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Co-Creating International Youth Spaces in Roblox
Co-Creating International Youth Spaces in Roblox
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This online learning path guides youth workers and young people through running an international youth exchange within Roblox. By co-creating a virtual world, young groups from different countries meet, build together, and develop essential digital skills through non-formal learning. It also supports managers in youth work settings to implement virtual youth work in their organisation.
Why learn and build on Roblox?
Based on core principles of digital learning and creation, this path uses Roblox because:
- Think Multiplayer: Young people see Roblox as a social space where they can explore and hang out with friends—they want and expect to interact together. Young people from different countries can meet other young people in guided situations of youth work, breaking down geographical barriers naturally.
- Active Learning: True learning happens by doing. When young people are actively engaged in building 3D environments rather than passively listening, they absorb and retain knowledge much better. In youth work, this is our core method: hands-on creation replaces passive consumption.
- Safe and Civil Digital Citizenship: Working on this platform allows us to practice collaborative digital citizenship skills. The platform works continuously with safety experts so that learners can confidently engage in shared experiences. This provides a structured framework for our Safer Space agreements.
- We Have the Learners’ Attention: Every day, millions of young people come to Roblox to explore and share experiences. As youth workers, our philosophy is to meet young people where they already are. We are simply transforming their existing interest into an educational, cross-border journey.
- Screen-Based Flexibility: Not every youth club has VR hardware. Every activity in this module is designed to be completed using either a VR headset or a standard computer screen, ensuring no young person is excluded.
Age Guidelines & VR Readiness
- Age 12+ (Standard Baseline): Most VR headsets are legally and physically designed for ages 13 and up. In a supervised youth work environment, 12 years old is our minimum baseline for safe use.
- Age 10–11 (Conditional Readiness): Younger participants (ages 10 and 11) can use VR successfully if the youth worker evaluates that they are ready for it. They must be able to follow safety rules and communicate clearly with the team.
- Screen Alternative: To ensure a comfortable experience for everyone, any participant can choose to switch to a computer screen at any time if they prefer it or require screen rest.
Activities to complete
Complete the following activities, earn badges and you will see your playlist progress updated
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This activity builds the technical foundation of the Co-Creating International Youth Spaces in Roblox project, turning a standard hardware setup into an intentional learning moment in digital safety and resource management.
1. How the learning happens: From Players to Creators
Instead of youth workers handling all the technical setup in isolation, young people and staff collaborate to map out their digital workspace.
Learners explore the difference between just playing a game (passive consumption) and building a world (active production). This simple shift changes their entire approach from online players to digital creators.
2. Choosing your setup
Youth workers guide the group to look at how their digital identity affects their privacy and safety. Depending on your local youth centre's resources, you will choose one of two models:
- Model A (Independent Accounts): Young people use personal accounts on their own or rented home devices. They take responsibility for navigating the official platform age-verification steps themselves.
- Model B (Centre-Managed Accounts): The youth centre sets up anonymous, managed profiles on shared headsets. Youth workers pre-configure all communication and privacy settings beforehand to match local safeguarding guidelines.
Step-by-Step Onboarding Guide
Step 1: Logging In Safely
- Go to Roblox.com or open the Roblox App on your device.
- Existing Account: Enter your username and password.
- New Account: Click "Sign Up" to register a fresh profile.
- Youth Centre Accounts (Model B): If using profiles provided by the youth centre, let your youth worker log in for you.
🛡️ Staff Naming Rule: Youth workers must be easily identifiable as staff, but unique to their team. Do not just use "Youth Worker". Use the format: [Name]_[Organisation] (e.g., Sarah_NL_YouthWork or Thomas_BE_Centre). This helps international youth and partners recognise you instantly.
Step 2: Navigating the Main Hub
Once logged in, you will land on the main Roblox dashboard.
- The Top Bar: Gives you your main navigation points. While the Discover tab shows public games, we will use the Create area later to co-develop our Virtual Space.
- The Sidebar: Displays your personal profile, groups, and settings.
- Accessing the Private Space: Because our international server is strictly private for safety, you will not see our virtual space automatically. The project administrator must invite your username first. If you do not see the project world on your dashboard, inform your youth worker immediately so the invite can be sent. When you have visited the Private Space before, you will see on the homepage 'Continue' and the space is perhaps still visible there.
Step 3: Launching the Space
Once the invite is accepted and the experience appears on your screen, click the Green Play Button to join your international peers on the live server.
🎮 How to Move Around in Roblox
To help by the Youth Work Center selected participants get started quickly, we have made a simple, printable guide for the buttons. Roblox works a bit differently depending on whether you are using a computer, phone, tablet, console, or VR headset.
This cheat sheet shows you exactly how to walk, jump, look around, and use your inventory on your specific device. It also includes clear pictures of the controllers so you can find your way around easily.
🛡️ Onboarding Safeguarding Protocol
To maintain a safe, non-formal environment, youth workers must complete these structural setup tasks during this activity:
- Check account privacy settings periodically. Roblox updates frequently, which can reset custom configurations.
- Manually adjust the account privacy settings in the Roblox backend. Restrict who can send direct private messages or chat publicly to ensure external players cannot contact the youth.
- Adding your local young people as "Connections" (friends) within your professional staff account is highly recommended. This allows you to easily invite them straight into secure private servers, bypassing public gaming spaces completely.
- Always defer to your own organisation's standard child protection and safeguarding procedures should any safety or behavioural concern arise.
Educational Focus: This step is a practical lesson in online safety. It teaches young people about digital boundaries, data privacy, and the real-world responsibilities of managing access to online spaces.
Resources
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VR space architect Get this badge
This badge is for young people taking part in our international European youth project. It shows that they can set up their profile safely, find our private group, and connect positively with peers from other countries inside the virtual space.
This badge is part of the international exchange project "Co-Creating Virtual Youth Spaces in Roblox" and reviewed and signed off by your local Youth Worker.
Tasks
Task no.1
Evidence verified by: one activity organiser
What you need to do:
Step 1: Download and install the Roblox App on your device (PC, phone, or headset).
Step 2: Log into your account safely (or work with your youth worker to log into a youth centre-managed profile).
Step 3: Use your official invitation link to find our private project server.
Step 4: Enter the virtual space and post a friendly greeting message in the chat to introduce yourself to your international peers.
Activities: 5
Started: 1
Completed playlist: 0
Time to complete: 6 hours
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Organisers
Cities of Learning Network
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Awero not-for-profit organisation manages this platform and develops it together with leading educational organisations. The European Union's programme Erasmus+ granted co-funding for building the first version of this platform. Contact support@awero.org.
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