TeachingEnglish: Digital citizenship and online skills
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What are the self-study modules in Digital citizenship and online skills?
- Module 1 – Digital footprint
The aim of this module is to help you as a language teacher know how you leave a footprint or trail as you navigate your online life and why you must be aware of that footprint and its influence on your and your learners' futures. You will learn how your footprint is built and where it can be found, what impact this footprint can have and how to build one that serves you well.
- Module 2 – Digital empathy
The aim of this module is to help you as a language teacher think about yourself and your learners as part of the online community, and how your words and actions can have a positive impact on that community.
- Module 3 – Critical thinking online
The aim of this module is to help you as a language teacher differentiate between different types of digital media and guide your learners to think critically about the information they encounter online. You will explore different types of media, how they can be manipulated to influence outcomes as well as learning to sort truth from fake news.
Course reviews
What have other teachers said about how Digital citizenship and online skills helped them?
"I learnt about being an upstander for cyberbullying, encouraging students to share their positive and negative online experiences, the dos and don'ts of social networking sites, identifying reliable online resources etc."
Course participant, Gabon
"I shared some of the ideas with my colleagues and assigned project work for my students to find some hoax news and provide reasons for reliable sources online."
Course participant, Croatia
"I was able to make learners particularly aware of what they post in their social media post and I know that I have to make a positive impression on my post for future job opportunities."
Course participant, Lesotho
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