Professional Skills: Digital Wellness
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Professional Skills: Digital Wellness
This course is part of Professional Skills: Digital Fluency Specialization
Instructor: Tyler Galarneau
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Evaluate your personal and professional digital use
Implement strategies to improve your relationship with technology
Utilize digital tools to support your health and well-being
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March 2026
3 assignments
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There are 4 modules in this course
Discover how to build a healthier, more intentional relationship with technology. This course helps you balance personal well-being and digital life for improved mental, physical, and professional health.
From smartphones to wearable tech, digital tools shape how we live, work, and interact. But they can also contribute to stress, distraction, and burnout if used unconsciously. In this self-paced course led by Dr. Nicholas Proferes of ASUβs School of Social and Behavioral Sciences, youβll learn how to assess and improve your relationship with digital tools. Through guided reflection and hands-on strategies, youβll explore how to use technology in ways that support, rather than undermine, your well-being.
This module focuses on understanding and improving your personal relationship with digital tools. You will explore the underlying causes of your digital habits, identify resources to foster a healthier interaction, and practice solutions to manage your technology use more effectively. By the end of this module, you will have a clearer picture of your digital well-being and actionable strategies to enhance it.
What's included
1 assignment7 plugins
1 assignmentβ’Total 10 minutes
- Quiz: Evaluating personal digital useβ’10 minutes
7 pluginsβ’Total 45 minutes
- Evaluating personal digital use: Causes and resourcesβ’5 minutes
- Evaluating personal digital use: Improving your digital relationshipβ’4 minutes
- Practice the solution: Personal relationships with technologyβ’10 minutes
- Job aid: Examine your relationship with technologyβ’3 minutes
- Reflect on the solution: Evaluating personal digital useβ’10 minutes
- Evaluating personal digital use: Key takeawaysβ’3 minutes
- Apply the solution: Evaluate your relationship with your phoneβ’10 minutes
In this module, you will learn to critically evaluate your professional digital habits and identify areas for improvement. We will cover the causes and resources associated with professional digital use, explore strategies to enhance your digital work patterns, and introduce techniques like the Pomodoro method to boost productivity and well-being in your professional life. This module aims to equip you with the tools to create a more efficient and balanced digital work environment.
What's included
1 assignment7 plugins
1 assignmentβ’Total 10 minutes
- Quiz: Evaluating professional digital useβ’10 minutes
7 pluginsβ’Total 44 minutes
- Evaluating professional digital use: Causes and resourcesβ’3 minutes
- Evaluating professional digital use: Improving digital work patternsβ’5 minutes
- Practice the solution: Evaluating professional digital useβ’10 minutes
- Job aid: The steps of the Pomodoro techniqueβ’3 minutes
- Reflect on the solution: Evaluating professional digital useβ’10 minutes
- Evaluating professional digital use: Key takeawaysβ’3 minutes
- Apply the solution: Developing a professional networkβ’10 minutes
This module explores the intersection of digital tools and your overall health. You will learn how digital tools can influence your well-being, discover ways to leverage technology to build healthy habits, and understand the importance of incorporating breaks into your digital routine. The goal is to empower you to use digital tools as allies in maintaining and improving your physical and mental health.
What's included
1 assignment7 plugins
1 assignmentβ’Total 12 minutes
- Quiz: Looking at your health digitallyβ’12 minutes
7 pluginsβ’Total 44 minutes
- Looking at your health digitally: Causes and resourcesβ’3 minutes
- Looking at your health digitally: Using tools to build a health habitβ’5 minutes
- Practice the solution: Looking at your health digitallyβ’10 minutes
- Job aid: 20/20/20 Ruleβ’3 minutes
- Reflect on the solution: Looking at your health digitallyβ’10 minutes
- Looking at your health digitally: Key takeawaysβ’3 minutes
- Apply the solution: The benefits of breaksβ’10 minutes
This concluding module provides an opportunity to reflect on your learning journey throughout the course. You will be invited to provide valuable feedback through a survey, helping to shape the future of our courses. Finally, you will receive confirmation of your course completion, acknowledging your dedication to personal and professional growth in managing digital tools and well-being.
What's included
1 reading1 plugin
1 readingβ’Total 3 minutes
- End of course surveyβ’3 minutes
1 pluginβ’Total 3 minutes
- End of course surveyβ’3 minutes
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