September 2020

New study supports the development of media literacy policies

Earlier this year (as discussed in the July edition of this newsletter), the Council of the European Union adopted the conclusions on media literacy in an ever-changing world. In these conclusions, the Council invites…

1 September 2020

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Video provides authenticity for nursing students entering mental health units for first time

There are a limited number of resources available to students to prepare them for working in mental health units and understanding the experience of service users [patients]. This interactive resource follows a service…

25 August 2020

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Interactive video on Pest Control Strategies – flashMOOC#2 from the University of Bern

The finalists of this year’s MEDEA Awards were announced in May, you can read about them here, The winner will be announced in October. Each month we are featuring one or more of this year’s finalists. In…

1 September 2020

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Primary & Secondary Education

WoW! – Rebalancing news to inspire preteens

A media start-up inspires young changemakers by showing solutions to problems “Is there only bad news in the world?” That is the question that launched a new media offering for 8-12 year-olds and their families. The…

4 September 2020

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Ireland’s youngest filmmakers take to the ‘red carpet’ each year

4 September 2020

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News

MEDEA Awards winner 2020 to be revealed on 28 October!

This week the board of the Media & Learning Association agreed to organise the announcement of the winner of this year’s MEDEA Awards during a webinar on 28 October. We are also going to organise throughout…

2 September 2020

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AR & VR

XR ERA launches community on Extended Reality for Education & Research in Academia

Last month the XR ERA project, an initiative of the Centre for Innovation, Leiden University, had its first meetup with core contributors who are known as frontrunners. During the meeting the XR ERA team launched their…

1 September 2020

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Interested in Media Literacy? webinars starting 23 September

Nordicom and the Swedish Media Council are getting the ball rolling with their series of webinars addressing media and information literacy (MIL) in the Nordic countries: Media Education in the Nordic Countries:…

31 August 2020

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Virtual introductions replaced traditional meet-and-greet at annual SCHOMS conference

SCHOMS – a professional body for senior HE managers delivering a diverse set of educational, technological, media and institutional development and support services – had hoped to be staging a memorable 2020…

31 August 2020

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MEDEA winner features at Virtual Summer Arts Festival in Ireland

Great to see that History of Life, the popular winner of the 2019 MEDEA Awards was shown recently at NUI Galway’s Virtual Summer Arts Festival. The festival which took place from 26 to 29 August featured various…

27 August 2020

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AV Technologies Higher Education Lifelong Learning

Want to be inspired? check out tips and suggestions from Michael Wesch

If you are looking for good ideas about online teaching, then start by heading to the Michael Wesch Youtube channel. Michael Wesch is an associate professor of cultural anthropology at Kansas State University in the US…

31 August 2020

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Lifelong Learning

Panopto shares ideas on using video for staff onboarding

Taking on board new staff is challenging at the best of times, but during a pandemic it can be a real headache. Panopto have launched a site which shows how different kinds of videos can be used to bring new staff…

26 August 2020

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XJTLU and Amberscript join Media & Learning Association

We are delighted to announce that XJTLU based in Suzhou, China and the Dutch company Amberscript have joined the Media & Learning Association this month. Xi’an Jiaotong-Liverpool University (XJTU) is an…

4 September 2020

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AR & VR

New Open Call launched by XR4ALL

XR4ALL has launched the third cut-off date of its Open Call to provide financial support to XR research teams from startups, SMEs, industry, research institutions, and academia to develop XR solutions. A total of €1,5…

4 September 2020

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Tips and Reviews

Capturing your screen with RecordCast

7 September 2020

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Fun making stop motion films!

7 September 2020

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Upload and transcribe with Transcriptive

7 September 2020

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Events and Competitions

EDEN Webinar series re-starts 14 September

The popular EDEN webinar series: Education in time of new normal will re-start on 14 September with a webinar at 17:00 CEST entitled “Online transformation of universities – having faced the challenges of the…

2 September 2020

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My RØDE Reel Short Film Competition – enter now!

RØDE Microphones has announced the return of My RØDE Reel, the World’s Largest Short Film Competition. This year it’s bigger than ever, with a monumental $1 million in cash to be won – plus heaps of awesome gear…

31 August 2020

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EDEN 2020 Research Workshop 21-23 October call open

The 11th EDEN Research workshop takes place on 21-13 October and while it is hosted by LE@D, Universidade Aberta in Portugal, it will be organised fully online. The theme for this workshop is ‘Enhancing the Human…

27 August 2020

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Filem’On Film Festival 28 Oct – 7 Nov

The 14th edition of Filem’On Film Festival will be held as planned from October 28 to November 7, 2020. The organisers are looking forward to welcoming you to the festival in Brussels in safe conditions. However…

27 August 2020

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