Supporting Digital Immigrants. On-line Courses for Teachers on Internet Safety in Austria

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30 April 2012
Barbara Buchegger
Pan European
en, es, bg, da, el, et, cs, de, fi, lt, lv, sl, it, sv, sk, pl, nl, pt-pt, ro, hu, fr
Internet Safety, Competence, eSkills, literacy, media, identity, critical thinking, critical pedagogy, risk groups
Schools, Learning & Society
Supporting Digital Immigrants. On-line Courses for Teachers on Internet Safety in Austria

Media education is an intercurricular subject in Austrian schools, however, it is not a part of teacher’s formal education. Teachers with good digital competencies are much more willing to discuss online safety issues with their students in classes. Therefore, enhancing these skills among teachers will ultimately help to bring these topics into mainstream education.  A handful of powerful e-learning tools have been introduced to help teachers familiarise with online safety basics and integrate this topic into their classes.

We have found that reaching out to educators with quality e-learning content on online safety works best in collaboration with reputable providers of teacher training or sites that teachers go to. This ensures that the resources will match their needs as well as guarantee the sustainability of the knowledge base. These conclusions were formulated by Saferinternet.at, the Austrian EU-funded initiative of the Safer Internet Programme for online safety that, among other activities, provides teacher trainings on this topic.

 

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