The project planned to develop a shared platform that contains (toolkit - activity 1) three training modules, presented in 4 different languages (EN, IT, RO, ES) and in a creative and interactive mode (short video tutorials + in-depth library + quiz/assessment exercises) a series of tools to create the Digital Mapping a list of digital tools/methods for active participation in European Historical Digital Maps a web-forum for sharing among schools, also functional to peer-review. All the tools were tested and validated through 6 national workshops and 1 transnational online workshop (activity 2) and the role-playing game sessions, presented through a results sheet, were evaluated in peer-review mode between project partners and teachers involved. This platform responds to the priorities of the program, on the one hand, supporting teachers and students in the acquisition of new skills and, on the other hand, facilitating the digital transformation in schools by offering more interactive and dynamic methods for distance learning and responding to precise needs of the market of the future
The MapEUrHistory project was born from the awareness of the importance of training the professionals of the next generations in the field of European Historical Digital Maps. Nowadays, the Local Historical Sources Valorization is a fundamental element in the life and growth of every European citizen. Moreover, such community-based grassroots tools hold a huge potential for a more critical engagement with local history. Knowledge of the tools and methodologies that underpin European Historical Digital Maps and Local Historical Sources Valorization inevitably lead to a change of awareness in those trained: it opens the mind to the importance of local past, allows to analyze the complexity of reality, facilitates multidisciplinarity, aims at growing awareness of contemporary processes. For this reason, it is essential to transfer the skills of European Historical Digital Maps to teachers and, consequently, students. The aim of the project is not only to allow teachers to participate in the creation of European Historical Digital Maps at the European level but also to transfer new skills to students, so they can come into contact with this opportunity and with the tools and methodologies associated with it.