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Upcoming Events - CSER Webinar Series

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The CSER Team have been busy developing a series of webinars and online workshops covering a range of issues for implementing digital technologies into the classroom, looking at specific resources, considering the important role of leadership and more. 

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Using AI to build automated glossaries of COVID-19 research papers

CSER Researcher, Dr Thushari Atapattu and PhD student Menasha Thilakaratne, were successfully awarded $20,000 from the South Australian Defence Innovation Partnership Program to commence research on developing an ‘automated glossary from scientific articles on COVID-19’ under the initiative on ‘AI for decision making’.

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Cyber security activities in high school

There are many interesting activities that you can use to develop cyber security and awareness knowledge and skills with high school students that align to the Australian Curriculum: Digital Technologies. In this post, we highlight a few of our favourites featured in our MOOC.

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Cyber Security & Awareness - Secondary Years MOOC is now Live!

Cyber security girl Secondary MOOC

We are excited to share that our second of two new Cyber Security and Awareness MOOCs is now live! Aimed at supporting learning in the Secondary Years, our latest MOOC provides ideas for the classroom to engage high school students in this essential subject area.

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Cyber Security Careers Video Playlist

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Ever wondered what a Cyber Threat Analyst does, what a Lead Software Security Engineer is? Cyber Security has never been more important. There are many ways our students can become a part of this critical and exciting area with numerous career pathways to pursue.

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The CSER Lending Library is back!

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We are delighted to share that the CSER National Lending Library is back! Thanks to the support of the Australian Government Department of Education, Skills and Employment, CSER is able to re-launch the library, provide some new learning resources and deliver a series of virtual professional learning webinars over the coming months! Watch this space and register your interest for the library via our Library Page.

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New MOOCs on Teaching Cyber Security & Awareness!

We are thrilled to announce the launch of two new massively open online courses (MOOCs) for K-12 teachers on teaching Cyber Security and Awareness in schools.

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Top 10 Reasons why you should teach Cyber Security in schools today

Our use of technology across all aspects of our daily lives is increasing and this is the same for our students. Why should we worry about teaching cyber security in schools? We provide our 10 top reasons. 

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How can I teach about cyber security in the primary classroom?

Cyber security provides an increasingly important and relevant context for teaching key areas of the Australian Curriculum: Digital Technologies and ICT Capabilities. Here we highlight a few example ideas from our latest cyber security MOOC for K-6 Teachers. 

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ACA Cyber Security Challenges for High School Students

The Australian Computing Academy has released a number of exciting cyber security challenges free for school students.

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