Professional learning in Oct 2025
AI and the digital generation - navigating deepfakes, misinformation and social media change
As generative AI becomes more accessible, so do it's risks – such as deepfakes, misinformation, AI scams, and harmful algorithmic influence.
Time: 3:45 – 4:45 pm (AEDT)
AI-assisted image-based abuse: navigating the deepfake threat
Deepfakes are becoming more common as the AI tools used to create them become more available and easier to use.
Time: 3:45 – 4:15 pm (AEDT)
NSW Department of Education professional learning – MyPL
Generative Artificial Intelligence (AI) in education
The four short courses respond to the challenges and opportunities presented by the emergence of generative artificial intelligence (GenAI) into the education landscape:
- Gen AI Foundations – provides a base-level understanding of key elements and issues surrounding the emergence of a range of generative artificial intelligence (GenAI) technologies into the educational landscape.
- Data Privacy – provides an understanding of key elements relating to the obligation of NSW Public Education staff to protect the privacy of students and staff in relation to any use of generative AI (GenAI) tools.
- Academic Intergrity – provides an understanding of the impact of generative AI (GenAI) on academic integrity in the context of learning and assessment.
- Accountability and Monitoring – provides an understanding of accountability in the context of generative AI (GenAI).
Responding and reporting critical online incidents
This is a video-based professional learning from the Australian eSafety Commissioner.
The four videos use case studies and information about incident assessment tools to inform educators how to can manage and report cyberbullying, sharing of intimate images without consent, sharing of fight videos, viral challenges and behaviours that may lead to self-harm or suicide.
- improved self-efficacy in responding to online incidents
- improved consistency of practices to managing wellbeing issues with online incidents
- increased awareness of eSafety’s reporting functions
- awareness of eSafety professional learning and resources.
Teaching cyber security in school
Videos and podcasts
What does a digital citizen of the future look like?
Watch the recording of a panel discussion with educators and leaders as they talk about:
Online safety education guidelines or frameworks
Solving challenging issues
Adaptive teaching strategies
Cyber security career education
Bringing parents and carers into the mix
Cyber ambassadors are safe online podcast
Listen to the podcast from our Cyber Ambassadors, the Department of Student Voices in Education and Schools (DOVES), where students from NSW public schools talk about the technologies they use, identify the benefits and challenges of being online and give us tips on how to keep cyber safe.
Transcript of Cyber ambassadors safe online podcast (95.11KB)
Gamify your learning with Makecode Arcade
Guide your students on using Microsoft’s Makecode Arcade to create a cyber maze. Students will learn:
how to code
core programming and game development concepts
use art and design to construct a cyber maze
research digital citizenship and cyber safety
File
Gamify your learnign with Makecode Arcade video transcript (PDF 185.93KB)Use Microsoft Edge and Teams to nurture cyber safe citizens
Watch the video to see how you can empower yourself and your school community with the use of Microsoft’s suite of software such as Edge and Teams and apps such as Microsoft Family to ensure cyber safety.
Use Minecraft Education to nurture cyber safe citizens
Watch the video to see how you can be empowered to improve your student’s digital maturity. Learn how to use Minecraft EE to build their online safety understanding and skills.
Video transcript (PDF 256.77KB) (PDF 256.77KB)
Slideshow (PDF 6.16MB) (PDF 6.16MB)
eSafety Commissioner's video library
Primary and high school teachers can access the eSafety Commissioner's video library to watch videos to support students with learning on several topics including:
screen time
respectful online behaviours
gaming safely online
digital resilience
Access the eSafety Commissioner's video library for educators
Online boundaries and consent
eSafety Commissioner's reports and articles
Over half of children in Australia have been cyberbullied and most have encountered content associated with harm online. Access the online experiences of children in Australia research report.
Adults in Australia have received online requests to help with child sexual exploitation. Access the Online requests to arrange or assist with sexual images or information about children research report.
This national research surveyed 1,004 adolescents aged 16 to 18 years living in Australia about their lived experiences with online pornography. Access the Adolescent encounters with online pornography research report.
This national research surveyed 1,953 adolescents aged 16 to 18 years living in in Australia to find out how many had experienced sexual extortion and how it had happened. Access the Sexual extortion of Australian adolescents research report.
Other reports and news
This research was conducted using a web survey of over 14,800 parents, teens, and other adults throughout 15 countries. Parents were asked to respond about their child’s experiences. All participants were asked questions about their perceptions of life online and experience of 10 different risks, across five broad risk categories. Access the Global online safety survey 2025 summary and full report.
Pivot and the Cyber Safety Project (CSP) examined the effectiveness of online safety curriculum in upper primary.
- 30.6% improvement in creating secure passwords
- 93.4% of student reported applying safer online behaviours
- Strong teacher student relationships boosted learning outcomes.
Access the Evidence & Impact Report 2025: New Insights into Effective Online Safety Education report
The Australian Child Maltreatment Study (ACMS) identified, for the first time, how many Australians in the general population have been exposed to the five types of child abuse and neglect (physical abuse, sexual abuse, emotional abuse, neglect, and exposure to domestic violence).
More resources for educators
Virtual classrooms for primary and interactive challenges for high schools.
Get your students to prepare a submission for this exciting 2024 challenge.