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  E-learning and E-Safety This course was first delivered at the Leicester City Learning Centre Resources and links updated 17/08/12

  JISC RSC East Midlands Loughborough College Radmoor Road Loughborough LE11 3BT Tel: 01509 618110 www.rsc-em.ac.uk

  • Aims of the course

  • The course aims to introduce tutors/managers to the issues involved in making information technology safe for learners - whether they are children, young people or adults. The course will: Provide a guide to the many resources available on the internet. Help tutors to give advice or prepare lessons which cover the major issues of e-safety. Enable managers to consider what their organisation's response to the issues should be. Each section of this course has some introductory comments or definitions which will put the material into context.

  • E-Safety News

  • Facebook gives grants for anti-bullying research Page
  • New and updated resources - Webinar on e-safety 18/05/111 Page
  • WebLinks from the online presentation (Word) File
  • Recording of the e-safety webinar URL
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  Topic 1

  What is E-Safety and why is it needed?

  The resources in this section are a powerpoint introduction to e-safety explaining why it is needed and the government's strategy, a link to Becta's site on e-safety, a short explanation and links to the Byron review and a short task to assess your organisation's approach to e-safety.

  • Why E-Safety? File
  • E-Safety in FE - Excellence Gateway URL
  • Next Generation Learning - Safeguarding URL
  • Safeguarding children in a digital world (©Becta) File
  • The Byron Review Page
  • E-Safety and Inspection File
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  Topic 2

  Children and Young People Issues - cyberbullying, social networking and child protection

  • Cyberbullying

    The Resources in this section: Explanation of cyberbullying and suggested responses followed by a web quiz (for young people - but interesting for tutors to look at) Web links to cyberbullying help sites, mostly for young people, but some resources for staff.

  • What is Cyberbullying? How to respond? Page
  • Cyberbullying quiz URL
  • Cyberbullying worksheet Page
  • Software detection of cyberbullying URL
  • Cyberbullying web links

  • Direct Gov website on cyberbullying URL
  • Bullying Uk Website URL
  • Centre for safe and responsible internet use URL
  • Bully proof - Radio 1 site URL
  • Antibullying network website URL
  • Social Networking Issues

    Social network sites such as Facebook, MySpace, Bebo and Digg have had huge growth over the last 2 years. Many people use them as a way of keeping in touch with friends and family, and some tutors are using them as an alternative learning platform, but as with all technologies they can be misused. The resources here look at how they can be misused and include a guide to using social networking sites by Bebo.

  • What is social networking? What are the issues? Page
  • Using Facebook Safely - A Guide for Professionals Working With Young People (©Y&H Grid for learning) File
  • Bebo Safety Tips - from a social networking site URL
  • Facebook for Parents (© 2010 ConnectSafely.org and iKeepSafe Coalition) File
  • The Wall video - Facebook acted out (© BBC) URL
  • Guardian article - social networking sites criticised URL
  • Webwise teacher's handbook (© National Centre for Technology in Education 2006) File
  • Safeteens, social web safety URL
  • Child Protection Issues

    This is the area most frightening to parents and children. The exploitation and abuse of children always provokes a strong reaction. CEOP (Child Exploitation and Online Protection Centre) is the body set up to combat child exploitation and abuse both in this country and abroad. Their video is a strong statement about their work. "Clare thought she knew" is a video of a fictionalised child, showing how they may be exploited.

  • Child Protection Advice in brief Page
  • Clare thought she knew Page
  • CEOP Advice to Parents (© CEOP) File
  • Child Protection Websites

  • CEOP site (Child Exploitation and Online Protection Centre) URL
  • Think you know website URL
  • NetSmartz Website URL
  • Kidsmart website URL
  • Childnet International Resources URL
  • Government initiative on e-safety for children URL
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  Topic 3

  Personal and Financial Security

  This section looks at the issues which affect those with PCs and bank accounts - young adults, adult learners, tutors and teachers. There are a lot of websites about keeping your financial data secure, avoiding scams and keeping your PC working properly. All of them have useful teaching material for those covering these issues with their learners. There is also an site covering potential problems for those in work - Not Safe at Work. Take the Get Safe Online quiz to find out how much you know about keeping yourself secure.

