Learn about the unique safeguarding challenges that international schools face when it comes to AI.

Throughout this course, you'll gain clarity and confidence in integrating AI safely within your safeguarding frameworks. We'll explore effective practices for identifying and managing potential risks, promoting digital wellbeing and maintaining robust privacy standards. You'll leave this course prepared with the skills and strategies to ensure your students’ safety is never compromised, even as you embrace the exciting possibilities AI can offer your classroom.

Understand how AI systems can unintentionally reinforce risk or bias, and what safeguarding leads can do to mitigate harm.

Explore how to protect vulnerable individuals in digital spaces using AI tools responsibly and transparently.

Create clear safeguarding protocols for AI use in your school, college, or local authority to ensure compliance and ethical practice.

Meet Rita Bateson

Rita is the Co-founder and Director of Education at Eblana Learning. She is a renowned educator, author, and mentor with over 20 years in international education. A former Senior Curriculum Manager at IB Global Headquarters, she was also the founding Head of School for an IB continuum school. Rita now focuses on helping schools ethically embrace AI, offering expert guidance to navigate rapid technological change.

Course Curriculum

8 Chapters · 18 Lessons

  1. 1

    AI and Safeguarding

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      Course Welcome

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      Course Structure

  2. 2

    Engage with Safeguarding in the Context of AI

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      Getting Started

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      Course Overview

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      Pre-Course Reflection

  3. 3

    Exploring Safeguarding in an Age of AI

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      Introduction to AI and Safeguarding

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      Quick Read

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      Poster: Unique AI Safeguarding Challenges

  4. 4

    Explaining the Clear and Present Risks

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      Learning Check Activity

  5. 5

    Elaborating on the Imminent and Future Risks of AI in Education

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      Future Threats & Case Studies

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      Resource Download: School AI Safeguarding Policy Checklist/Template

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      Resource Download: Incident Reporting Form

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    Evaluating How to Use AI to Improve Safeguarding in Schools

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      How Can AI Help Support Safeguarding?

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      Closing Remarks

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    Embedding your Learning

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      Embed

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      Recommendations

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      Proximal Assessment

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    Extend

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      Extend

Ready to support and protect our students?

Join us in creating a safer, fairer digital environment where AI supports rather than compromises safeguarding in schools and beyond.

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