Human Agency
People should stay in control of their choices, even when algorithms suggest what to watch, buy, think, or do.
Project Overview
About the Project
ReConnect was created for the Erasmus+ training course “Beyond Algorithms”. It looks at how algorithms and AI shape young people’s wellbeing, identity, choices, and relationships. The goal is not to reject technology, but to use it with more awareness, confidence, and intention.
Course Theme
Course Learning Themes
The toolkit is built around the main ideas of the Beyond Algorithms course: staying human, thinking critically, protecting wellbeing, and using AI as support instead of a replacement for our own judgment.
Digital Wellbeing
Technology should support mental health, focus, and balance, not only attention and engagement.
Identity
Young people should reflect on how online spaces influence self-image, confidence, and values.
Critical Thinking
Users should question recommendations, AI answers, and online content before accepting them.
Human Connection
Digital tools should help people connect meaningfully, not replace real relationships.
Responsible AI Use
AI can be useful when it supports learning, creativity, and reflection without replacing human thinking.
Project Framework
Project Framework
Each tool follows a simple project logic: Target, Scenario, Interaction, Insight, and Action. These steps show who the tool is for, what situation it responds to, what the user does, what they notice, and what healthier step they can take next.
Target
Young people who use social media, AI tools, and recommendation platforms in their daily lives.
Scenario
A user feels distracted, anxious, influenced, or disconnected after spending time with algorithmic feeds or AI tools.
Interaction
The tools ask questions, show reflection prompts, and help users notice how technology affects their emotions and choices.
Insight
Users realize that algorithms and AI can influence attention, identity, wellbeing, relationships, and behavior.
Action
Users choose one healthier next step, such as taking a break, questioning a recommendation, using AI responsibly, or reconnecting with a real person.
The Challenge
The Challenge
Algorithms can influence what young people see, compare themselves to, believe, and feel. Many platforms are built to hold attention, which can turn a quick check into passive scrolling, comparison, anxiety, or distance from real people.
Passive scrolling
Online comparison
AI overdependence
Digital anxiety
Process
How It Works
ReConnect helps users move from automatic digital habits to intentional digital choices. The tools follow a clear path: notice, reflect, question, choose, and reconnect.
Notice
Recognize how a digital experience made you feel.
Reflect
Connect your online habit with your emotions, identity, or relationships.
Question
Ask whether the algorithm, platform, or AI tool is helping or influencing you.
Choose
Decide what action supports your wellbeing and autonomy.
Reconnect
Return to yourself, another person, or a healthier digital space.
Digital Tools
Digital Tools Gallery
Six interactive tools that help users pause, read their digital habits, question algorithmic influence, and choose a healthier next step.
Choose a tool to try:
01
Mood Awareness
ReConnect Check-In
Check in with your mood after a digital experience and choose one small reset.
Best for: noticing how digital platforms affect feelings
02
Feed Reflection
Algorithm Mirror
Look at what your feed keeps repeating and what that pattern may be doing to you.
Best for: understanding how recommendations shape identity
03
Responsible AI
AI Use Compass
Decide how AI can support your work without taking over your thinking.
Best for: using AI without replacing human thinking
04
Digital Wellbeing
Feed Detox Challenge
Choose a short challenge that helps you interrupt scrolling and reset your attention.
Best for: reducing passive scrolling
05
Relationships
Human Connection Prompt
Turn a digital feeling into a real conversation with someone who matters.
Best for: starting meaningful conversations
06
Critical Thinking
Bias Detective
Investigate an AI answer, search result, or recommendation before trusting it.
Best for: questioning algorithmic decisions
Personal Plan
My Action Plan
When you save a result from any tool, it appears here as a small, practical step toward healthier and more intentional digital habits.
0 saved actions
Impact Context
Why It Matters
ReConnect is not about rejecting algorithms or AI. It is about helping young people stay aware, critical, and human while digital technology becomes part of everyday life.
Algorithms influence attention
Recommendation systems decide what appears first, what repeats, and what keeps users engaged.
AI changes learning
AI can support creativity and understanding, but it should not replace personal thinking or responsibility.
Digital habits affect wellbeing
Online comparison, passive scrolling, and constant notifications can influence mood, confidence, and focus.
Human choice still matters
Young people can pause, question, and choose how they want to use technology.
Presentation Summary
Presentation Summary
ReConnect is a one-page digital toolkit created for the Erasmus+ training course “Beyond Algorithms”. It helps young people explain, in a simple way, how algorithms and AI can influence emotions, identity, attention, learning, and relationships.
What problem does it solve?
Young people often use algorithmic platforms and AI tools automatically, without noticing how they affect mood, choices, self-image, and human connection.
Who is it for?
The toolkit is designed for young people who use social media, AI tools, search engines, recommendation feeds, and digital platforms in daily life.
How does it work?
The website offers six interactive tools that ask reflection questions and suggest small, realistic actions.
What is the main message?
Algorithms and AI can be useful, but humans should stay aware, critical, responsible, and in control of their choices.
Website Guide
How to Use This Website
This website works as an interactive learning toolkit. Users can read the project idea, connect it to the course themes, and try six small tools that turn reflection into action.
Read the idea
Start with the project explanation to understand how algorithms and AI influence young people’s lives.
Explore the tools
Try each tool in the Digital Tools Gallery to explore a different reflection activity.
Answer the questions
Choose the answers that best match your digital experience, mood, or concern.
Take one action
Use the suggested action to make a healthier and more intentional digital choice.
Impact
Impact
The final takeaway is simple: algorithms do more than recommend content. They can shape emotions, identity, relationships, and behavior. ReConnect helps users pause, reflect, and choose a healthier next action.