The aim of the project is to increase the capacity of school institutions and teachers to integrate digital education in a way that promotes the digital wellbeing of students. The project objectives are: 1Providing school institutions with a sound scientific background, guidelines, templates, a common language and a reference point, enabling them to implement policies for the promotion of Digital Wellbeing and cross-border discussion and exchange of good practices. (PR1) 2) Up skilling teachers in confident use of digital education, enabling them to plan specific and transversal activities for the development of digital wellbeing skills among the students. (PR 2) 3) Creating a repository of learning activities (including assessment tools) with reference to the DIGCOMP 2.0 areas to facilitate the implementation of Digital Wellbeing practices at class level and mainstreaming Digital Wellbeing practices at class level and mainstreaming Digital Wellbeing skills in teaching practices around Europe. (PR3). 4) Promoting reflection on the concept of digital wellbeing by developing an online game, which will enable students to reflect on their relationship with digital technology and help them identify possible risks (PR4).
The COVID-19 pandemic has dramatically impacted the educational sector, accelerating the process of digitalization of the educational offer of a large majority of schools in Europe. This situation has made technological innovations a priority for every educational institutions, but it also showed the importance of preventing the risks connected to the use of digital tools and finding innovative and effective solutions to make teachers and students able to protect themselves and acquire the necessary skills to maintain a status of Digital Wellbeing. During to the Covid-19 emergency, the risks associated with the use of online technologies have multiplied, due to the multiplication of the time spent by students online. School Institutions and the wider education sector have a great role to play in equipping students to manage their online lives, as a means of ensuring their personal wellbeing and tackling cyberbullying, hate speech, pathological addictions, etc... The school system needs to be enabled to help the students to develop a critical and balanced use of digital tools in daily life, and become responsible, confident digital citizens.