Collaborative Unit on Digital Citizenship and Responsibility

Ralph Herndon

Learner Analysis
Recently Augusta University experienced a breach in cyber security where some
employees personal information was hacked. It was necessary for the entire campus to
reset all passwords. This lesson will cover good password protection strategies and
securing digital information in general. East Georgia College and State University
(EGSU) has a satellite campus on the Summerville Campus of Augusta University. A
needs assessment survey was sent to faculty at East Georgia College. Faculty indicated
that a workshop on Digital Security would be helpful information. The faculty and staff
of EGSU expressed interest in knowing how to better safeguard and secure digital
resources.
Universal Design for Learning Lesson Plan
Grade Level: Higher Education
Collaborating Teacher: Michelle Glass
Topic: Digital Security
ISTE Standards:
4. Promote and model digital citizenship and responsibility
Teachers understand local and global societal issues and responsibilities in an evolving
digital culture and exhibit legal and ethical behavior in their professional practices.
a.

Advocate, model, and teach safe, legal,and ethical use of digital information and
technology, including respect for copyright, intellectual property, and the appropriate
documentation of sources.
5. Engage in professional growth and leadership

Teachers continuously improve their professional practice, model lifelong learning, and
exhibit leadership in their school and professional community by promoting and
demonstrating the effective use of digital tools and resources.
Exhibit leadership by demonstrating a visionof technology infusion, participating in
shared decision making and community building, and developing the leadership and
technology skills of others.
Focus Question:
How do educators protect their technology in a digital society? How can educators be
taught to protect themselves and their equipment from harm?
Extended Objectives:
Participants will be able to use the knowledge gained in this workshop to teach students
and other educators about the safeguards and securities about digital security in the
school and other environments
Learner Analysis:
My collaborating teacher Ms. Glass thought it a good idea to provide a learner analysis,
since the lesson is for higher education professionals. The LA provides defining terms.
The learners in this key assessment are instructors on the East Georgia College and State
University campus (EGSC) at Augusta University (AU). The Learners will be identified
as instructors, although these learners consist of teaching faculty at the Professor,
Associate Professor, Assistant Professor, Instructor, and Lecturer levels. The identifying
term for this lesson will be instructors/learners. All the instructors have achieved postgraduate degrees. There are 8 instructors on the EGSC campus.
Lesson Description:
Participants will be able to use the knowledge gained in this lesson to teach other
educators about the safeguards and securities in digital security in a school setting and
other environments.

Activities:
Learners will be shown the lesson as a PowerPoint presentation. Learners are encouraged
to take notes while viewing the slides.
The lesson will include an overview of Element 9: Digital Security.
In any society, there are individuals who steal, deface, or disrupt other people. The same
is true for the digital community. It is not enough to trust other members in the
community for our own safety. In our own homes, we put locks on our doors and fire
alarms in our houses to provide some level of protection. The same must be true for the
digital security. We need to have virus protection, backups of data, and surge control of
our equipment. As responsible citizens, we must protect our information from outside
forces that might cause disruption or harm. There is a greater emphasis put on securing
our online materials than ever before. This course is a workshop made for teachers and
educational specialists. The purpose of this lesson is to explore the issues with Digital
Security and how teachers and educational specialist can utilize the safeguards and
securities associated with Digital Security. This lesson will be a tool for instructors to
learn the how tos and practice effective digital security while preparing them to
integrate the tools into lessons. The slides consist of tips on how to safeguard and secure
electronic information.

Ask learners if they have ever been the victim of a computer hack, password

infringement, or virus. Ask learners to respond via the chat feature.

Learners can view the PowerPoint slides with tips on how to safeguard and secure

electronic information. The lesson is self-paced.

Show YouTube video: 6 Digital Life Hacks for Your Passwords
https://youtu.be/hYyWgPXfx9U%20 The video offers volume level adjustments,
closed caption. This video would be an appropriate resource for higher education

learners to use in their classrooms. Run time: 4:30

Via the PowerPoint learners will be given Scenarios that present various digital
security issues. Learners are asked to give possible solutions or concerns about

each scenario.
After viewing all materials learners can take the online assessment. The link is

provided in the lesson materials.

Learners will provide feedback on the lesson by completing a survey. The link to

the survey is provided in the lesson materials.

Topic
Description

Digital Security
Recently Augusta University experienced a breach in cyber security where some
employees personal information was hacked. It was necessary for the entire campus
to reset all passwords. This workshop will cover good password protection strategies
and securing digital information in general.

