Course Content. Module 1

Objective:

-        reflect about the time you spend online

-        understand the impact of extensive media use on health and wellbeing

-        realize the social or learning value of your online activities

-        formulate feedback to your colleagues

Duration: 20 minutes

Tools:    pen, piece of paper / forum

Methods: classroom discussions, description, comparison,

Description of the exercise: During this exercise, you will identify media and information that surround you on a normal day. Then, you will compare it with the media your colleagues consume and the time spent on these media. Finally, you will jointly come up with some advice on the use of online media in order to promote a healthy online lifestyle.

Tasks:  

-        Remember yesterday. Think about the online media you used, the activities you did while using them and the time spent on each activity. The following Table can help you record the data requested:

Date:
Type of media	What did I do?	How much time did I spend doing it?	Comments

 

-        Present you Table to your colleagues

-        Listen to your colleagues as they present theirs and write down comments, similarities and differences in the findings.

-        Notice: has everyone included those minutes/ seconds they checked their smartphones “unconsciously”? (for example, when waiting for the bus, while doing something else, or when they checked for messages)

-        After all trainees have presented their Tables, what conclusions can be drawn regarding the time spent on media and the patterns of their use?

-        With your colleagues write down some pieces of advice you would give to someone to promote their health and wellbeing when being online. What would be your most important piece of advice to them?

-        Reflect on the list of advice you all made. Is there any piece of advice on the list which you would definitely give to yourself? Which one(s)?

 

Lessons learned: the time we spend on media and the activities we do while online have a direct effect on our health and wellbeing. It is advisable to keep track of our own behaviors and practices, in order to amend them, in case they do not promote our health and wellbeing.               

Extension: You can keep a record for a week/ month to check if you have followed some of the advice you recorded with your colleagues. Was it a difficult task to change your online patterns? why?

Recommendation: The time we spend online and the activities we do while online can be modified, if we want. Try to replace the 1/5 of the time you spend online with another offline activity.