Small habits, big impact: a digital wellbeing classroom journey
Kursusdetaljer
What if improving digital wellbeing in your classroom could start with one small change?
Digital wellbeing is not about reducing technology use, but about using it consciously, safely, and meaningfully. In today’s classrooms, teachers are expected to balance learning goals, screen time, emotional safety, and their own digital workload, often without practical, classroom-ready guidance. This short, activity-based course invites you on a guided quest through 15 Missions of digital wellbeing mastery. As you level up, each mission unlocks new insights, tools, and classroom-ready strategies that help you create healthier digital learning environments-one micro-habit at a time. Embark on a step-by-step quest where each micro-habit is a mission. Your progress unlocks healthier classroom routines and more confident teaching.
Ever wondered how one small insight into your own screen habits could transform your classroom? Your quest begins here: from personal awareness (Level 1 Missions 1-5) to classroom design (Level 2 Missions 6-10) and finally to sustainable practices beyond your classroom (Level 3 Missions 11-15). Start with an early confidence-building ”quick win": by exploring your own screen-time data and immediately identify one simple micro-habit to reduce digital stress. This first step creates instant awareness, motivation, and a sense of progress from the very start.
The course aims to empower teachers to use digital tools consciously, safely, and meaningfully by developing practical micro-habits that enhance wellbeing for both teachers and students.
The course is offered by the European School Education Platform. Visit our website for more information.
Duration and workload
Start and end date: open-ended, you can take this course (or any section) at your own pace
Duration: 2 weeks
Workload: 8-10 hours
This course is based on a version that ran from from Monday, 11 May to Wednesday 27 May 2026. The original course provided participants with opportunities to interact during a specific active timeframe of 2.5 weeks, exchange ideas and engage in a peer assessment. However, we recognise that not everyone was able to attend during the scheduled timeline.
To make the course accessible to a wider audience, we’ve developed this self-paced format. This version allows you to explore the content and complete the activities at your own pace, whenever it suits you best.
What the self-study format means:
- Flexible schedule: You decide when and how to engage with the course materials. There are no deadlines, live sessions, or required meeting times.
- Independent learning: While the original course included discussions and peer reviews taking place in certain days and weeks, this format empowers you to work independently, using the same materials and guidance provided during the initial version. Please note that discussions in the forums and contributions on Padlets will not be moderated, allowing for a fully self-directed learning experience.
- Self-assessment: To replicate some of the reflective benefits of peer feedback, you will be encouraged to evaluate your own work using the provided assessment criteria.
Course competences
The recipient of this certificate has demonstrated proficiency of the following competences according to the digital competence framework of the European Commission's SELFIE for TEACHERs tool:
- Professional engagement – Reflective digital practice and online professional engagement at B1 level
- Digital resources – Searching, selecting and evaluating digital resources at B2 level
- Teaching and learning – Integrating digital wellbeing strategies into classroom practice at B1 level
- Empowering learners – Supporting emotional wellbeing at B1 level
For more information about the competences and associated proficiency levels see the SELFIE for TEACHERs toolkit.
Målgruppe
Læringsmål
- Reflect on and analyse your own digital habits and evaluate their impact on personal and classroom wellbeing through screen-time checks, guided reflection, and curated resources.
- Introduce simple micro-habits that support emotional balance, focus, and digital safety for both teachers and students through hands-on experimentation with short, classroom-ready routines.
- Design clear, predictable digital classroom routines that reduce stress and cognitive load by creating visual, step-by-step procedures that support structure and emotional safety.
- Implement inclusive digital wellbeing practices for students that strengthen participation and emotional awareness using gamified activities, peer exchange, and student-centred micro-actions.
- Connect individual classroom practices to wellbeing strategies beyond your classroom through scenario-based challenges, self-assessment tools, and a final micro-action plan.
Udbudt af
This content is offered by the European Commission. The European Commission is the European Union's politically independent executive arm. It is alone responsible for drawing up proposals for new European legislation, and it implements the decisions of the European Parliament and the Council of the European Union.
Tidsplan
- How this self-paced course works
- Level 1: Awareness starts with me
- Level 2: From me to my classroom
- Level 3: Beyond my classroom
- Certificate of completion
