ESafety Pt.1 - Contact
Course
The courses focus on who learners contact and communicate with online.
Course Description
This is the first in a set of three courses focused on eSafety. Each course focuses on one of the three key online risk categories. This focus for this first course is CONTACT – who students contact and communicate with online. Participants will learn about the dangers of online communication, systems, strategies and tools to address them in school and how to effectively evaluate a school’s eSafety provision in this regard.
Learning Outcomes
- Recognise the importance of eSafety
- Identify the core elements of eSafety
- Recognise the dangers of online communication
- Identify different ways students communicate online
- Recognise crucial systems to moderate online communication
- Identify strategies to educate students about Contact dangers
- Identify tools and apps to educate students about Contact dangers
- Identify approaches to dealing with contact issues
- Evaluate eSafety provision related to Contact (in-line with the Aqdar eSafe School Framework)
Course Delivery
Self-paced
Video content paired with skills checkpoints.
Some additional curated resources (links, PDFs)
Final assessment (multiple choice quiz)
Facilitators
Steve Bambury
Director of Digital Inception Consulting, Dubai
Steve Bambury has worked in education for 18 years, ultimately taking on the role of Head of Digital Learning and Innovation across the JESS Dubai school group. Steve now works as an independent technology consultant, supporting schools and other organisations to integrate technology effectively. Steve is an Apple Distinguished Educator, a Microsoft Master Trainer, a two-time winner of the GESS Award for Best Use of ICT, winner of the 2018 BETT MEA Innovation Award and was named as the 2018 Education Trendsetter by EdTech Digest. In 2017, he became the first educator to host professional development sessions inside virtual reality and in 2018 he co-hosted the world’s first global lesson inside VR alongside Pixar co-founder Loren Carpenter.
Award
Certificate of Completion
Here is the course outline:
1. Introduction |
2. The Importance of eSafety |
3. Online Communication and eSafety |
4. Systems for Handling Contact Issues |
5. Educating Students About Online Contact |
6. Dealing with Contact Issues |
7. Evaluating Your Provision (Contact Risks) |
8. Wrap-up and Conclusions |
9. Final Assessment |
Completion
The following certificates are awarded when the course is completed:
Certificate of Completion |