The last mobility of the MyLIFE project ended on Friday 14 October, involving over 20 teachers and learners within the Learning, Teaching and Training Acitvities C4 and C5.
The activities that saw the Polish partner CEBS in the role of host took place in Wroclaw starting from 10 October and brought together participants from all the other partners involved, namely the Libera Univiersità dell’Autobiografia di Anghiari, theNKey srl and the fondazione ASPHI Onlus from Italy, Asociatia ProExpert from Romania and the Associação Social Recreativa Cultural Bem Fazer Vai Avante from Portugal
The resurgence of COVID infections unfortunately forced some participants (including the mayor of the municipality of Montaione, Paolo Pomponi) to have to renounce physical presence at the last moment, thanks in any case to the possibility of remote connection made available and the ability to online iteration offered by the MyLIFE gaming platform, however, everyone was able to intervene and participate in the various activities.
The first day, after the arrival of the various participants from the various departure locations, saw the welcome by Beata Partyka, president of CEBS, in the structure that would host the various activities and the general explanation of the logistics of the event. This was followed by a presentation by Grazia Chiarini of LU who briefly summarized the salient points of the project and its impact within some courses on autobiography that are taking place at the Municipal Library of the municipality of Santa Croce sull’Arno (Italy ). All the participants then gathered for a joint dinner in the center of Wroclaw.
On the second day, the activities entered with a workshop relating to the quantitative test phase on the gaming platform, a phase that has now entered its final phase and of which some preliminary results were presented by the various partners. This was followed by the presentation of the new version of the gaming platform by Maurizio Sani of NKey (remotely connected) with the changes made following the gaming experiences made during the previous LTT mobility in Portugal. In the afternoon the first game session took place using the main deck of 64 cards. Participants were divided into groups based on the language in order to allow the use of localized versions of the deck and for each group one of the teachers took on the role of Master, guiding the game. The game was played using the online platform so that even those who had not been able to intervene in the presence (including several Italian participants of ASPHI and NKEY) could participate in an equivalent way. After some initial hesitation, everyone got into the atmosphere of the game, with lots of laughs, smiles and good feelings. A real opportunity to get to know each other and share precious moments of life experiences. The game session lasted all afternoon until the end of the working day, so the sharing of the contents and the discussion on the aspects of the games played took place the morning of the following day, mediated by Grazia Chiarini of LUA and by Beata Partyka from CEBS. In this first sharing session, all participants expressed a keen appreciation for the gaming experience, especially the learners. In the second part of the morning, Beatrice de Luca from ASPHI, remotely connected, presented a report on some of the practical experiences in the use of the MyLIFE platform that ASPHI faced in the months preceding the mobility. The participants finally made an appointment on the following day, giving space in the afternoon to the carrying out of the planned Transnational Project Meeting by the representatives of the various partners.
I lavori sono ripresi la mattina del quarto giorno con una presentazione di Maurizio Sani di NKEY su due nuove features del sito istituzionale del progetto che saranno a breve disponibili, ovvero la MyLIFE Master Network (la possibilità per enti o associazioni ma anche singoli di accreditarsi come Master certificati con esperienza sulla piattaforma MyLIFE) e le MyLIFE Publications, ovvero la possibilità per chiunque voglia di condividere in modo semplice i contenuti risultanti da una propria esperienza di gioco MyLIFE.
The works resumed on the morning of the fourth day with a presentation by Maurizio Sani of NKEY on two new features of the project’s institutional website that will soon be available, namely the MyLIFE Master Network (the possibility for organizations or associations but also individuals to be accredited as Certified Masters with experience on the MyLIFE platform) and MyLIFE Publications, that is the possibility for anyone who wants to easily share the contents resulting from their own MyLIFE gaming experience.
The morning of the last day of work began with the sharing of the contents of the game session of the previous day, which was followed by a report by the various groups on the positivity and criticalities of the platform encountered in these days of intense gaming activity. . In particular, we focused on the experiences reported by the learners (some of them disabled) which proved to be very useful in proceeding with the final development of the platform in view of the final multiplier event of the project.
The morning ended with the delivery of the certificates and the hope for everyone to be able to see each other again as soon as possible in other contexts, with the addition of special thanks to the lovely host Beata, who guided everyone through the week of productive activities, tips for gourmet eating and cultural insights from Poland.
