From May 20 to May 23 FECE has successfully implemented the training course EduPlay. The training was conducted in Detelina Hotel (Varna, Bulgaria) and welcomed a total of 17 youth workers from Bulgaria, Romania, Moldova, North Macedonia, Slovakia and Hungary, eager to explore the adoption of gamification methods in youth work and non-formal education.
During the first activity day, the participants joined fun introductory activities and discussed their expectations, fears and contributions related to the project. The team of FECE introduced the Youth Pass Certificate and its importance as a recognition tool of skills developed within nonformal education. The day concluded with presentations of the sending organisations – Monomyths (Romania), Norda (Moldova), ABOVE (Hungary), Youthfully Yours (Slovakia) and SFERA (North Macedonia). In the afternoon, the youth workers explored the area around the hotel and spent free time together.
During the second activity day, they created group definitions of “youth work”, drafted their fictional youth worker personas and their daily habits, explored the Observers online storytelling game and joined the Act-it-Out activity. During Act-it-Out the youth workers created group performances representing various media-related terms such as mis- and disinformation, filter bubbles and deepfakes. In the evening, the participants took part in an intercultural evening.
During day 3, the group explored topics such as participation, EU values and democracy. They tested the debate board game Democracy in Play and learned more about climate change and environmental sustainability by playing the Spaces for Future online educational game. A second intercultural night was conducted after the activities.
On the final activity day, the participants had to create group projects for educational games. Later, they explored the Erasmus+ Programme and developed sample Erasmus+ projects. The training course concluded with evaluation and reflection sessions. The afternoon was dedicated to free time in Varna. The participants explored the city and visited various museums within the annual Night of Museums.
The EduPlay TC is funded by the European Commission under the Erasmus+ Programme.
