Split – Reclaiming Connection: Motivation and Social Intelligence for the Digital Generation

This course is available in 7-day, 6-day, or 5-day formats. Please choose your preferred length in the preregistration form.

Location: Split, Croatia

Course Description

In an age where students are constantly online, the classroom faces a new challenge — how to sustain focus, motivation, and authentic social interaction in a world of constant digital connection. Teachers witness students who are always connected yet increasingly disengaged, distracted, and emotionally distant.

Our course Reclaiming Connection: Motivation and Social Intelligence for the Digital Generation helps educators navigate this digital paradox by transforming technology from a source of distraction into a bridge for meaningful learning. Through a balanced blend of digital engagement strategies, motivation techniques, and social-emotional learning, teachers will discover how to bring attention, empathy, and collaboration back into the heart of the classroom.

Participants will explore practical ways to use technology creatively — to boost participation, enhance focus, and promote interaction — while also learning how to rebuild real human connection through mindful communication, group activities, and critical thinking exercises.

FROM DIGITAL DISTRACTION TO MEANINGFUL CONNECTION

Modern students live in a world of instant feedback and constant stimulation. This module focuses on understanding how digital environments affect attention, motivation, and learning behavior. Participants will learn practical strategies and tools to re-engage distracted learners, build curiosity, and transform passive scrolling into active participation.

You will explore digital platforms, apps, and collaborative tools that make learning interactive — while setting healthy boundaries that protect focus and mental well-being. The goal is not to remove technology, but to redefine its purpose in the classroom.

BUILDING MOTIVATION AND SOCIAL INTELLIGENCE

Motivation today requires more than just innovative tools — it requires connection. In this module, educators will learn how to use emotional intelligence and social learning techniques to strengthen relationships and trust in the classroom.

Through hands-on exercises and discussions, participants will discover how empathy, perspective-taking, and authentic communication can boost engagement and help students reconnect — with each other, with their teachers, and with learning itself.

MINDFUL TECHNOLOGY AND FOCUS STRATEGIES

The ability to focus is one of the most critical skills in the 21st-century classroom. This section introduces evidence-based practices to strengthen concentration, reduce stress, and build mindful awareness — both for teachers and students.

Participants will practice short focus exercises, breathing techniques, and mindful pauses that can be integrated into lessons to restore attention and calm after periods of high stimulation. By balancing digital activity with mindful presence, teachers can create classrooms that are both dynamic and centered.

Learning Outcomes:

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

• Identify the effects of digital overload on attention, motivation, and social behavior.
• Apply practical strategies to increase focus and engagement in digital-age classrooms.
• Use interactive tools to promote collaboration, creativity, and meaningful participation.
• Integrate social-emotional learning techniques to strengthen classroom relationships.
• Balance digital innovation with mindfulness and emotional well-being.
• Create a positive, focused, and connected classroom environment.

THE COURSE FEE OF 80€ PER DAY INCLUDES

• Free Split walking tour – with the local expert guide (included);
• Full programme of study sessions ( minimum 35 hours per week );
• Course materials;
• Certificate of attendance;
• Europass, on request
• Learning Agreement, on request
• Visits to local institutions;
• Personalized support;
• Expertise of the Local Provider on location during the mobility;
• Free WIFI internet;
• Coffee and tea breaks;
• Administration costs.

Work on your professional and personal development under Erasmus+ network, build strong relationships with your colleagues from all over Europe and explore Split.

Location : Erasmus Courses Croatia

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