Gender-based violence prevention and response: Digital Discourse Initiative
The Digital Discourse Initiative is an e-learning module by Time for Inclusive Education. It gives teachers and school staff an improved knowledge and understanding of:
- how modern social media platforms work
- their role in facilitating online disinformation and prejudicial content
- tools and strategies to respond to behaviours influenced by prejudicial content online
- information to help learners become critical digital citizens
Continuing professional development module
This module will provide:
- a basic understanding of current digital architecture
- a detailed knowledge of extremist content online
- an awareness of evidence-based counter-strategies for schools
- strategies and tools for curriculum making
- signposting to further resources
The course is in an e-learning format and takes approximately 4 hours to complete. You’ll get a certificate when you complete it.
How the Digital Discourse Initiative connects to other programmes
The digital discourse initiative contributes to gender-based violence prevention. It does this by:
- helping to disrupt messaging from extremist content online
- ensuring practitioners consider the digital landscape when addressing gender-based violence
It teaches that the digital landscape is a place where:
- radicalisation is occurring
- gender-based violence and abuse is carried out
This CPD compliments:
- Equally Safe at School
- the Mentors in Violence Prevention programme
- the Relationship, Sexual Health, and Parenthood (RSHP) Curriculum
