3. Course objective and structure
Course objective
By the end of the course adolescents, parents and caregivers will have built digital literacy, being able to recognise, mitigate and respond to online risks and threats. Additionally, parents and caregivers will have the tools and knowledge to approach adolescents about online risks and harms, ensuring their safety.
Course structure
The course is structured around three blocks
associated with learning objectives.
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Block
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Main topics
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Learning objectives
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Introduction (common for both parents and caregivers, and adolescents)
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- The role of
internet
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Children’s
right within a digital world
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Online risks
and harms
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- Understand internet’s
role and beneficial use
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Understand the child
rights-based approach when protecting children in the digital environment
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Understand the importance
of developing digital skills
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Adolescents’ track
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- Personal
privacy and data protection
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Cyberbulling
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Relationships
online
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Mis- and
disinformation online
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Deepfakes and
artificial intelligence
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Myths and
misconceptions about online threats
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Ask for help
and manage emotional impacts
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- Identify online risks and potential
harms
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Understand the consequences of
online behaviour and risks
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Understand misconceptions about
internet use
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Understand and apply how to protect
oneself
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Understand and apply how victims can
ask for help and manage emotional consequences
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Understand and apply how to support
victims
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Parents and caregivers’
track
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- How children
experience the online environment
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Online
violence drivers, risks and harms
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Technology-facilitated
violence and its different types
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Myths and
misunderstandings about internet use
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Approaching
and talking to children about internet use and how to stay safe
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Reporting
abuse and violence, and additional support
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- Identify online risks and potential
harms
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Understand the consequences of
online risks
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Understand misconceptions about
internet use
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Understand and apply how to protect
oneself
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Understand and apply how parents and
caregivers can approach children about online risks, and how to protect
themselves
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Understand and apply how parents and
caregivers can support a victim of online risks
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