Understand key concepts and current perspectives
Explain the main ideas, opportunities and limitations connected to digital wellbeing, attention and healthy technology use.
Erasmus+ teacher training course
Wellbeing in the Digital Age
How do screens, notifications and online expectations affect learning and wellbeing?
Create thoughtful, sustainable relationships with technology.
Target group: Teachers, adult educators, youth workers, school staff and other education professionals from all educational levels.
- Activity type
- Physical mobility
- Duration
- 1 week
- Language
- English
- Equipment
- No special equipment required
Healthier and More Sustainable Relationships with Technology
Digital technology supports communication, creativity and access to information, but it can also contribute to interruption, comparison, blurred boundaries and the feeling of always being available. Digital wellbeing is not achieved simply by banning devices or calculating screen time. It requires educators and learners to understand how digital habits interact with attention, relationships, rest and professional expectations.
Participants examine notifications, multitasking, online communication, digital overload and the design choices used by platforms to maintain attention. They reflect on their own habits without moral judgement and explore practical approaches to boundaries, focused work, recovery and classroom technology agreements. The course recognises that technology may also provide important forms of access, support and social connection, so solutions need to remain balanced and inclusive.
Participants apply these insights by developing a digital-wellbeing activity, team agreement or personal boundary plan that can be introduced realistically and reviewed according to its effect on attention, participation and daily wellbeing.
Learning outcomes
What You Will Learn
Analyse professional practice
Identify strengths, barriers and development priorities in relation to digital wellbeing, attention and healthy technology use in a real educational context.
Use practical tools and methods
Apply digital habits audit, boundary design and classroom activities through guided activities, collaborative tasks and structured reflection.
Design an adaptable learning response
Create a classroom, team or organisational activity that can be adapted to participants’ own learners and setting.
Support sustainable practice
Plan realistic next steps that protect wellbeing, inclusion and appropriate professional boundaries.
Six-day programme
Course Schedule
Day 1Experience, context and shared language
Welcome, needs mapping and course compass
Participants introduce their contexts, identify their goals and map current experiences connected to digital wellbeing, attention and healthy technology use.
Shared vocabulary and key questions
Participants build a common language through short inputs, pair dialogue and a visual question wall.
Practice snapshot
Participants analyse a short case or example and identify what they would keep, question or change.
Day 2Methods, evidence and personal reflection
Method gallery
Participants rotate through concise examples, models and tools connected to digital wellbeing, attention and healthy technology use, recording practical possibilities.
Guided skill lab
Participants practise digital habits audit, boundary design and classroom activities in small groups with trainer guidance and structured prompts.
Reflection and transfer notes
Participants capture what feels relevant, challenging or adaptable for their own learners and setting.
Day 3Practice, creativity and participation
Collaborative challenge
Small international groups work on an authentic challenge and apply selected tools in a purposeful task.
Create, test and revise
Participants develop a short activity, resource or approach, then improve it through testing and feedback.
Learning dialogue
Participants discuss different educational contexts and identify adaptations that make the work more realistic.
Day 4Inclusion, care and ethical boundaries
Case clinic
Participants examine a complex scenario, identify assumptions and consider inclusive, responsible responses.
Perspective exchange
Participants use structured dialogue to explore different learner, colleague and community perspectives.
Practical safeguards
Participants identify boundaries, risks and support strategies relevant to digital wellbeing, attention and healthy technology use.
Day 5Design studio and peer feedback
Design your own application
Participants create a classroom, team or organisational plan using digital habits audit, boundary design and classroom activities.
Peer feedback studio
Participants share work-in-progress, ask focused questions and receive practical feedback from colleagues.
Improve for implementation
Participants revise their design for feasibility, inclusion and clear evidence of learning.
Day 6Course Closure & Cultural Activities
- Reflecting on learning outcomes and key takeaways
- Awarding of Certificates of Attendance
- Cultural excursion and local heritage experience
- Informal networking and exchange of best practices
Course foundations
Recommended Reading and Theoretical Influences
- World Health Organization (2022). World Mental Health Report.
- OECD (2021). Digital Education Outlook.
- Council of Europe (2019). Digital Citizenship Education Handbook.
- Twenge, J. (2017). iGen.
Completing the course
Evaluation, Recognition and Practical Information
Learning is supported throughout the week through participation, reflection, practical activities and constructive feedback.
Evaluation of Learning Outcomes
- Format
- Continuous assessment based on class participation, practical work and self-assessment.
- Criteria
- Active participation in discussions, reflection, collaborative activities and practical course tasks.
- Procedures
- Trainer observation, participant reflection, feedback and attendance.
Recognition of Learning Outcomes
- Conditions
- Attendance at a minimum of 80% of the course and active participation in the learning activities.
- Recognition
- Learning outcomes are recognised through participant reflection, trainer feedback and completion of the course activities.
- Documentation
- A Certificate of Attendance documenting the course title, dates, venue and learning outcomes.
Learning approach
Practical, Collaborative and Learner-Centred
The course combines hands-on workshops, real-world examples, simulations, guided reflection and collaborative activities. Participants exchange good practices, work in international groups and develop ideas that can be adapted to their own professional context.
Optional cultural, social and networking activities support local engagement, intercultural learning and professional collaboration.
Before you travel
Practical Details
Duration
One week, normally comprising 25 academic hours.
Weekly Schedule
Classes take place from Monday to Friday, in the morning or afternoon. Saturday is reserved for cultural activities.
Final Timetable
The detailed timetable will be sent at least two weeks before the beginning of the course.
Preparation
No special preparation is required unless stated in the course programme. Any required materials or equipment will be communicated before the course.
Certification
Participants who meet the attendance requirements receive a Certificate of Attendance.
Course Fee
The standard fee is €480. See what the course fee includes.
Alternative arrangements: Other course durations and schedules may be arranged on request.
Erasmus+ funding: Course fees and mobility costs may be supported through an eligible sending organisation's Erasmus+ grant. Eligibility and final funding decisions remain with the beneficiary organisation and its National Agency. Read our Erasmus+ KA1 funding guide.
Administrative support: Understanding Academy provides course programmes, learning outcomes, registration documentation and certificates. Participants and sending organisations remain responsible for transport, accommodation and grant management.
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