04.02.11 - e safety (e-responsibility for vulnerable learners) online session

eSafety Good Practice

Significant Progress at InspectionJulia Taylor JISC RSC SW

Dawn Green Landmarks CollegeSally Warr Linkage College

Why are you here?

1. Safeguarding is a Limiting Grade at Ofsted2. Worried about Learners online behaviour3. Staff skills don’t match learner savvy4. Already got a problem with FaceBook5. Enabling learners socially etc after college6. Worried the College might get sued7. What are they up to ‘at home’

What are the Issues?

• Content they access & post online• Who they contact and who they allow to

contact them• How they conduct themselves online, eg,

cyberbullying; sexting; pro-harm sites, etc

• eResponsible behaviour

What are the Issues

• Content they access & post online• Who they contact and who they allow to

contact them• How they conduct themselves online, eg,

cyberbullying; sexting; pro-harm sites, etc• Digital Identity – How will they appear• Commerce – Financial consequences• Context – Ethos / Changing technology

Why use technology?

• What do learners want to do?• What can technology offer?• What are learners able to do?• What might cause problems?Being like everyone else – Taking control

What are they up to?

Adults?ICT

– Download– Consume

– Corporate– Separate media

– Static

Young people?Web 2-3– Upload– Create– Personalise– Converged media– Interactive

How are they doing it?

Specialist Colleges

• Considerable impact/benefits of ILT • Continue safely and with confidence for life

• Exposed learners to particular risks• Differ from learners to learner and activity

• Staff provide appropriate level of support– Residential, workplace and recreational setting• Ethos of the colleges – adult status,

maximising independence, listening to learners

• Filtering isn’t the answer – futile anyway

TechDis

Working with vulnerable learners

• Same rights and potentially more benefit from online world

• Different Disabilities and contexts engender different issues and risks to weigh up in risk assessment.

• Communication issues and policies

– Implementation influences compliance.

– How are e-safety policies communicated?

– How are they given teeth?

Different Vulnerabilities

Deaf – concepts; spelling/grammar; Blind – password entry/echo, bogus sites Dyslexic – passwordsAspergers – netiquette issues, flaming etcLearning difficulties – passwords, concepts

Social Networking, dating sites, scams

How best to communicate the risks and response?

Questions on eSafety?

• What do learners want to do?• What are learners able to do?• What might cause problems?• Are your staff up to this job?• Is your network supporting this?• How do you communicate with learners?• How do you know they understand?• How can you show all this?

Ofsted Requirements

show a clear requirement to keep learners safe when using technology in the organisational setting

the importance of equipping learners with the skills and knowledge to keep themselves safe whenever and wherever they go onlinehttp://www.nextgenerationlearning.org.uk

Ofsted –Limiting grade

TrainingAll stakeholders have been trained; support

staff, governors, parents, teachers and members of our local community where learners attend e.g. CLCs, Libraries, youth centres.

Learners are e-safe savvy and confident to mentor beginners.

Specialist Colleges

• Oakwood Court Induction – Written by learners

• Foxes Mobile Learning On Archos 5– Mobile reminders

• National Star AUP– Understandable Learners AUP – Natalie Star on FaceBook

• Widget Symbols

Safety on the Internet

Other Resources

• Display AUP Informant• LanSchool classroom management or

timetabling• ThinkUknow SEN Materials get help BSL• ‘SuperHero’ Animations on esafety• RSC SW eSafety NING • Content Matrix audit tool Digital Footprint• Cornwall College Learner Induction

Why are you here?

Why are you here?

1. Safeguarding is a Limiting Grade at Ofsted2. Worried about Learners online behaviour3. Staff skills don’t match learner savvy4. Already got a problem with FaceBook5. Enabling learners socially etc after college6. Worried the College might get sued7. What are they up to ‘at home’Complete the Survey

Survey

• What are your concerns?• What if anything are you doing about it?• Key issues for your organisation• Problems that have arisen from that context

– Learners needs, abilities and challenges– Residential, age range, vulnerabilities

• Initiatives and solutionshttp://www.surveymonkey.com/s/TR5LMHL

Other Resources

Other Resources

• Display AUP Informant• LanSchool classroom management or

timetabling• ThinkUknow SEN Materials get help BSL• ‘SuperHero’ Animations on esafety• RSC SW eSafety NING • Content Matrix audit tool Digital Footprint• Cornwall College Learner Induction

RSC Resources• RSC East Midlands – Course and eSafety News

– Tutors/managers Identity Theft

• RSC South East – Ofsted and legal advice

• RSC Scotland SE – Scenarios, flowchart• Senior Managers and section heads

• JISC Legal - Legal perspective– Policies, Top Tips and Multi-media

RSC Resources

• RSC Eastern Moodle – Learner Induction Facebook/orange/email

• RSC SW eSafety series- NEN – Resources – Content Matrix audit tool Digital Footprint– eSafety NING

Ofsted –Limiting grade

TrainingAll stakeholders have been trained; support

staff, governors, parents, teachers and members of our local community where learners attend e.g. CLCs, Libraries, youth centres.

Learners are e-safe savvy and confident to mentor beginners.

Ofsted –Limiting grade

Assessment & Standards

Learners are outstanding and mature in their use of technology including new and emerging technologies, they all know and understand the procedures and Responsible Use Policy

Ofsted –Limiting grade

The Curriculum

All learners know how to act and pro-act responsibly

Monitoring the curriculum and its interaction with technology, and any incidents that arise actions taken have a positive outcome

Ofsted –Limiting grade

Leadership & Management

All actions taken are based on rigorous self assessment which includes e-safety implicitly across everything we do. This has an outstanding impact on the e-safety in our community

Ofsted- Limiting Grade

• Strong leadership• Clearly defined responsibilities and ethos• Staff Training – Indicators and procedures• Checks and policies in place across provision• Robust risk assessment and rationale• Clearly visible reporting process• Working with Safeguarding boards

Ofsted- Good Grade

• Self-disclosure form for new staff• Supervision before CRB checks• Clear, updated Code of Behaviour and policy• Online awareness training for all staff• Learner awareness and engagement –

Inductions, tutorials and curriculum • Course approval and review process• Alternative formats and delivery