co-designing digital health & care
Connected realities – what do practitioners need to know about teens’ online lives?
The popularity of professional writer services among students results from the increasing academic load in educational institutions. Educators tend to think about it as something negative. However, students understand that they aren't lazy and don't cheat when ordering papers online. Living in a modern world is difficult, and students who want to live their lives to the fullest and enjoy something else besides studying have to find new solutions. Everything in our life becomes digital, even homework assistance, and it also leaves a mark on students and their mental health. The growing number of health issues observed in young people can be related to digitalization, but we all have to adapt to a new reality. The task of educators and students themselves is to boost their knowledge of mental health problems and the ways of preventing and even solving them. The critical thing you should keep in mind is to avoid sacrificing yourself for the sake of studying. It won't say 'thank you.'
“What if we thought about the internet a resource to be deployed rather than as a problem to be solved?” (Jenkins et al, 2016, p.36) What if we move our focus from a deficit orientated understanding of the online lives of teens to an asset-orientated approach which builds on young people’s strengths? And what does […]
Towards a manifesto for digital health #socialjustice
What would a manifesto for digital technologies grounded in social justice look like? In other words, the development of digital technologies in health and care that enable an equitable distribution of wealth, opportunities, and privileges within society and which balance the interests of individuals, communities and institutions. After all the NHS is a collective endeavour […]
Digital leadership – kill or cure?
Is there such a thing as digital leadership? This article for the Harvard Business Review makes the case for it and this online course says it will teach you the requisite skills. But is there anything qualitatively different to being a leader and to being a digital leader? This question has been on my mind […]