Training "Getting Digitally Smart" for professionals working with young vulnerable people

At the beginning of the project "Digital Skills 4 You(th)", the project partners researched further and advanced training offers for professionals working with vulnerable young people with regard to digital skills for their daily work. In addition, these professionals, stakeholders and scientists were asked about the importance of digital issues in pedagogical work.

The results of the research and surveys formed the basis for the development of the training offer for professionals working with young vulnerable people: "Getting Digitally Smart". It is a training in blended learning design, which enables flexible and individual learning. The aim of this training is to expand the professionals’ own competences in the field of digitisation, to learn how to use them in their daily work and to pass them on to the children and young people they work with.
The training was piloted and evaluated with 36 professionals from Germany, Spain and the Czech Republic.

Technical requirements: Open Source Software Moodle

Server requirements: Moodle 3.1 or later, at least PHP 7.0.0.0

Social Media What are social media services and how are they used by different target groups? Enter the colourful world of digital applications, explore individual platforms and examine their opportunities and risks for your target group.	Download the course Social Media (ZIP, 5.9 MB)
Cyberbullying Cyberbullying - a term that everyone is talking about, but what exactly is behind it? What happens to those affected and what motives do perpetrators have? Here you will find lots of background information and suggestions for practical projects with your target group.	Download the course Cyberbullying (ZIP, 1.8 MB)
E-Participation The development of e-Participation tools was associated with the hope of creating a greater incentive for children and young people to get involved. However, the use of these tools alone does not guarantee a successful participation process. Learn more about the planning of participation processes, your use of offline and online methods and be inspired by successful participation projects!	Download the course E-Participation (ZIP, 10.9 MB)
Digital Rights and Obligations Step into the jungle of rights in the digital world! Get to know a copyright that was developed long before digitalization and learn what possibilities the Creative Commons Initiative has found to solve various dilemmas.	Download the course Digital Rights and Obligations (ZIP, 3.35 MB)
Data Protection Data Protection course will guide you through basic topics regarding data protection and privacy considering todays massive use of social networks. Data protection should not be neglected especially when using various apps like e-banking, internet shopping, chatting, social media, online games etc.	Download the course Data Protection (ZIP, 1.8 MB)
Coding Coding is on everyone's lips and children and teenagers should learn to program from now on. But what is the difference between "coding" and "programming" or what does it mean to program yourself? Try out some programming environments developed for children and teenagers yourself and then test them with your target group.	Download the course Coding (ZIP, 1.65 MB)
Digital Phenomena Our digital world keeps some crazy things in store: People tilt ice buckets over their heads or lead FOMO syndrome or forget their good tone. Get to know various Internet phenomena!	Download the course Digital Phenomena (ZIP, 1.26 MB)
Gaming Learning by playing, discovering and developing skills through the game. The explanatory model of "Homo ludens" is transferred to the digital world. Get to know different game forms and genres and question their psychological mechanisms critically.	Download the course Gaming (ZIP, 1.7 MB)
Algorithm Discover the world of analog and digital algorithms. Find out how algorithms determine your life - and simplify it. But where does the mechanism of "making life easier" tip over and threaten to become a loss of control?	Download the course Algorithm (ZIP, 2.4 MB)

Would you like to implement the training in your institution and benefit from the experience gained during the pilot phase? Then take a look at the report Guidelines for the integration of the blended learning training (PDF, 1.2 MB).