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DW Akademie is Deutsche Welle’s centre for international media development, journalism training and knowledge transfer. Our projects strengthen the human right to freedom of expression and unhindered access to information. DW Akademie empowers people worldwide to make independent decisions based on reliable facts and constructive dialogue. DW Akademie is a strategic partner of the German Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development. We also receive funding from the Federal Foreign Office and the European Union and are active in more than 70 developing countries and emerging economies. We strengthen sustainable development through media We are journalists, consultants and experts in media and education. Together with our partners, we work to promote free expression, human rights and the development of functioning media systems worldwide. We believe that journalism, education and culture improve people’s lives. Powerful stories support positive social dialogue. People need reliable facts, independent analysis, unbiased presentation and universal access to knowledge. Our five strategic fields of action are: Media and Information Literacy, Media Viability, Media and Journalism Education, Innovation for Dialogue and Media Safety. We also address gender and inclusion, disinformation and AI as cross-cutting topics.
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The NewMedia Centre (NMC) is a media production and expertise centre for education and research. The centre creates video (in a green screen studio and on location), livestreams, animations, infographics, augmented/virtual reality and is responsible for the university’s lecture capture. NMC experiments, together with lecturers and students, with media technology in education, such as holography, 3D models, AR, 360 video and audio and much more.
Panopto is the leading all-in-one lecture capture and video management software for higher education. We help faculty and technologists improve student engagement and learning outcomes by enabling the easy capture of in-person lectures and live virtual classes, as well as seamless storage and sharing through deep integrations with learning management systems and video conferencing solutions. Spun out of Carnegie Mellon University in 2007, today Panopto serves more than 10 million end users and is trusted by 21 of the top 25 universities worldwide, including Oxford, Duke University, UCLA, and the University of Washington, as well as continuous learning institutions like Virginia Western Community College and Central Piedmont Community College. Headquartered in Seattle with offices in Pittsburgh, London, Hong Kong, Singapore, and Sydney, Panopto is consistently recognised by Gartner as a leader in video management and by University Business as a top product for higher education.
The Audiovisual Center (AVC) of the University of Amsterdam (UvA) is a centre of expertise on video in education. It produces video, such as educational videos, webinars, live streams and podcasts and provides policymakers, teachers and supporting staff with advice on the use of audiovisual media in education with a pedagogical, technical and organisational point of view.