Mooc webinar digital youth work 6.11.2020

Mooc webinar digital youth work 6.11.2020

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  Where are wewith digital youth work? Where are we going - and perhaps more importantly, how do we get there? Juha Kiviniemi, Verke 6.11.2020
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  slideshare.net/verkeorg
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  @verkeorg
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  About me •Youth worker, digital youth work expert, facilitator, maker, freelance trainer • In the youth field since 2003 • Maker activities, impact measurement and strategic implementation of Digital youth work
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  Some perspectives: (adapted fromArthur C. Clarke)
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  ”The only wayof discovering the limits of the possible is to venture a little way past them into the impossible.” 
 
 (Clarke’s second law)
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  ”Any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic.”
 
 (Clarke’s third law)
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  ”Every revolutionary idea— in science, politics, art, or whatever — seems to evoke three stages of reaction. They may be summed up by these phrases:
 
 (Clarke’s law of revolutionary ideas)
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  1. "It's completelyimpossible — don't waste my time”; 2. "It's possible, but it's not worth doing”; 3. "I said it was a good idea all along."
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  Verke • Centrefor expertise on digital youth work • Operated since 2011, fully funded by the Finnish ministry of culture and education • 7 full-time staff members • Current tenure 2020-2023
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  Current focus points • Climateeffects of technologisation • Strategic implementation and leadership in Digital youth work • Combining online and F2F activities • Competence criteria and / in youth worker primary training
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  1. The basics
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  Digital youth work •Digital youthwork means using or adressing digital media and technology in youth work •Digital youth work is underpinned by the same values and goals as youth work in general •Digital youth work can be a tool, activity or content in youth work EU council conclusions on digital youth work (2019)
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  Digital youth work asa tool •Using digital tools to organise group activities •Reaching and engaging young people on social media •Low-threshold help activities for vulnerable young people Emphasis on the digital transformation of existing youth work activities
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  Digital youth work asan activity •Game education activities, for example e- sports or game development activities •Maker activities, with perhaps combined arts and crafts •Using GPS-enabled activities like ActionBound as new, engaging activities Emphasis on learning by doing and new activities
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  Digital youth work as content •Reflectingtogether on things young people have encountered online •Organising events related to young peoples digital cultures •Using production of digital media content to support young peoples creative output Emphasis on issues and phenomena related to digitalisation
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  2. Where arewe?
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  An alternative to “traditional” youthwork? • Online youth work during the pandemic has been (for a large part) this • Something to do until we get back to “normal” • A failsafe • Challenges: resources, competences and competence development of practitioners, long- term development
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  A special skill hadby only some? • Something compared to dance, sports or for example crafts as a youth work tool • Something that requires a set of special skills • Can only be done by a select few • Challenges: interfacing with daily practice, resources, staff changes
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  A parallel process? • Usuallyrelates to the target group: are we trying to reach young people that we normally wouldn’t reach? or • We can offer young people activities that we couldn’t offer without digital approaches • Can bring with it lovely new activities • Challenge is again resources
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  A complementary process? • Digitality bringsadded value to the work already being done • Digital youth work is used to complement face-to-face or non-digital activities • Brings something that couldn’t be otherwise done or streamlines the process • Can also be more engaging for young people (but there’s a risk) • Central challenge is identifying our core processes and goals
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  Ongoing research
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  European Digital Youth Workand the Covid-19 pandemic: What’s next? (SALTO)
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  3. Where arewe headed? (And how do we get there?)
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  Practice level •Make sure you have identified your goals and core values • “Steal and borrow - but give it back” - a lot is already happening • Innovate new practice or re-invent existing ones • Experiment, fail, iterate and implement
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  What kind of plansdo we have? • Identify different levels of plans that guide the work • Strategic plans (Goals, values, resources etc.) • Action plans (How do we reach goals, what activities do we implement etc.) • Personal, goal-oriented work (How does the action plan guide my work, how do I measure goals etc.)
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  What do we actuallydo? • Identify core goals and values • Identify what is means in practice on different levels of work: • Organisational level • Work community level • Practice level
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  Existing resources • verke.org English materials •digitalyouthwork.eu • researchyouth.net
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  Finally.. • Canwe identify our core processes and values and share that understanding? • Are the structures supporting renewal of practice? • Do we have the ability and motivation to re- invent ourselves when needed? • How can we better prepare for future changes in our field?
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  Thank you! [email protected] www.verke.org