  • Get Safe Online Quiz URL
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    Spam

  • What is it? Why does it matter? What can be done? Page
  • Spyware and Adware

  • What is Spyware/Adware? What can be done about it? Page
  • Beware of Spyware - interactive game Page
  • Phishing

  • Phishing - definitions and solutions Page
  • Bank industry website on phishing URL
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    Identity Theft

  • Identity theft definitions and precautions Page
  • Bank Safe Online URL
  • Home Office Identity Theft Site URL
  • BBC info - Stay Safe Online URL
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    Related Websites

  • Get Safe Online URL
  • Sorted website - threats to security URL
  • Not Safe for Work URL
  • Your Privacy URL
  • BBC’s Webwise URL
  • Websites with help and advice for parents

  • Next Generation Learning - Guide for parents URL
  • Wired Safety URL
  • The Internet Safety Zone URL
  • E-safety games for parents and children URL
  • Keeping safe on the web URL
  • Google advice on web safety File
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  Topic 4

  The Organisational Response

  Different organisations will need to frame different responses to e-safety issues. The educational response will vary depending on whether children, young people or adults are being taught.

  • Auditing and Planning

  • Organisation Planning File
  • Organisational Response File
  • Online Safety Planner URL
  • Key Questions to identify hazards File
  • New NEN E-Safety Audit Tool URL
  • National Education Network - E-Safety Site URL
  • Planning e-safety for vulnerable young people File
  • Policies

  • Creating an E-Safety Policy URL
  • Implementing an Acceptable Use Policy URL
  • Sample Acceptable Use Policy File
  • Sample Acceptable Use Policy 2 File
  • Sample Social Media for Staff Policy File
  • Organisational policy documents - publicly available working policies URL
  • Inspection

  • E-Safety Policy Checklist - Jisc Legal URL
  • E-Safety and Inspection File
  • Quick safety assessment tool for Ofsted URL
  • Ofsted Best Practice Guide URL
  • Legal Issues

    JISC legal have produced a series of videos on legal issues called
    

    Safeguarding - Meeting your e-Safety Duties

    They are in short sections covering issues such as The Legal Overview, Liability Scenarios, Building Your e-Safety Policy, Building e-Safety into You Infrastructure and others.
    
    
  • Legal Issues and obligations - Jisc Legal URL
  • Staff Recruitment

    
    As part of the Leadership Learning Environment LSIS have a short, free, online course "Safeguarding and Recruitment in FE" which has some good resources on this topic. You will need to sign up for the course.
    
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  Topic 5

  The Teaching Response

  • Teaching about internet safety is more complex than road safety. There are more issues to cover and there are technical elements to being safe. It's not sensible to attempt to cover every issue. Also too much information in too much detail will only lead to fear and confusion. The teaching approach has to be proportionate to the risk involved and should bear in mind the digital literacy of the students and their existing knowledge of the issues. So for students in FE there may need to be more emphasis on social networking, copyright and plagiarism issues. For adults there would be more on personal and financial security and keeping PCs free of viruses. While for parents there is a need to keep them aware of child protection issues. Fortunately there is a huge range of resources available for teaching about e-safety, some of which are pointed to in the course materials above, so there should be no shortage of appropriate resources. Many of the resources are also backed by teaching plans and sample lesson plans.

  • Sample lesson plan from Kidsmart (© 2007 National Center for Missing & Exploited Children) File
  • Webwise teacher handbook (© National Centre for Technology in Education 2006) File
  • Teaching E-Safety - Becta Handbook (© Becta) File
  • Safeguarding Resource Finder URL
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  Topic 6

  Case study examples

  There are various case studies on the Excellence Gateway website that may be of help. You can search these via a set of Delicious Bookmarks.

  
  
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  Topic 7

  JISC RSC East Midlands

  The JISC Regional Support Centre for the East Midlands is one of 12 RSCs covering the UK. It's our job to support the development of e-learning and Information Learning Technology in FE, Sixth Form and Specialist Colleges, Adult and Community Learning, Work Based Learning and aspects of Higher Education. We cover teaching and learning, management, staff development, technical IT and business support.

  This course was devised by the RSC East Midlands.
  

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