1. Mobile storytelling
in adult education
Promoting self-representation
skills for job search
University of Florence in collaboration with the Italian Association of Media Education (MED)
Maria Ranieri (Aggregate professor) and Isabella Bruni (PhD student, Media Educator of Med)
Via Laura 48 │ 50121 Florence │ Italy
Tel +39 055 275 61 80
Mailto maria.ranieri@unifi.it │ isabella_bruni@yahoo.it
Website www.scform.unifi.it/lte │ Blog http://multimediacv.wordpress.com

2. Preliminary remarks
Mobile storytelling
Is a subset of 'digital storytelling' conducted through mobile
devices and adopted for educational purposes as a tecnique to
produce multimedia self-presentations.
Mobile device affordances
Basic mobile phones - can be used as digital cameras and
archives, drawing on multimedia materials stored in them,
particularly images for the creation of personal narratives.
Smartphones – can be used also to record and edit digital
narratives with some specific apps and to share productions
on the web.

3. Targets and contexts
Young adults, i.e. graduate students, from 20 to 30 years old,
in search of a first job after completing their academic career.
Intermediate level of digital competence and skills.
The context is characterised by a strong cooperation with
University and their job placement services, that may provide
support in the provision of infrastructures and equipment,
advertising and target group involvement.
Disadvantaged adults from 40 to 60 years old with difficulties
in finding a new job, in particular immigrants looking for new
opportunities in the marketplace.
Low level of digital competence and skills.
The context is characterised by a strong cooperation with local
bodies operating in the field of adult education, and
particularly with job centers that may provide support in the
provision of infrastructures and equipment, advertising and
target group involvement.

4. Focus and expected results
Young adults
The focus of this scenario is to support young adults’ identity
formation and to develop their capacity to express and
represent themselves by using digital media.
The expected results refer to different dimensions:

the development of technical skills;

to support young adults’ identity formation

the development of strategies for self-representation
Disadvantaged adults
The main idea of this activity is to increase professional
awareness and visibility for job searching through the
production of a multimedia CV.
The expected results refer to different dimensions:

the development of technical skills;

the increase of professional awareness;

the development of strategies for self-promotion.

5. Design principles
Young adults
To activate participants’ pre-existing knowledge and abilities
about media, narrative techniques and job search
To engage participants in a full immersion with practical
tasks in order to exploit their familiarity with media;
To organize participants in small groups promoting peer
learning and exchange of information and knowledge.
Disadvantaged adults
 To adopt a strategy of gradual appropriation of tools to
manage the cognitive load and to develop self-confidence in
the use of the available tools;
A learning by doing approach is suggested, in order to always
integrate theory into practice;
Individual work to maximize personal involvement.
.

6. Procedures
Young adults
Full immersion workshop during a weekend, with 8 hours of
sessions per day for an overall amount of 16 hours.
Getting Implementing
started with Designing a
Activation of Brainstorming and
personal multimedia
pre-existing on self- disseminating
digital self-
knowledge presentation mobile self-
storytelling presentation
presentation
Getting Implementing
Technological Brainstorming Designing a
started with and
familiarization on personal multimedia
multimedia disseminating
CV CV
CV multimedia CV
Disadvantaged adults
Workshop of two months, with one 2-hour session per week
for an overall amount of 16 hours.

7. Examples of products from the workshops
Mobile self presentation

8. Examples of products from the workshops
Multimedia CV

9. Thank you!
University of Florence in collaboration with the Italian Association of Media Education (MED)
Maria Ranieri (Aggregate professor) and Isabella Bruni (PhD student, Media Educator of Med)
Via Laura 48 │ 50121 Florence │ Italy
Tel +39 055 275 61 80
Mailto maria.ranieri@unifi.it │ isabella_bruni@yahoo.it
Website www.scform.unifi.it/lte │ Blog http://multimediacv.wordpress.com