An edu-larp is a live action role-playing game with the explicit aim of learning. While edu-larps are often run in formal learning environments, they can take place anywhere. Participants can be children, youth, adults, or a mixture. Edu-larps can train many diverse skills at once, for example a scenario that integrates mathematics, leadership skills, intercultural learning, and teamwork.
An article by Myriel Balzer and Julia Kurz that explains edu-larp and its uses:
A peer-reviewed academic literature review by Sarah Lynne Bowman about the cognitive, affective, and behavioral skills taught through edu-larp, published in the same year as the first Edu-Larp Conference (2014):