Young people in the digital world

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Let's look at the digital world young people are experiencing right now and how to connect with them by following key principles of youth work. An essential youth work principle is to engage with young people and their daily realities, so it makes great sense to take the processes of digitalisation into account.
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In the past few years, an increasing number of organisations have been exploring what is going on around and how digital transformation is shaping young people's lives and youth work. Based on SALTO Participation and Information Resource Centre provided a definition:
"Digital transformation is understood as a multi-stakeholder and inclusive process encompassing the co-design, implementation and utilisation of people-centred digital technologies with and by young people, youth workers and other relevant stakeholders. Digital transformation changes the way most areas of the youth field operate. Digital transformation describes the evolving integration of digital technologies into social, economic, and cultural processes and structures"
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SALTO Participation and Information Resource Centre (SALTO PI) has launched several resources exploring various aspects of digital transformation. Watch this video to explore these aspects and why is it important to consider societal changes in our lives.
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Step 1Consider your relationship with the digital world to understand and feel the reality that young people. Download Worksheet 1 to reflect your relationship with the digital world.
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Step 2Investigate what a typical digital young persona is in the area you are living at/working with. Download Worksheet 2 to define a digital youth persona.
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Share results with other youth workers in this Activity forum and/or in person.
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Inspiring resources:
﻿Being young in Europe today - digital world, Eurostat
﻿Digitalisation and Youth Work, Verke – National Centre of Expertise and Estonian Youth Work Centre (EYWC) - Government Agency for Youth Policy and Youth Work Development
﻿Social inclusion, digitalisation and young people, Research study, European Union and Council of Europe partnership in the field of youth, 2020
﻿Social inclusion, digitalisation and AI, The EU-CoE youth partnership
﻿Playing Games Can Build 21st-Century Skills. Research Explains How Stephen Noonoo at EdSurge
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Nectarus organisation first time created this educational resource and activity for the Massive Open Online Course (MOOC) on Digital Youth Work.
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This activity supports youth workers' competence development in the "Designing programmes" area. Activity content and badge issuing criteria aligned with the European Training Strategy (ETS) competence model for youth workers to work internationally:
Skills to increase inclusion for all participants when using digital environments for activities
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Badge earner demonstrated skills to increase inclusion for all participants when using digital environments for activities, especially starting from where young people are in the digital world.
To get this badge, youth worker:
Reflected and consider your relationship with the digital world to understand and feel the reality that young people.
Investigate what a typical digital young persona is in the area you are living at/working with and created their digital persona.
Activity content and badge issuing criteria aligned with the European Training Strategy (ETS) competence model for youth workers to work internationally.
Learning duration: 5 hours

Tasks

Task no.1

Evidence verified by: one activity organiser

Complete two badge tasks and upload relevant results on the following:
Use worksheet 1 to reflect on youth worker’s relationship with the digital world. 
Use worksheet 2 to investigate what a typical digital young persona is and create their digital persona.
Optional: In the Activity Forum share results with other youth workers.

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Nectarus

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