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Getting Started - top tips for ESafety

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on January 24, 2012 at 5:56:50 pm
 

FE, ACL and WBL providers are making good use of technology to teach a very diverse range of learners. Many are adults and many more competent with IT than their teachers. Because both learner and provider have responsibilities to fulfill eSafety policy should be about encouraging responsible online behavior by promoting Digital Values and providing the digital skills that staff and learners need to protect themselves and each other when using technology.  
Key steps in implementing e-safety:

1.    Think eResponsibility! In the learning and skills sector e-safety relies on responsible behavior from learners and staff.  Focus on promoting digital values and how technology can support learning when used properly.
2.    Make someone in senior management responsible for e-safety and set up a group that brings together curriculum, technical and safeguarding staff to form e-safety policy.
3.    Integrate e-safety policy into all your key organizational policies, internal quality systems and review processes to encourage whole organizational involvement.
4.    Get learners involved. Make e-responsibility part of their induction and link it to the student code. Ask for feedback to check that they are learning and keep up with how they are using technology.
5.    Set out clearly defined reporting process, responsibilities and consequences. Aim to ensure that everyone understands what they need to do through staff training and contracts.  
6.    Get advice and support from JISC Advance -JISC legal, JISC TechDis and JISC RSC offer resources and support with eSafety strategy. Your local RSC can help with assessing your current practice and the real risks to your learners and offer CPD for staff.


More information for those managing the e-safety strategy can be found at https://eresponsibility.pbworks.com or contact your JISC Regional Support Centre at http://www.jiscrsc.ac.uk/
Julia Taylor JISC RSC e-advisor - eSafety. juliataylor@rsc-south-west.ac.uk