Course: Digital Wellbeing

That’s it – we’ve made it! We hope you’ve enjoyed this free online course on Digital Wellbeing. We also hope you’ve been able to engage in some lively discussions with …

Games and playful technologies are not only used for entertainment; many have been created with serious aims, such as supporting learning or encouraging behaviour change. For this article, Dr Jo …

We have nearly reached the end of our learning journey together and it’s time to reflect on some of the questions, ideas and approaches that we’ve considered regarding online identity …

In this video, Dr Lina Gega talks about some of the ways digital technologies can be employed in mental health promotion and ‘treatment’. Mental health promotion We’re all probably quite …

The app market is huge, and constantly growing (for example, over a thousand mobile apps are added to the iOS App Store each day) which doesn’t make choosing between them …

“Why don’t you go out and play with your friends?” “Why are you playing that video game?” “You should be doing something else”. These tend to be our go-to responses …

Creating accessible documents and thinking about inclusive user design makes our digital outputs more accessible to everyone. So why are there so many bad practices about? Is it intentional or …

With digital technology at the forefront of our daily lives, it’s easy to see why students spend so much of their time online. From writing essays to reading articles, many …

Whilst the physical reality in modern western society may be for minimal public display around death, social media has increased the visibility of mourning. This is most obvious in the …

In the video above, Dr David Beer discusses the ways in which culture has changed due to digital devices and formats. Cultural objects, which were once recognisable symbols of our …

Digital technologies and social media have opened up new ways of helping others and supporting communities, giving money towards new ventures and products, and spreading awareness of causes. Crowdfunding websites …

In this video, Dr Darren Reed discusses the EPISODE project which aims to improve civic engagement with an open data archive. Environmental Policy In Simulation, Open Data, and Engagement (EPISODE) …

On social networking sites, we navigate a world of relationships, from remembering to like your family members’ photos on Facebook to looking for love in all the wrong (or right) …

In his article “A guide to joining twitter now it’s an unremittingly bleak document of how awful everything is”, Ned Potter offers eight pieces of advice for someone just joining …