Walk OFFline

Walk OFFline, Laliki, Poland, 16-25 February 2026 (arrival and departure included),

Training Course within Erasmus+

INTRO

Today’s digital environment creates significant challenges for people. While technology offers many opportunities, its uncontrolled and unconscious use increasingly contributes to social, emotional, and cognitive difficulties. Youth workers and educators need new skills and tools to address these issues and help young people develop healthier digital habits.

Digital overload, addictive platform design, and constant connectivity lead to reduced attention span, weakened executive functioning, and difficulty disconnecting. At the same time, youth mental health is worsening, with rising rates of anxiety, depression, loneliness, and stress linked to online comparison, cyberbullying, and the pressure to be constantly available.

Young people are also highly exposed to misinformation, manipulation, and algorithmic echo chambers, making critical thinking and information literacy essential. Meanwhile, rapid growth in Gen AI raises concerns about privacy, unethical data use, bias, and the environmental impact of technology, areas that many young people do not fully understand.

These cognitive and ethical challenges are accompanied by a decline in offline social skills, emotional regulation, and the quality of face-to-face relationships, as well as increasing burnout among both youth workers and youth.

At the same time, the future job market demands new competencies—adaptability, collaboration, digital literacy, and social intelligence.

Given these trends, there is an urgent need for educational initiatives that strengthen digital hygiene, mindfulness, critical reflection, AI ethics, and sustainable technology use.

The “Walk OFFline” training course responds to these needs by equipping youth workers and educators with practical methods and reflective tools to promote healthier, more conscious, and more resilient digital practices.

Goal of the Project:

To empower youth workers and educators with tools and strategies to critically reflect on technology use, promote digital well-being, and develop sustainable habits for personal and professional life. Developing body awareness through daily body movement sessions, which impacts emotional and psychological integration.

Methods:

• Interactive Workshops
• Lectures by experts
• Group work and peer learning
• Design Thinking sessions
• Change Management approach using ADKAR methodology
• Digital Hygiene Test
• Guided Self-reflection exercises
• Interviews with locals for cultural insights
• Art therapy
• Mindfulness
• Relaxation Techniques
• Guided Meditation

Key Learning Points:

• Critical thinking and social intelligence in the digital era
• Conscious and mindful technology usage
• Practical methods for stress release and unwinding
• Sustainability and ethics of Generative AI and emerging technologies
• Future job market trends and key competencies
• Collaboration and open-mindedness in diverse environments.

Objectives:

• Raise critical thinking skills and social intelligence
• Increase awareness about technology usage and its impact
• Promote digital hygiene and healthy habits
• Explore stress management techniques
• Discuss AI ethics and sustainability
• Prepare for future job market challenges
• Foster collaboration and adaptability
• Development of self awareness
• Expression through art
• Personal development 
• Promoting assertiveness
• Promoting daily physical activities 
• Creating healthy self care practices 

Target Group:

This training is dedicated to youth workers, trainers, educators, and leaders (18+) from programme countries who want to explore digital education while maintaining a balanced, mindful approach. Join us and be part of the movement to create a more conscious, ethical, and sustainable digital future!