• Adaptive Persuasive ICT Tools to Tackle School Burnout Among Youngsters in Brussels
    WELCOME TO TICKLE Adaptive Persuasive ICT Tools to Tackle School Burnout Among Youngsters in Brussels
  • A EUFEDER 2014-2020 project
    WELCOME TO TICKLE A EUFEDER 2014-2020 project

About the TICKLE research project

The TICKLE research project is made possible with the support of:

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Our mission and vision

TICKLE aims to develop a range of innovative tools to stimulate youngsters’ interest to learn and to study if and how these tools help to reduce school dropout.

Mobile devices

Take advantage of mobile devices such as smartphones, tablets and laptops, , which are widely spread and immensely popular among youngsters.

Web 2.0 media

Build on the popularity of social media like Facebook, Twitter and YouTube, etc. which inspire millions of youngsters to share content every day.

Interest-driven learning

Apply a student-centered approach for providing content and activities that tickle youngsters’ intrinsic motivation to explore and learn new things.

Lifelong learning

Providing a cost-effective and sustainable solution for inspiring at-risk students to become lifelong learners and reducing school dropouts.

Our Milestones

Overview of the important milestones of the TICKLE project.

Some of our Deliverables

Publications and Press

Overview of our publications and press releases.

Publication Advances in Mobile Gaming and Games-based Learning

Playful Learning with a Location-Based Digital Card Environment:…

Publication ICALT TICKLE’s Design Approach & Architecture

A Playful Mobile Digital Environment to Tackle School…

Report D3: Literature study on Persuasive Techniques and Technology.

The main goal of the Tickle project is…

Report D2: State-of-the-art on Early School Leaving and Dropouts

In order to address the problem of school…

Report D1: State-of-the-art on media use in Belgium, Flanders & Belgium 2016

In this state-of-the-art report we provide an overview…

Upcoming Events

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First Advisory Board Meeting

First Advisory Board Meeting

VUB Brussels Building B, Boulevard de la Plaine 2, 1050 Ixelles, Belgium
13 Dec 2016 01:00 PM - 03:00 PM

Responsible Team

Overview of the members participating in the research project.

Become our Partner

Please contact project promotor prof. Olga De Troyer Olga.DeTroyer@vub.ac.be

Latest News

Read the latest updates on the TICKLE project.

Publication ICALT

Publication ICALT

A Playful Mobile Digital Environment to Tackle School Burnout using Micro Learning, Persuasion & Gamification:…

Presentation ULB

Presentation ULB

Persuasive Strategies, Gamification, Serious Games: The Silver Bullet to Hook Users to Digital Applications -…

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