[LINK] Fwd: MR44//2011:New online national program trains teachers in cybersafety [SEC=UNCLASSIFIED=

Tom Worthington tom.worthington at tomw.net.au
Wed May 18 09:23:47 AEST 2011


Antony Barry wrote:
> 
>> From: media at acma.gov.au Date: 16 May 2011 4:01:32 AM AEST To:
>> 
>> ... Australian Communications and Media Authority today released a
>> national online professional development program, Connect.ed ...

ACMA's online "Cybersafety education program" for teachers consists of
four modules, taking about three hours in total to complete:
<http://acma.janison.com/acma/>.

Also offered as part of the Cybersmart Outreach program, is a
Pre-Service Teacher program for universities:
<http://www.cybersmart.gov.au/outreach.aspx#PST>.

Unfortunately ACMA appear to have decided not to make the course
materials freely available, requiring registration in the programs. This
severely limits their usefulness. ACMA should consider releasing the
course materials under a Creative Commons licence, to allow their
widespread use, in accordance with the Australian Government open access
policy:
<http://egovau.blogspot.com/2010/10/australian-government-sets-default.html>.


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