Earn Your Internet Safety Driving License
#mozsprint 2017 Interview Series
Lisa Wright is Co-Director and now works primarily as a digital strategist at Kilroy’s College. She joined Mozilla Open Leaders this round with her project: Internet Safety Driving Licence. Working with her the past months, it’s easy to see her passion to empower young people to work well, live well and play well on the Internet.
I interviewed Lisa to learn more about the Internet Safety Driving Licence and how you can help June 1–2 at #mozsprint.
What is the Internet Safety Driving Licence?
The Internet Safety Driving Licence (ISDL) is an open online curriculum designed to educate young people on best practice when on the Internet or Social Web. The course content will include:
- best practice tips & templates
- role play activities
- thought provoking videos
- recommended reading material
- webinars from trainers
- gameful learning
- online mentoring
- final test
- badge
- certificate of achievement
The full ISDL course will contain five modules:
- Cyberbullying Awareness Skills
- Online Privacy & Security
- Social Media Use
- Online Reputation
- Webiquette
Right now we are working on Module 1: Cyberbullying Awareness Skills and this is the module that we are looking for help with at the Global Sprint.
Why did you start the Internet Safety Driving Licence?
I was co-founder of an Edtech startup called Webiket which was set up in 2014. Our mission was empower people to live, work and play well online through education. We designed and delivered eSafety educational resources and worked with corporate clients, as well as consumers. We had the support of Kaspersky Lab, who I had been introduced to by the Russian desk at Google, and we were hired to design and deliver eLearning modules and content for their cyberbullying safety hub
Webiket was wound up in 2016 and after a period of self-reflection, I decided to continue on this journey alone. As a mother of four teens (who has seen the good, the bad and the ugly when it comes to the Internet) I applied to Mozilla Open Leaders earlier this year to look for assistance from their community in order to build an open curriculum for young people (and their parents or guardians) to empower people to use the Internet and the Social Web safely and wisely. Kaspersky Lab (Moscow) have also been very supportive and have allowed me to use some of the content that Webiket previously delivered for the hub!
How will this help young people online today?
Our hope is that the open curriculum will empower young people to take control and own their digital DNA. Data is just like nutrition — you are what you eat! We also want them to become advocates and to help educate others and spread the word — so the open curriculum will also contain a downloadable activity pack that the students can use on younger, primary school learners. As it is an open curriculum we will also be looking for their contribution on the content too going forward, to keep it relevant and up-to-date.
What problems have you run into while working on this project?
I am working on this project while also managing my business Kilroy’s College — a distance learning College based in Dublin. So time management is a challenge and balancing between prioritising my “paid job” and my “unpaid passion”!
What kind of skills do I need to help you?
We are looking for anyone with a passion for building a healthier Internet experience for all users. In particular like-minded people who are:
- Curriculum Designers
- Graphic Designers
- Instructional Designers
- eSafety Educators and Evangelists
How can others join your project at #mozsprint 2017?
We are hosting a site at Kilroy’s College in Dublin or you can join in at another site location — or even virtually — just register online and we look forward to welcoming you!
If you would like to find out more just check out our GitHub Repository. If this project is of interest to you please just add your name to the Contributors.md in the Repo and then request access to Google Docs where you can view and suggest edits on the draft content.
Join us wherever you are June 1–2 at the Mozilla Global Sprint to work on Internet Safety Driving Licence and many other projects! Join a diverse network of scientists, educators, artists, engineers and others in person and online to hack and build projects for a health Internet. Get your tickets now!
