Full course description
Cyber security opportunities are increasing - with many jobs in demand requiring people with cyber security expertise to work across a range of areas and industries. Cyber security & awareness is everyone’s responsibility - this starts with all of us having the fundamental knowledge and taking an active and conscious part in the responsible and secure use of technology in our daily lives or jobs. There is no time like the present to build your skills and knowledge in this important area and support your students to build essential skills for our world.
This course is designed for educators of Year 7 to 10 and aims to:
- Build your confidence and capability in delivering Cyber Security in the classroom as part of the Australian Curriculum: Digital Technololgies (v9.0).
- Increase your awareness of and access to high-quality Cyber Security education resources and programs that you can use in the classroom.
- Support you to build a deeper understanding of the challenges and risks of the digital age in the education of all young people, and how to model and teach students about proactive and informed behaviours with rapidly changing technologies.
- Raise awareness of the opportunities in Cyber Security, with a range of cyber security jobs presented throughout the MOOC that you can highlight in the classroom.
- The course community provides a space for participants to share ideas and learn from other participants.
This course will take around 5 hours to complete. You may choose to claim teacher-identified professional learning hours by completing this course.
By the end of this course, you will have engaged with the following Australian Institute for Teaching and School Leadership (AITSL) Australian Professional Standards for Teachers:
- Standard 2- Know the content and how to teach it: 2.1, 2.2, 2.3
- Standard 3- Plan for and implement effective teaching and learning: 3.2, 3.4
- Standard 6- Engage in professional learning: 6.2, 6.3, 6.4
- Standard 7- Engage professionally with colleagues, parents/carers and the community: 7.4
This course has been developed by the CSER STEM Professional Learning Team at The University of Adelaide. CSER have been developing national professional learning programs since 2014, covering Digital Technologies, AI, Cyber Security and Mathematics. Find out more at https://csermoocs.adelaide.edu.au/
We would like to thank Google Australia, CSIRO and AustCyber who funded the development of our first cyber security courses and Google Australia for funding the update and re-launch of this latest course.
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