Partner – Center for Digital Ethics
Location – Vilnius region
Since 2024
The project Digital Citizenship: Bright Style to Navigate the Digital World aimed to strengthen digital citizenship skills among students, teachers, and parents, particularly in linguistically diverse and vulnerable communities. Implemented by the Digital Ethics Centre in partnership with the British Council in Lithuania and LRT, the initiative successfully reached over 560 participants across eleven schools. Combining digital literacy education with body movement and dance–based therapy, it offered a unique, engaging, and emotionally supportive environment for learning.
During the lessons, students explored key aspects of digital citizenship, including responsible online behavior, critical thinking, digital identity, and the recognition of hate speech and disinformation. They learned how to maintain a healthy balance in digital media use, protect their privacy, and identify reliable sources of information. The lessons also fostered empathy, respect for diversity, and the confidence to engage in digital spaces thoughtfully and safely.
After the lessons, students took on the role of peer educators by designing and delivering digital citizenship lessons to other classes. These sessions fostered leadership, reinforced learning, and created stronger social connections within and between school communities.
The initiative also engaged over 200 teachers and more than 200 parents through expert–led workshops and training sessions, which highlighted the impact of digital world on children and teens, digital safety and responsibility and community cohesion.
The project culmination was a final event, where all participating schools came together to share insights, presentations, and creative outcomes. A dedicated digital platform was launched to provide open–access materials developed by professionals and students alike, ensuring the project’s long-term impact and accessibility for schools across Lithuania. The project proved that blending education with movement can unlock empathy, resilience, and civic engagement in both digital and real-life communities
During the project:
A total of 1 025 participants took part in the project activities, including students, parents, and members of school communities
More than 560 students from 11 schools in the city of Vilnius and Vilnius District were directly involved in the activities
The majority of participants came from linguistically diverse communities or from recently arrived migrant backgrounds
88% of students and 99% of teachers rated the training as very useful and reported gaining new digital skills