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The digital world has become the primary space where young people explore, test, and reflect their identity against their peers. This playlist focuses on your role in supporting identity growth in the new digital era.
We examine digital youth cultures, the role of gaming and Extended Reality (XR) in identity formation, and how young people express themselves through digital tools and media. Furthermore, attention is paid to your own development as a youth worker. How does your professional identity grow alongside the digital transformation?
Key Focus Areas in this Playlist:
- Insight into digital youth cultures (C5.1).
- The role of gaming, extended reality, and youth identity (C5.2).
- The professional identity growth of the youth worker (C5.3).
About the Digital Competence Check
This playlist is directly linked to Competence Area 5 of the Digital Competence Check Identity growth, which is based on the European DYW SNAC Model. The Check covers 5 areas, 14 specific competences, and 38 indicators, helping you to map your starting proficiency level. By following this playlist, you will specifically target and improve the skills identified as areas for development.
This playlist features activities from the platform, all directly connected to this competence area. It is up to you to decide which activities are the most interesting and relevant for your professional development.
Within each activity, you will find four different badges. One badge is specifically intended for the Youth Worker. There are also badges for the Youth Worker's Manager and for Young People, should you wish to involve them in your development. This joint growth path is essential and is rooted in the Digital Systemic Team approach. Evidence shows that digital youth work is best realised when these four roles (Youth Worker, Manager, Young Person) collaborate.
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This activity combines all badges developed from the key digital youth work resources featured on the Digital Youth Work platform, specifically focusing on youth workers.
It allows you to reflect on your professional learning journey, recognise achievements across thematic areas, and connect your practice to broader strategic frameworks in digital youth work.
By completing this activity, you will:
- Recognise your progress through badge-based learning.
- Reflect on your digital youth work competencies and practices.
- Connect key topics and themes to your current or future youth work activities.
Get inspired
Throughout your engagement with digital youth work, you may have implemented activities and can earn some of badges on themes such as:
- Digital rights and ethics in youth work
- Developing innovative and strategic digital youth work
- Inclusive practices in digital settings
- Artificial Intelligence in youth work
- Digital competencies for youth workers
- Game-based and playful digital facilitation
- Designing and co-creating digital learning spaces
These experiences demonstrate your commitment to evolving youth work practices in the digital age.
Take action: reflect and collect.
This activity invites you to explore the Digital Youth Work activities, complete them and gather the badges you deserve. Watch the following video about the value and benefits of having a badge portfolio:
Claim open badge recognition.
By completing Digital Youth Work activities and earning their badge, you will qualify for a “Digital Youth Work in Action” meta-badge, recognising your active participation in digital youth work capacity building, competence development, and reflective learning.
Who created this resource?
This meta-activity has been developed by the Digital Youth Work partnership and Cities of Learning partners, based on all resources available through www.digitalyouthwork.net.
Next steps
Use your badge collection to build a professional portfolio, contribute to organisational development, or apply your insights to mentoring or training sessions with peer youth workers.

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Awarded to youth workers for completing a learning journey across multiple digital youth work themes and reflecting on professional experiences. This badge recognises your engagement in critical thinking, competence development, and innovation in digital youth work.
Skills and experiences gained
This badge is aligned with the Digital Competence Framework for Youth Workers and the Digital Capacity Framework for Youth Work Organisations, covering:
- Strategic and ethical use of digital tools in youth work
- Inclusive digital facilitation and programme design
- Reflective and evidence-based professional practice
This badge demonstrates the earner’s commitment to professional growth and integrating digital youth work into their practice. Cities of Learning Network partners recognise this achievement and issue the badge based on submitted evidence of reflective learning across multiple digital youth work themes.
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You will earn the Digital Youth Work in Action badge after completing Digital Youth Work activities and badges on the Digital Youth Work platform.
Activity:
- Explore the activities available on the Digital Youth Work platform and complete at least 60% of activities relevant to digital youth work.
- For each completed activity, claim the corresponding badge on the platform.
After collecting your badges, you will unlock the meta-badge. Reflect on your overall digital youth work learning journey:
- What professional competencies or practices have you developed?
- How did these learning experiences impact your youth work?
- Which area of digital youth work would you like to deepen further?
Add evidence: Create a professional reflection (written piece, blog post, video, or presentation) that integrates your learning. Submit your reflection to earn the meta-badge.