Dimension 1 · Competence area

4. Safety, wellbeing and responsible use

Dimension 2 · Competence

4.3. Supporting wellbeing

To use digital technologies in ways that support wellbeing and inclusion. To minimise risks and threats to physical, mental and social wellbeing of oneself and others while using digital technologies. To balance usage of digital technologies with offline activities to support wellbeing. To take action to help protect oneself and others from possible dangers in digital environments (e.g. cyberbullying, harmful content), and know how to respond to such dangers.

Dimension 3 · Proficiency levels
BASIC

At basic level, individuals remember and implement simple tasks with guidance as needed.

  • Acknowledge the benefits of balancing online and offline activities, and the benefits and risks to one's own physical, mental and social wellbeing in using digital technologies.
  • Acknowledge the interplay between one's own digital habits and features of digital platforms or services that are designed to capture and maintain users' attention.
  • Recognise that there is a variety of information, groups and communities in digital environments that can support one’s physical, mental and/or social wellbeing.
  • Identify limitations and risks of using virtual assistants and AI systems to support human wellbeing.
  • Recognise that there are laws and regulations that help protect the wellbeing of individuals in digital environments.
  • Make a basic assessment of one's digital habits in relation to one’s physical, mental and social wellbeing, with an awareness of signs of problematic usage, and identify and implement strategies to support one's wellbeing.
INTERMEDIATE

At intermediate level, individuals identify and implement well-defined tasks and solve well-defined problems autonomously.

  • Acknowledge the importance of one's own and others' right to disconnect and the benefits of regularly reviewing one’s digital usage patterns.
  • Describe impacts of harmful behaviour, content and deceptive design in digital environments on oneself and others.
  • Identify reliable sources of information, and inclusive groups and communities in digital environments, that can support one’s physical, mental and/or social wellbeing.
  • Identify possible ways to flag or intervene if harmful behaviour or content is encountered in digital environments.
  • Describe ways in which some digital technologies, such as social media, augment and perpetuate bias, stereotyping and exclusion.
  • Implement strategies to protect against and respond effectively to harmful behaviour, content and deceptive design in digital environments, and to support and maintain one's own and others' wellbeing.
  • Adapt to changing digital technological developments and needs to support and maintain physical, mental and social wellbeing.
ADVANCED

At advanced level, individuals assess and apply solutions to a variety of complex tasks autonomously and adapt to a variety of contexts to evaluate and execute tasks appropriately, guiding others if and as required.

  • Continually scrutinise the role of digital technologies such as social media in augmenting and perpetuating bias, stereotyping and exclusion.
  • Flag or intervene effectively in instances of harmful behaviour or content in digital environments.
  • Assist others to review and adapt their usage of digital technologies and to develop awareness of harmful behaviour, content and deceptive design in digital environments.
  • Help others to build capacity to counteract the role of digital technologies such as social media in augmenting and perpetuating bias, stereotyping and exclusion.
  • Assist others to understand their rights in relation to wellbeing and/or inclusion in digital environments.
HIGHLY ADVANCED

At highly advanced level, individuals assess, evaluate and resolve highly complex or specialised problems to create new solutions or adapt existing ones, leading and guiding others if and as required.

  • Promote actions that support wellbeing and inclusion in digital environments.
  • Assess and evaluate evidence on wellbeing and/or inclusion in digital environments to guide decision-making.
  • Lead or contribute to initiatives that support wellbeing and/or inclusion in digital environments.
  • Contribute to legal and regulatory decision-making in relation to individuals' wellbeing and/or inclusion in digital environments.
Dimension 4 · Knowledge, skills and attitudes
Knowledge
  • LO4.3.03 Identify main risks and benefits to physical, mental and social wellbeing in digital environments.
  • LO4.3.04 Recognise that there is a variety of information, groups and communities in digital environments that can support one’s physical, mental and/or social wellbeing.
  • LO4.3.05 Recognise risks and benefits to one's own physical, mental and social wellbeing in digital environments.
  • LO4.3.06 Identify features of digital platforms or services, such as social media, that are designed to capture and maintain individuals' attention.
  • LO4.3.07 Identify limitations and risks of using virtual assistants and AI systems to support human wellbeing.
  • LO4.3.08 Identify strategies to support physical, mental and social wellbeing in digital environments.
  • LO4.3.09 Recognise signs and potential effects of problematic usage of digital technologies.
  • LO4.3.10 Recognise that there are laws and regulations that help protect the wellbeing of individuals in digital environments.
  • LO4.3.15 Identify reliable sources of information, and inclusive groups and communities in digital environments, that can support one’s physical, mental and/or social wellbeing.
  • LO4.3.16 Describe examples of harmful content and behaviour in digital environments and their potential impacts on oneself and others.
  • LO4.3.17 Describe ways in which some applications of digital technologies, such as social media, augment and perpetuate bias, stereotyping and exclusion.
  • LO4.3.18 Describe strategies to help protect against and respond effectively to harmful behaviour and content.
  • LO4.3.19 Identify possible ways to flag or intervene if harmful behaviour or content is encountered in digital environments.
  • LO4.3.20 Describe impacts of harmful behaviour, content and deceptive design in digital environments on oneself and others.
Skills
  • LO4.3.11 Make a basic assessment of one's digital habits in relation to one’s physical, mental and social wellbeing.
  • LO4.3.12 Apply personalised strategies to support physical, mental and social wellbeing in digital environments.
  • LO4.3.21 Analyse and adapt one's own digital usage patterns to support physical, mental and social wellbeing.
  • LO4.3.22 Implement strategies to help protect oneself against and respond effectively to harmful behaviour and content.
  • LO4.3.25 Assist others to review and adapt their usage of digital technologies to support and maintain their physical, mental and social wellbeing.
  • LO4.3.26 Flag or intervene effectively in instances of harmful behaviour or content in digital environments.
  • LO4.3.27 Help others to build capacity to counteract the role of digital technologies such as social media in augmenting and perpetuating bias, stereotyping and exclusion.
  • LO4.3.28 Assist others to understand their rights in relation to wellbeing and/or inclusion in digital environments.
  • LO4.3.29 Assist others to develop awareness of harmful behaviour, content and deceptive design in digital environments.
  • LO4.3.31 Assess and evaluate evidence on wellbeing and/or inclusion in digital environments to guide decision-making.
  • LO4.3.32 Lead or contribute to initiatives that support wellbeing and/or inclusion in digital environments.
  • LO4.3.33 Contribute to legal and regulatory decision-making in relation to individuals' wellbeing and/or inclusion in digital environments.
Attitudes
  • LO4.3.01 Acknowledge the benefits of balancing online and offline activities.
  • LO4.3.02 Acknowledge the importance of daily routines that minimise digital stress and promote social connection.
  • LO4.3.13 Acknowledge the importance of one's own and others' right to disconnect.
  • LO4.3.14 Acknowledge the physical, mental and social benefits of analysing one's own digital usage patterns.
  • LO4.3.23 Adapt to changing digital technological developments and needs to support and maintain one's own and others' physical, mental and social wellbeing.
  • LO4.3.24 Continually scrutinise the role of digital technologies such as social media in augmenting and perpetuating bias, stereotyping and exclusion.
  • LO4.3.30 Promote actions that support wellbeing and inclusion in digital environments.
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