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Media and Learning Association

March 2019

6th March 2019
1 min read

Featured Articles

AR & VR

AI, Immersion and Lecture Capture….

The draft agenda for the next Media & Learning Conference on Video in Higher Education has been published and three topics that are set to receive a lot of attention are AI, Immersion and Lecture Capture. The...

3rd March 2019
3 min read
AR & VR

Using immersive video to enhance simulated practice for health and social care students

Simulated clinical experiences have been increasingly developed to provide authentic learning opportunities for students undertaking Health and Social care programmes. This can be helpful where clinical placements are...

4th March 2019
4 min read
Media Literacy

Participation as a tool to fight wrong perceptions based on disinformation

Taking action against fake news is hard work, because fake news spreads faster than its respective counter-narratives. So, the effort countering disinformation and misinformation has to be much higher than the way...

3rd March 2019
4 min read
Higher Education

Teaching busy academic staff to create their own educational video content

Time is always an issue for teachers who want to innovate their teaching. Research at the University of Amsterdam evidences that this is just the same for its own academic teaching staff. Although they see many benefits...

5th March 2019
3 min read

News

Media Literacy

Video report on Brussels disinformation event now available

On 13 November 2018, the Evens Foundation and the Media & Learning Association organised a one day event supported by the European Commission called “Fight disinformation with media literacy”. Almost 70...

16th February 2019
1 min read
Higher Education

Major new initiative brings European MOOC providers together

On the 23 January, EADTU’s EMC-LM project on MOOCS for the labour market kicked off with all major European MOOC platforms (Futurelearn, France Université Numérique, Miriadax, EduOpen, OpenupEd), European public...

4th March 2019
1 min read
AV Technologies

Untangling deep learning from machine learning and artificial intelligence

Read Niel Chah’s paper in First Monday where he provides a non-technical guide for those interested in a high-level understanding of the notions of Deep learning, Machine learning anf Artifical Intelligence by...

4th March 2019
1 min read
Higher Education

Submit your entry to the MEDEA Awards 2019 by 15 March!

This year in tandem with the Video in Higher Education conference organised by the Media & Learning Association with KU Leuven on 5-6 June 2019 in Leuven, Belgium, the annual MEDEA Awards are specifically devoted to...

8th January 2019
1 min read
Media Literacy

Podcast about Media Literacy in Post-Soviet Baltics

The Consortium for Media Literacy (CML) has launched a podcast series with a first interview by CML’s Tessa Jolls with Guna Spurava, Head of UNESCO MIL Chair, University of Latvia. In this interview Tess and Guna...

4th March 2019
1 min read
Primary & Secondary Education

Summer Institute in Digital Literacy

The 7th Annual Summer Institute in Digital Literacy run by Renee Hobbs and her colleagues in The Media Education Lab takes place July 14-18 2019 in Providence, Rhode Island, USA. The institute is a 42-hour intensive...

4th March 2019
1 min read
Higher Education

Members of Media & Learning Assocation Board meet in Leuven

Members of the international board of the association met on 30/31 January in Leuven hosted by KU Leuven  to review the work of the association and to make plans for the coming months. During the meeting, the board...

15th February 2019
1 min read
Media Literacy

European Media Literacy Week’s interactive map

There is still time to post your media literacy event on the European Media Literacy Week interactive map. The idea behind this map is to promote relevant events taking place between 18-22 March 2019 at...

4th March 2019
1 min read

Tips and Reviews

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AV Technologies

Non-linear editor Hitfilm Express

4th March 2019
2 min read
Media Literacy

Report on Children’s Media Use and Attitudes for 2018 available

6th March 2019
1 min read
oTranscribe
AV Technologies

oTranscribe for transcripts

6th March 2019
2 min read

Events and Competitions

Media Literacy

Call for applications for the Media Literacy Awards

The European Commission has issued an open call for applications for the Media Literacy Awards, as part of the preparations for the European Media Literacy Week (18 – 22 March 2019). With the Awards, The EC would like...

15th February 2019
1 min read
Higher Education

Conference on Blended Learning in Teacher Training, 19-22 August, Kuching, Sarawak, Malaysia

The 1st International Conference on Education in the Digital Ecosystem on the subject of Blended Learning in Teacher Training takes place on 19-22 August 2019 in Kuching, Sarawak in Malaysia and is hosted by UiTM. This...

15th February 2019
1 min read
Media Literacy

Animafest Cyprus, 4 March – 14 April, 2019

Animafest Cyprus, 2nd Junior edition for children and young people, takes place 4 March – 14 April, 2019. Animafest Cyprus Views of the World, was founded to promote and develop the art of independent, non...

3rd March 2019
1 min read
Media Literacy

European Children’s Film Association Awards 2019 announced

The European Children’s Film Association Awards (ECFA) presented their annual ECFA Awards for Best European Children’s Film, Best European Doc Award and Best European Short Award at the European Children’s Film...

5th March 2019
1 min read
Higher Education

iLRN2019 23-27 June 2019, London, UK

The 5th Annual International Conference of the Immersive Learning Research Network takes place in London on 23-27 June 2019. This event intendes to be an innovative hands-on and scholarly meeting for an emerging global...

6th March 2019
1 min read
Higher Education

OOFHEC2019 16-18 October, Madrid, Spain

EADTU has announced that its annual Online, Open and Flexible Higher Education Conference on blended and online education within European university networks will take place this year in Madrid on 16-18 October, hosted...

6th March 2019
1 min read

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