E-Safety Webinar, 31st October 2011
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Facilator Details
Jason Curtis jason.curtis@rsc-wm.ac.uk 01902 518986
Session Overview
This webinar will examine the challenges faced when educating ourselves and our learners to be eSafe and suggest ways to raise eSafety awareness. This session will also highlight our NEW eSafety Review service and point to a number of useful online resources that offer eSafety advice and guidance from both operational and strategic perspectives.
The live session firstly, examined where eSafety has come from and why it is so important and then moved on to look at:
- The expectations of Ofsted and how a poor grade within the safeguarding element of the inspection can result in an overall limiting grade.
- Current legalisation our moral and professional duty to protect our learners.
- Next, participants looked at the flexible and fluid approaches required to raise the awareness of the potential risks when using new technologies. Particular attention was paid to challenges we face when trying to relay the eSafety message considering the diverse needs of our learners.
- Every tutor matters. During this webinar we also looked at protecting the professional reputation of your organisation and yourselves when utilising new technologies.
- To finish, participants examined 10 potential top tips to be esafe and look at a range of resources that can be used to raise eSafety awareness.
New RSC Services
During the NEWS section at the start of the webinar two new RSC sevices were mentioned. To find out more about RSC Assist and The eSafety Review please read below.
RSC Assist
JISC Regional Support Centre West Midlands is giving learning providers the opportunity to apply for free, extended support in an area of their choice, through the RSC Assist project.
What are the benefits? RSC Assist enables you to work with a member of the RSC team for up to a day in planning your project and benefiting from advice and expertise, as well as a limited amount of training, if applicable. You retain control of the task in hand, but will be able to call on the support of your nominated advisor throughout.
On completion, you will work with your RSC e-learning advisor to produce a brief case study or best practice guide, which outlines the outcomes and any lessons learned, for the benefit of other learning providers.
Choosing your project The project should be a priority for your organisation and be achievable within a 3 month period, with a measurable, tangible outcome. Applications will be assessed against their relevance to the RSC remit, wider interest in the topic and available RSC staff expertise.
The priority support areas for 2011/12 are:
- E-safety
- Learner Voice
- Technology for Learning
- Business Processes
- Network Management
- Shared Services
- Staff Development
- Strategic Development
- Digital Literacy
- Procurement
If you wish to find out more visit our website.
eSafety Review
The eSafety Review is a new service provided by RSC West Midlands which helps learning providers to review elements of their existing eSafety and to formulate new or revaluate existing approaches to eSafety.
Why have an eSafety review?
The review is an ideal starting point in planning or revaluating your organisations approach to eSafety and offers an impartial external perspective. The findings of the review and the recommendations outlined in your review are formed by the experience of RSC staff, who have visited many of the region’s learning providers,as well as national guidelines from JISC and other organisations including CEOP, JISC Legal and Ofsted.
What does the eSafety review cover?
The review is designed to focus in detail on your organisation approach to eSafety for example: strategy, infrastructure or policy and procedure. The key aspects examined during your review may include a selection from the following:
- Risk Assessment
- Policy & Procedure, including incident reporting
- User Access & Monitoring, Content Filtering
- Training & Awareness
The Review Processes
The initial review process will take a few hours and will consist of a number of observations and informal interviews during this time related documentation may also be examined where appropriate.
Once all relevant data has been collated your eSafety review, complete with a suggested action plan for improvement will be returned to you within one working week. If required a further appointment can be arranged to discuss the findings of the review. Six months after the review we suggest a further brief meeting to discuss your progression with your plan for improvement. At this point further advice and guidance can be provided if necessary.
How much does it cost?
The eSafety Review is a free service, but there are a limited number of appointments available.
How can I find out more?
If you would like a review of your organisations eSafety provision, please contact Jason Curtis by e-mail jason.curtis@rsc-wm.ac.uk
Session Resources
- Scenario activity resources:Scenario Cards,Traffic Lights, Activity Instructions, Suggested Answers
External Resources
During the webinar a number of external rescources were mentioned and although links to these resources are available through the presentation slides they have also been included below.
URLS
http://www.jisclegal.ac.uk/Themes/eSafety.aspx
http://wiki.rscwmsystems.org.uk/index.php/EResponsibility
https://eresponsibility.pbworks.com/w/page/34463567/e-Responsibilty%20Toolkit
Staff Development
LSIS http://www.leadershiplearning.org.uk/
CEOP http://www.ceop.gov.uk/training/
Learner Awareness ThinkUKnow (CEOP) http://www.thinkuknow.co.uk/11_16/
Digizen http://www.digizen.org.uk/
Games
During the webinar I mentioed a few games that and help to raise awareness they included Judge Moody and The Spider Quiz.
Papers During the Inspectotate Expectations section of the webinar I referred to two documents from Ofsted, the first was The Safe Use of Tecnologies which clearly indicates a carefully managed approach to online activity is required however this does mean locking down online access. The second document mentioned was the Ofsted Handbook for Inspection.
