Dig it Up! - A Training Course on AI, DIgital Tools and Youth Work

Dig it Up! Training Course is an intensive and interactive learning journey designed for youth workers, educators, trainers, and NGO staff who want to strengthen their digital skills, embrace innovative tools, and integrate inclusive, ethical, and creative digital practices into their work with young people.

The course offers a rich combination of collaborative workshops, hands-on sessions, peer reflections, and practical projects, ensuring that participants leave with both knowledge and applied experience. By focusing on real-world applications, this training enables participants to design impactful, future-ready youth work initiatives.

What you will learn:

1. Digital Competences: Understanding the European DigComp Framework and assessing your own digital readiness.

2. Digital Tools for Youth Work: Exploring, testing, and applying online tools for creativity, engagement, and collaboration.

3. Artificial Intelligence in Youth Work: Using AI-driven tools to enhance educational design, community building, and problem-solving.

4. Inclusion, Accessibility, and Ethics: Designing digital environments that are inclusive, accessible, and ethically sound.

5. Co-Creation and Innovation: Working in teams to design, test, and present innovative digital lab concepts.

Methodology:
The training follows a blended learning approach, combining:

• In-person interactive sessions

• Online learning activities

• Team-based projects

• Practical assignments and tool demonstrations

• Peer-to-peer feedback and reflection circles

Learning Outcomes:
By the end of the course, participants will be able to:

• Confidently integrate digital tools into youth work programmes.

• Apply AI solutions in an ethical and inclusive way.

• Design accessible digital learning environments.

• Collaborate effectively in cross-cultural, cross-disciplinary teams.

• Develop and present innovative project ideas using co-creation methodologies.

Assessment & Certification:
Participants are expected to engage in all modules, complete the practical activities, and present their final project. Upon successful completion, they will receive a Certificate of Completion.

Target Group:

• Youth workers, trainers, and educators in the youth sector

• NGO staff and volunteers

• Project managers in Erasmus+ and youth-related programmes

• Anyone passionate about digital innovation in non-formal education

Funding:
This course is co-funded by the European Union through the Erasmus+ / Youth programme in the framework of KA220-YOUTH – Cooperation partnerships in youth.