Technology as a help and hindrance to student flourishing Ed - PowerPoint PPT Presentation

Technology as a help and hindrance to student flourishing Ed Pinkney MPH e.pinkney@connect.hku.hk Friday, 15 September 17

Background • Four years developing student mental health societies – Mental Wealth UK (now Student Minds), Leeds Metropolitan • Two years running campaigns and training – NUS, Mindfull • Three years implementing research and digital programs – Hong Kong University, TalkLife Friday, 15 September 17

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Hypothesis • Weʼre growing more relaxed about the internet because: – Fears have often been exaggerated. – We accept that itʼs here to stay. (Normalisation; other fears emerged) – Moderation is improving. Friday, 15 September 17

Primitive Approach to Moderation Moderation: “the action of making something less extreme” Moderators: anyone with control over what others see (governments, corporations, parents) • The predominant way of moderating has been to censor content and ban users ( G Ḙ Ḛ Ē Ġ Ȩ H Ḙ Ḟ Ǵ Ẽ Ḙ Ğ Ē Ġ Ȩ Ǵ G ) Is this approach sufficient? Friday, 15 September 17

Balanced Approach Accept block-ban (‘negativeʼ) • moderation as necessary but not sufficient. Aim to provide a balance between • Restrict restricting content, and also Block attempting to educate and contextualise. ( Ǧ Ǵ Ḡ Ȩ Ġ Ȩ H Ḙ ḞǴ Ẽ Ḙ Ğ Ē Ġ Ȩ Ǵ G ) Ban For example, ‘buddiesʼ; signposting • to resources and helplines. (See FB/ Educate Google.) Signpost Contextual ise *Positive and negative in the sense of addition and subtraction, rather than emotionally Friday, 15 September 17

Digital Wellbeing Services • Screening for mental health issues (A.I.) • Online CBT/therapy • Education (MOOCs?) • Peer-support Benefits: scalable, geographically independent, data-driven. (These can also be disadvantages!) “the overall results indicate equivalence [between ICBT and CBT]” Andersson, G. et al., 2014, World Psychiatry BUT.. Friday, 15 September 17

Continuing challenges • Adherence • Impersonal (empathy gap) • Data privacy • Online disinhibition effect • Group validation of maladaptive behaviours Importance of safeguarding and risk assessment Friday, 15 September 17

Integrative Ways Forward • Online-offline integration (behavioural - e.g. wearables) • Human - automation • Private sector – public/third sectors • Utilising third party software Friday, 15 September 17