilitated by a Game Coach who offers instructions, help and guidance to the players.
The characters, names and stories depicted in the GAMLEC learning cards are fictitious. Any resemblance to real persons, living or dead, is purely coincidental.
Below you can find and download all the various card decks:
The Beneficial Cards
This is the set of cards with content that is beneficial to the Quality of Life (QoL) of dependent care home residents. It reflects:
– Desired behaviour
– Best practices
– Examples of how existing issues have been solved (creatively)
– Creative ideas apt to improve the QoL of care home residents.
The Detrimental Cards
This is the set of cards with content that is detrimental to the Quality of Life (QoL) of dependent care home residents. It reflects:
– Undesired or inappropriate behaviour
– Formal rules as well as the rules of “the hidden agenda” applied in a nursing home that are detrimental to the quality of life of dependent older people, and do not respect and/or fulfil the criteria listed in the Compendium
– Examples and stories that depict the opposite of what is listed in the Compendium
The Good Fairy Cards
This set of cards reflects the softer criteria listed in the Compendium, that given the scarcity of resources in nursing homes, might be considered as “lush”, “unnecessary”, “a luxury”, “wishful thinking” or “nice to have”, but also “not really necessary” and are therefore provided by a Good Fairy.
The Evil Fairy Cards
The content of this set of cards reflects inappropriate behaviour. Anything that can be perceived as rude, mean or even violent is attributed to the “Evil Fairy”. It is up to her to be the protagonist of any kind of undesired or inappropriate behaviour.
Below you can download all available cards in English (EN), German (DE), Italian (IT), Lithuanian (LI) and Dutch (NL):
Self-print version:
Professional-print version:
Card decks – Cards for Professional Care Staff
This deck of cards is for professional care staff only. It focuses on specific knowledge that these players are supposed to have, and is related to the criteria listed in the Compendium.
Below you can download this deck of cards in the following languages: English (EN), German (DE), Italian (IT), Lithuanian (LI) and Dutch (NL).
Self-print version:
Professional-print version:
Card decks – Cards for the version with a Game Coach
This version of the game adds special focus on team work, cross-functional exchanges on the objectives of the learning board game with a Game Coach and collaboration between all players irrespective of their roles: professional carers, volunteers, family members, or even residents.
Below you can download this deck of cards in the following languages: English (EN), German (DE), Italian (IT), Lithuanian (LI) and Dutch (NL).
Self-print version:
Professional-print version:
Guidelines And Rules
Here you find all you need to get ready to play: the guidelines and the rules to play both versions of the GAMLEC learning board game.
Guidelines
This document contains the guidelines for the GAMLEC learning board game.
View online:
Print version:
Rules without Game Coach
This document contains the rules of the GAMLEC learning board game to be played without a Game Coach.
Instructions for the Game Coach
This document contains the instructions for the Game Coach for every single card of this deck.
Rules with a Game Coach
This document contains the rules of the GAMLEC learning board game to be played with a Game Coach.
Your opinion matters!
We kindly ask you to share your GAMLEC experience with us!
Completing this survey takes approx. 10 minutes.
The data are only used for quality assurance purposes and will not be shared with third parties.
The survey will not ask for information that will personally identify you.
Thank you!
Forum
Knowledge always expands if you share! The forum is the place where we can share, exchange and discuss our experiences with the GAMLEC game, or get inspired by others.
Maybe you created your own cards, made pictures while playing, or you came up with new topics to discuss. Please share your pictures, the cards you created and your experiences with the GAMLEC game.
Let´s improve the Quality of Life of care home residents continuously. Together we can make a difference!
GAMLEC Forum Made Easy
Please register and join the GAMLEC Forum.
Below you can download easy-to-follow instructions on how to use the GAMLEC Forum in the following languages: English (EN), German (DE), Italian (IT), Lithuanian (LI) and Dutch (NL).
Theoretical Background
Here you will find the National Reports, the Compendium, the Learning Goal and Educational Objectives, and the Educational Framework.
Learning goal and objectives
The overall aim of the game is to contribute to continuously improve the Quality of Life of dependent seniors in care homes through continuous learning on different levels.
The educational objectives of the learning board game go beyond the acquisition of the sheer knowledge of the indicators and criteria contained in the three categories of the Compendium: autonomy, dignity and social participation. The educational objectives actually represent a further breakdown of the different aspects of the overall learning goal.
Below you will find the document containing the overall learning goals and educational objectives of the GAMLEC Learning Board Game. The document is available in English (EN):
Educational Framework for the GAMLEC Board Game
An Educational Framework is the most essential supporting educational structure and, when designed correctly, it becomes the foundation upon which everything else is built.
The GAMLEC Educational Framework for the learning board game integrates approaches from the theory and practice of game-based learning.
Short version of the GAMLEC Educational Framework
A short version of the GAMLEC Educational Framework is available in English (EN), German (DE), Italian (IT), Lithuanian (LI) and Dutch (NL):
European Compendium on Criteria for the Quality of Life of Nursing Home Residents
The aim of the Compendium is to reflect the state-of-the-art in theory and practice.
The guiding principles are the following:
– Autonomy: The promotion of the residents’ autonomy in the sense of helping them to help themselves.
– Participation: Their participation in the community inside and outside the facility.
– Human dignity: A dignified life until the end.
Below you will find the Compendium in English (EN), German (DE), Italian (IT), Lithuanian (LI) and Dutch (NL):
4 European National Reports
The Compendium is based on 4 National Reports produced in the following countries: Germany, Italy, Lithuania and The Netherlands. The National Reports are available in English.
