{"id":44309,"date":"2025-12-08T13:34:54","date_gmt":"2025-12-08T12:34:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/media-and-learning.eu\/?post_type=event&#038;p=44309"},"modified":"2026-02-25T10:27:32","modified_gmt":"2026-02-25T09:27:32","slug":"verifying-what-we-see-introducing-visavis-on-visual-misinformation","status":"publish","type":"event","link":"https:\/\/media-and-learning.eu\/event\/verifying-what-we-see-introducing-visavis-on-visual-misinformation\/","title":{"rendered":"Verifying what we see: introducing VISAVIS on visual misinformation"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>As AI-generated images, edited videos, and misleading visuals circulate more easily than ever, individuals and educators face growing challenges in verifying what they see online. This session will look back the <a href=\"https:\/\/visavis.iti.gr\/\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/visavis.iti.gr\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">VISAVIS Project<\/a>, a European initiative designed to strengthen people\u2019s ability to detect manipulated or out-of-context visual content. By combining quick and accessible digital verification tools with engaging media literacy training, VISAVIS supported citizens in developing both the practical and critical skills needed to navigate today\u2019s complex online environment.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The session offered an overview of the project\u2019s approach, including its citizen-science testing in Belgium and Sweden, and featured testimonials from guest participants involved in shaping the tools and learning resources. It will also highlight how professionals\u2014especially those working in adult education, libraries, community learning, and media literacy\u2014can integrate VISAVIS methods into their practice to better support informed, resilient digital engagement.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Target group:<\/strong> Media literacy educators, adult learning providers, librarians, teachers, community facilitators, civil society actors, fact-checkers, researchers, media professionals, public authorities, and all stakeholders interested in combating visual misinformation and strengthening digital resilience.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>For more information on the project: <\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/visavis.iti.gr\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">https:\/\/visavis.iti.gr\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Presenters: <\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Louis Demeulenaere<\/strong>, project officer news- &amp; information literacy, Mediawijs, Belgium.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Zara Mommerency,<\/strong> project officer news- &amp; information literacy, Mediawijs, Belgium.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Johan Holmberg<\/strong>, Operations manager, Filmpedagogerna, Sweden.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Mikael Kowalski<\/strong>, film &amp; media pedagogue, Filmpedagogerna, Sweden.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Perle Petit<\/strong>, project coordinator VISAVIS, VUB, Belgium.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Olga Papadopoulou<\/strong>, Project Manager Information Technologies Institute, ITI-CERTH.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Moderator:&nbsp;<strong>Chlo\u00e9 P\u00e9t\u00e9,&nbsp;<\/strong>Project Officer, Media &amp; Learning Association.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":44310,"template":"","categories":[5,276,272],"class_list":["post-44309","event","type-event","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-general-events","category-lifelong-learning","category-media-literacy"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/media-and-learning.eu\/api-json\/wp\/v2\/event\/44309","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/media-and-learning.eu\/api-json\/wp\/v2\/event"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/media-and-learning.eu\/api-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/event"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/media-and-learning.eu\/api-json\/wp\/v2\/event\/44309\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":45492,"href":"https:\/\/media-and-learning.eu\/api-json\/wp\/v2\/event\/44309\/revisions\/45492"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/media-and-learning.eu\/api-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/44310"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/media-and-learning.eu\/api-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=44309"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/media-and-learning.eu\/api-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=44309"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}