Empowering Digital Citizens

Overview

Learn to address critical problems in Australian education by developing students' digital citizenship skills through this comprehensive course. Explore research-based approaches to digital citizenship education and discover how it connects to broader educational priorities and classroom practices. Examine key concepts that influence digital citizenship development and identify practical strategies for implementing these ideas in your teaching environment. Evaluate existing digital citizenship resources and learn to seamlessly integrate them into your current classroom routines, lesson plans, and curriculum frameworks. Apply your learning by implementing a new digital citizenship resource that aligns with current research and effectively develops students' skills as responsible digital citizens in the Australian educational context.

Syllabus

Articulate a compelling problem in Australian education and how empowering digital citizens can help us address the problem.
Describe the research on digital citizenship and how it is connected to other important topics in the education landscape.
Assess the key ideas impacting digtial citizenship and how they may be leveraged in the classroom.
Analyse digital citizenship resources and incorporate them into routines, lessons, or curriculum you have already established in your classroom or at your school.
Use a new resource in your classroom that reflects the research, content, and skills relevant to empowering digital citizens.