On November 26-27, 2024, in the city of Maribor, Slovenia, the GRIT project launched an innovative tool for developing essential academic and professional skills: the GRIT Digital Escape Room game. Designed as an interactive adventure, the game combines escape-room puzzles to teach resilience, problem-solving, and emotional intelligence. By presenting scenarios and characters closely mirroring real-world situations, where players take on the role of a detective researcher, the GRIT project offers a learning experience that is both engaging and meaningful.
Before and after the game, participants complete surveys that use AI and sentiment analysis to measure grit based on their responses. This innovative approach tracks changes in resilience and mindset, offering valuable insights into how non-cognitive skills develop while creating a dynamic, personalized learning experience.
Freely accessible on PCs and mobile devices, the game exemplifies GRIT’s mission to foster non-cognitive skills development through machine learning. Its debut at the conference highlighted the power of gamification to transform education, inspiring new ways to prepare students and researchers for the future.
Want to experience it for yourself? Dive into the GRIT Digital Escape Room and test your grit! https://www.gritproject.eu/the-game/
