Across Europe, educators are reimagining what learning can look like outside the traditional classroom. The QRiosity Park project, supported by partners from Greece, Bulgaria, North Macedonia, and France, is leading this movement by transforming urban parks into interactive educational spaces through digital storytelling, gamification, and outdoor exploration.
At the heart of this initiative is the newly released QRiosity Park Teacher’s Guide—a practical, visionary resource designed to help schools adopt meaningful outdoor learning. More than a simple manual, the guide is one of the project’s major intellectual outputs, offering tools that empower teachers to engage students with nature, creativity, and environmental awareness.
A Practical Guide for Outdoor Education Innovators
Outdoor learning is not just a pedagogical method—it’s a movement promoting interdisciplinary education, student well-being, environmental responsibility, and creative thinking. The new guide supports teachers in designing outdoor lessons aligned with national curricula while enabling students to learn through real-world experiences.
Structured into eight thematic modules, the publication provides:
- The importance of urban green spaces in education
- What schools need to get started
- Common challenges and practical solutions
- Successful examples from partner countries
- Step-by-step teaching tools
- Ways to integrate outdoor activities across subjects
- Digital enhancements, including gamification and QR codes
- Real case studies and measurable outcomes
Teachers can access the guide online by scanning the QR code included in the newsletter and begin exploring ready-to-use activities and examples from schools across Europe.
Launching the Guide: A Collaborative Webinar
On 16 July 2025, the project consortium hosted an international online webinar to present the guide and launch its testing phase. Educators and experts from all partner countries gathered to review the guide’s structure, exchange experiences, and discuss approaches for integrating its methods into everyday school practices. The event marked an important milestone in preparing the guide for broad classroom use.
Looking Ahead: From Testing to Innovation
The next steps for QRiosity Park are ambitious and promising. The project will now focus on:
- Testing the guide and educational toolkit in partner-country schools
- Organizing a transnational “Train the Trainers” session in France (December 2025)
- Conducting national pilot activities and awareness events to promote outdoor learning
- Finalizing the QRiosity Park mobile app, designed to make outdoor education even more interactive and engaging through QR-based treasure hunts and digital exploration
With these upcoming developments, QRiosity Park is on its way to becoming a European reference point for experiential, environmental, and digital learning.