Needs
Assessment and
Learner

A needs assessment survey was sent to faculty at East Georgia College. Faculty
indicated that a workshop on Digital Security would be helpful information. Link to
needs
assessmenthttps://docs.google.com/a/georgiasouthern.edu/forms/d/1w9TMZGL6nh4
T6xGIjOlLsZ5CW7RcWMWlcULuy3gHdbQ/prefill

Workshop
Objectives

Teachers and Educators will establish guidelines, safeguards and securities to good
digital security practices.
1. Participants will know how to protect online materials.
2. Participants will know how to backup online materials.
3. Participants will know how to identify potential security breeches or hacks
and how to report them.

Course
Objectives
Workshop
Description

NETS-T
Addressed

In todays technology-rich world electronic devices are used by almost everyone to

complete a variety of tasks. At the very least teachers and educators need to learn
how to protect electronic data (e.g., password protection, how to identify secure
websites, and making backups. There is a greater emphasis put on securing our
online materials than ever before. The purpose of this workshop is to explore the
issues with Digital Security and how teachers and educational specialist can utilize
the safeguards and securities associated with Digital Security. This is a workshop for
educators to learn the how tos and practice effective digital security while
preparing them to feel comfortable in regards to integrating into lessons. The
workshop consists of PowerPoint slides, a short video, an assessment, and a survey.
4. Promote and model digital citizenship and responsibility
Teachers understand local and global societal issues and responsibilities in an
evolving digital culture and exhibit legal and ethical behavior in their professional
practices.
Advocate, model, and teach safe, legal,and ethical use of digital information and
technology, including respect for copyright, intellectual property, and the appropriate
documentation of sources.

5. Engage in professional growth and leadership

Teachers continuously improve their professional practice, model lifelong learning,
and exhibit leadership in their school and professional community by promoting and
demonstrating the effective use of digital tools and resources.
Exhibit leadership by demonstrating a visionof technology infusion, participating in
shared decision making and community building, and developing the leadership and
technology skills of others.

Extended
Objectives

Participants will be able to use the knowledge gained in this workshop to teach
students and other educators about the safeguards and securities about digital security
in the school and other environments.

Resources
Needed

Access to PowerPoint:

Digital Security tips and tactics

http://generationsafe.ikeepsafe.org/professional-development/achieving-digitalsecurity/
Optional textbook: Ribble, M. (2011). Digital Citizenship in Schools. Washington,
DC:ISTW

Activity
Description

Learners will be shown the lesson as a PowerPoint presentation. Learners are

encouraged to take notes while viewing the slides.
*Presentation will include an overview of Element 9: Digital Security.
In any society, there are individuals who steal, deface, or disrupt other people. The
same is true for the digital community. It is not enough to trust other members in the
community for our own safety. In our own homes, we put locks on our doors and fire
alarms in our houses to provide some level of protection. The same must be true for
the digital security. We need to have virus protection, backups of data, and surge
control of our equipment. As responsible citizens, we must protect our information
from outside forces that might cause disruption or harm. There is a greater emphasis
put on securing our online materials than ever before. This course is a workshop
made for teachers and educational specialists. The purpose of this workshop is to
explore the issues with Digital Security and how teachers and educational specialist
can utilize the safeguards and securities associated with Digital Security. The slides
consist of tips on how to safeguard and secure electronic information.
Show YouTube video: The video offers volume level adjustments, closed
caption. This video would be an appropriate resource for learners to use in their
classrooms for a variety of grade levels. Run time: 5 minutes.

Additional information will be provided by the instructor.

Learners will be ask who is currently using best practices for digital security in

their classrooms.
Learners will provide feedback on the workshop by completing a survey in an
on-line format such as survey monkey or opinion poll.

Extension Idea

Incorporate ideas learned from workshop in personal classrooms by creating a lesson

plan that highlights the digital security important points.

Teaching Tips

Discuss how digital security issues can be avoided by students.

Discuss why students need to learn digital security issues as opposed to not learning
them.

Assessment of
Participant
Learning &
Workshop
Effectiveness

Learners will be assessed at the end of the presentation.

References

www.digitalcitizenship.net/nineelements
Ribble, M. (2011). Digital citizenship in schools (2nd ed.). Washington, DC: ISTE
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hYyWgPXfx9U
PowerPoint: