Teaching Innovation Workshop –  Learning experience in Minecraft Education (part 1): Build your story

The Arqus Alliance and the University of Wrocław invite teaching staff and didactics experts to an upcoming online Teaching Innovation workshop about Minecraft Education for game-based learning. Join on Monday, 16 June, 10:00 – 12:15 CEST (new date!).

University educators are invited to take part in an online workshop series exploring the use of Minecraft Education in higher education. The two-part workshop will take place on 16 and 23 June 2025 (new dates!) and is designed for educators who are interested in developing interactive, game-based learning environments.

In the first session, “Build your story”, participants will learn the fundamentals of Minecraft Education. They will explore building and demolishing structures, placing boards and chests, and working with non-player characters (NPCs). These skills will be used to design a custom map – a virtual stage for educational storytelling and creative teaching.

Led by Stefan Nowicki from the University of Wrocław – an experienced trainer in digital competencies, instructional designer, and certified Minecraft Education trainer – the series will offer a hands-on introduction to building educational scenarios in Minecraft, and using its tools to enhance student engagement.

The aim of this workshop, “Learning experience in Minecraft Education: Build your story”, is to enable participants to design and construct their own map, which will serve as the stage for the game version of their educational activities.

Participants will be equipped to create an engaging and immersive environment that facilitates the learning process. This environment will be meticulously crafted to captivate students’ interest and foster active participation. By the end of the workshop, attendees will have developed the ability to integrate these elements seamlessly into their educational framework, thereby enhancing the overall learning experience.

Prerequisite for participation

All participants are expected to complete the How-to-Play tutorials in Minecraft Education before the first session to ensure productive engagement with the content.

Both workshops will be held online via Microsoft Teams and conducted in English. 

About the instructor

Stefan Nowicki (University of Wrocław) is a trainer of digital competencies for academic teachers, instructional designer, and graduate of the Institute for Emerging Leadership in Online Learning, conducted by the Online Learning Consortium and Washington State University. He is certified as a Microsoft PowerPoint Specialist, Word Expert, and Minecraft Trainer. He combines work with passion, continuously improving his methodological skills and conducting courses for academic teachers on the use of digital environments such as Microsoft Office, Moodle, and Minecraft Education. Stefan Nowicki is also the director of the Distance Learning Centre at the University of Wrocław, and an academic teacher at the Institute of Information and Media Studies at the University of Wrocław.

Workshops on Teaching Innovation are a online series aimed at Arqus teachers, promoting innovative teaching approaches for more effective and engaged student learning in multiple contexts, in and outside the classroom.