{"id":69,"date":"2024-11-08T19:23:49","date_gmt":"2024-11-09T00:23:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/opentextbc.ca\/digitalliteracychallenge\/chapter\/digital-literacy-challenge-3\/"},"modified":"2024-11-18T17:43:14","modified_gmt":"2024-11-18T22:43:14","slug":"digital-wellbeing","status":"publish","type":"chapter","link":"https:\/\/opentextbc.ca\/digitalliteracychallenge\/chapter\/digital-wellbeing\/","title":{"raw":"Challenge Seven: Digital Wellbeing","rendered":"Challenge Seven: Digital Wellbeing"},"content":{"raw":"\"\"\r\n

What it is:<\/h1>\r\nSo far in this challenge series, we have encouraged educators to incorporate digital tools in their teaching and learning practice. However, like everything else, too much of a good thing can also be a bad thing, and any tool, when used ineffectively or inappropriately, can also do more harm than good.\r\n\r\nThe B.C. Post-Secondary Digital Literacy Framework<\/a> (p. 11) states:\r\n\r\nA digitally literate person will use technology to support their wellbeing and have strategies for managing technology if it negatively impacts their physical, mental, or emotional health. A digitally literate person will have healthy boundaries with digital technologies, use them intentionally and will not use digital technologies in ways that harm others.<\/em>\r\n\r\nThe concept of digital wellbeing is an important one, but also very broad and hugely complex. Jisc<\/a> uses digital wellbeing<\/em> as a term to describe the impact of technologies and digital services on people\u2019s mental, physical, social, and emotional health. It is a complex concept that can be viewed from a variety of perspectives and across different contexts and situations.\r\n

Why it is important:<\/h1>\r\nOur daily lives are intertwined with technology and filled with an abundance of digital tools. To live a digitally well-balanced life is often easier said than done. In Digital Media, Anxiety, and Depression in Children<\/a>, researchers identify \u201cgrowing concerns about the impact of digital technologies on children\u2019s emotional well-being, particularly regarding fear, anxiety, and depression.\u201d There has also been a huge push in the K\u201312 education system to ensure our children grow up to be capable digital citizens by helping them balance their digital lives<\/a>.\r\n\r\nJisc<\/a> invites us to consider digital wellbeing in these four contexts: social, personal, learning and work: \u201c\u200b\u200bTechnologies and digital activities can impact on physical, mental, social and emotional wellbeing in both positive and negative ways.\u201d\r\n

Examples:<\/h1>\r\n