OFF-LINE: How to quit with Social Media

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On 23 October, the third transnational partner meeting of the 'Offline - How to quit with social media' project was held in Helsinki. The meeting this time was hosted by the Finnish organisation 'Learning for integration' and coordinated by Marja-Lisa Helenius. The respective project leaders were able to directly discuss the progress of the project and especially the latest project result, namely the Vademecum for Slow Navigation. The Vademecum for Slow Navigation is intended to be a manual for gradual detoxification from social media with the aim of helping people to limit and reduce the time spent on social media. In fact, over the past few weeks, after working out the general structure and agreeing on the different thematic sections of this last intellectual product, all partners have been working on the development of the section assigned to them. The meeting was therefore crucial to review all the contributions and start systematising them in order to arrive at the final version that is expected to be ready by the end of November and uploaded on the OER platform by december 2023. But the meeting was not all business! The partners were able to exchange views and new ideas for future collaborations, as well as enjoy pleasant breaks and a few walks around Helsinki's attractions! See you soon with the latest project news, in the meantime discover the courses of the Offline project available in the Training section of the platform! For more information visit: https://www.offlineproject.eu/

On Nov 18, 2022, OFF-LINE project partners gathered together in Brussels at IHF’s headquarters to take stock of project’s progresses so far, evidences and insights from the need’s assessment analysis and training areas of interest to sustain adults in having a better and healthier relation with digital technologies and the digital content available online.
The transnational project meeting has been scheduled at mid-project implementation and in conjunction with the achievement of a pivotal project’s milestone, which is represented by the consolidation of: Self-assessment tool to measure the target's attitude at surfing properly through cultural, informative, and scientific contents (available here: https://www.offlineproject.eu/sat.php?lang=EN), a digital repository of webzines, cultural sources and National Press Agencies as a go-to web point for searching and filtering information on science, culture, well-being, information and entertainment etc. (https://www.offlineproject.eu/repositories.php?lang=EN), and a selection of case studies of initiatives to promote digital literacy, fake news’ prevention, digital culture and a positive attitude towards digital media literacy (https://www.offlineproject.eu/case_studies.php?lang=EN).
All of the above gave partners the opportunity to discuss during the meeting the training areas of interest that should be tackled by the OFF-LINE curriculum, including specific training topics and list of desired learning outcomes.
In total, 10 training courses stemmed from the analysis: Digital content creation: a practical guide Entertainment and culture in the digital age Protecting the environment Preventing and recognizing fake news Creatively using digital technologies Media Literacy Protecting health and well-being of digital environments and cyberbullying Browsing, searching and filtering information & digital content Engaging citizenship through digital technologies Evaluating data, information and digital content In a later stage of project’s implementation, the curriculum will be delivered transnationally to a cohort of targets’ representatives and stakeholders of interest (i.e., both direct beneficiaries of the training content as well as other professionals/educators operating in the fields of Adult education, digital and media literacy, etc.). An internal and common project plan for the roll-out in pilot version of the training content has been discussed and agreed on by partners during the same event
The whole package of training content is available in open access format & in multilanguage version in the dedicated section of project’s e-learning platform: https://www.offlineproject.eu/training.php?lang=EN
Partners will meet together once again in early autumn 2023 in Helsinki to review and evaluate the progresses and results from the piloting, the final outline of vamedecum – last official project’s results, a brief manual conceived to help people in adopting an healthier use of web medias and resources – and ease the transition of the project through a smooth conclusion.
To know more about OFF-LINE and be part of the community of practice, please consult: www.offlineproject.eu

“OFF-Line: how to quit social media” is the project that will help you discover the digital world as a place that promotes culture, correct informations and the development of a constructive and critical thinking. Reducing the time spent on social media is the main objective of the project, and this can be done by adopting a more correct navigation, a correct information through quality and accredited digital resources. The Mapping section on the OER platform of the project, available at https://www.offlineproject.eu/mapping.php?lang=EN, provides a free thematic digital repository (of resources on culture and information), and a self-assessment tool to measure the aptitude of correct navigation among different types of content. When looking for information using digital resources, abilities and attitude towards digital skills, online cultural attitude and time spent on social media are important. Regarding these aspects, the SAT (self-assessment tool), available at https://www.offlineproject.eu/sat.php?lang=EN, provides a quiz on three levels, that will guide you to the next steps you have to take in order to improve your abilities and attitude on the three aspects and skills and develop competences necessary to use digital resources. The SAT will help you learn how to navigate correctly through cultural, informative, scientific and other types of contents. The digital repository, available at https://www.offlineproject.eu/repositories.php?lang=EN, contains mapping of free online cultural resources and creativity tools already available online in each partner country, providing short descriptions and access links to magazines and other information and cultural resources. The Offline Platform available in five languages is ment to becomes a focal point to stimulate critical thinking, intellectuality, research and in-depth study. OFF-LINE is a project managed by seven partners from five countries, Romania, Italy, Finland, Spain and Belgium, and is co-funded by the Erasmus+ Program of the European Commission. For more information on this project, please access https://www.offlineproject.eu/