The internet plays a main function in many people’s everyday lives– whether when looking for a brand-new job or a house, for shopping or for staying in touch with pals. As far as social participation is concerned, knowing how to utilize the internet and what threats or advantages digital media present are ending up being progressively crucial. That is why the European “All Digital Week” campaign has set itself the task of connecting to exactly those individuals impacted by digital exclusion and bringing them on board. The campaign likewise includes events aimed at avoiding and raising awareness of risks on the web such as misinformation and bullying.
“Get Online Week” belongs to those European campaign and has been arranged by TU Dortmund University as an annual teaching-learning job at the Department of Rehabilitation Sciences because 2015. Under the guidance of Dr. Bastian Pelka and in partnership with the Social Research Center Dortmund, Bachelor’s trainees of the Rehab Pedagogy degree program style their own workshops on internet topics, with the aim of promoting individuals’ digital abilities in the long term and in this way mitigating exclusion. Workshop subjects consist of dealing with digital dangers such as phony profiles and bullying along with strategies for finding accommodation or jobs on the web. At German Digital Day in 2022, the job received the audience award in the “Digital Participation” classification. In 2025, the trainees held 44 courses in 20 organizations in Dortmund and drew in over 700 participants for the very first time. This increase represents practically double the yearly variety of around 400 participants.
Workshops goal to enhance the digital skills of kids and grownups
The courses on avoidance in the digital world occurred in schools, leisure and domestic facilities, and sheltered workshops. They covered 4 topics: In the course on cyberbullying, students taught schoolchildren how to acknowledge and deal with cyberbullying. In a 2nd course, which concentrated on sexual violence on the internet, professionals working in education learned how to create trust and assistance kids and young people better in this sensitive area. In a 3rd workshop, dedicated to appeal perfects on social networks, school trainees were motivated to take a vital view of these suitables and their results. In a 4th course, which centered on sensitive material, parents discovered the numerous kinds of harmful material, for instance depictions of violence or suicide, that kids can be faced with on social media and how they can secure their children. At the end of “Get Online Week”, the trainees assessed the courses and recorded their findings in a scientific report.
The next edition of “Get Online Week” will take place in April 2026, once again under the management of Dr. Bastian Pelka from the Department of Rehab Sciences.
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