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Media and Learning Association

August 2021

2nd August 2021
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Featured Articles

AV Technologies

Collaborating with university teachers about video streaming in medical education

Video services in education have increased in demand because of the Coronavirus lock down. This has affected teachers and students globally and created a need for viable educational models using video streaming.Our...

15th July 2021
4 min read
Media Literacy

Media and information literacy in France: an overview

Media and information literacy, MIL, in France is a long-standing subject within public educational policies. The mission of the French school of the Republic is to form free and enlightened citizens. This approach to...

15th July 2021
4 min read
AR & VR

Teaching in Virtual Reality

I am a lecturer at The University of Sydney in Australia. I teach students about the environment, and the roles of engineers in shaping that environment, for better or worse. Since 2017 I have been using Virtual Reality...

27th July 2021
4 min read
Media Literacy

Lie Detectors explores trends in civic resilience to disinformation

A recent webinar organised by Lie Detectors brought together key policy players to talk about what it takes to build resilience to disinformation in society. Entitled ‘Building Resilience: Disinformation and...

2nd August 2021
5 min read
Higher Education

What does the future of UK higher education look like?

Following recent government guidelines, universities will be able to return to on-campus education in the new academic year. The lifting of Covid restrictions on July 19th meant there will now be no restrictions on in...

22nd July 2021
5 min read
AR & VR

User-Centred Design applied to Immersive Technologies in Online Higher Education

It has become cliché to talk about the rapid and disruptive changes facing higher education (HE). The new circumstances of the Covid-19 pandemic have only amplified the very predictable commentary on the digital...

2nd August 2021
5 min read
AV Technologies

Experimenting with educational innovation in the Innovation Room

In January 2021 a flexible, multifunctional, AV-supercharged educational space was completed on the Tilburg University campus in the Netherlands. This Innovation Room is the home of EDUiLAB, Tilburg University’s Center...

29th July 2021
5 min read
AR & VR

Can XR improve Racial Equity in Higher Education?

Cross Reality (XR) refers to a group of emerging technologies that include virtual reality (VR), augmented reality (AR), mixed reality (MR), and virtual worlds (VWs) that use 3D models/simulations across physical...

2nd August 2021
5 min read

News

Lifelong Learning

Media & Learning AGM approves plans for the coming year

Almost 20 members took part in the recent AGM organised by the Media & Learning Association. During the AGM, the work of the association was presented and discussed which included the many successful online events...

30th July 2021
1 min read
Lifelong Learning

The Creative Educator Podcast

The Creative Educator Podcast is Adobe’s educational podcast where Tacy Trowbridge and expert guests discuss the power of creativity in education from the practical to the abstract, inside and outside of the...

15th July 2021
1 min read
Higher EducationLifelong LearningPrimary & Secondary Education

Horizon Europe Work Programme published

The main Horizon Europe work programme for 2021 – 2022 was adopted in June and offers funding opportunities in many areas. The progamme will foster excellence in research andsupport fellowships, training and...

30th July 2021
1 min read
Media Literacy

UK Online Media Literacy Strategy highlights challenges

The Media Literacy Strategy sets out the UK government’s multi-year plan to bring coordination to the media literacy landscape and outlines a Media Literacy Framework of best practice principles to inform the content...

28th July 2021
1 min read
AR & VR

XR4ALL becomes XR4EUROPE

The European Commission supported XR4ALL project has been doing a great job in recent years in helping support and drive forward the XR community in all sectors including education and training. The project comes to an...

30th July 2021
1 min read
Primary & Secondary Education

Calling all teachers! new MOOCs announced by European Schoolnet

European Schoolnet Academy offers massive open online courses (MOOCs), which are entirely free of charge and open for anyone to join, with no limit to the number of participants. On 13 September, the European...

28th July 2021
1 min read
Media Literacy

Ofcom publishes raft of new reports on online behaviour

Ofcom published three new Making Sense of Media reports on 9 June on a range of issues relating to online behaviour. These complement Ofcom’s flagship Online Nation report and interactive dataset, also published on...

15th June 2021
1 min read
AV Technologies

My Secret #EdTech Diary: Looking at Educational Technology through a wider lens

Al Kingsley has recently published his new book entitled “My Secret #EdTech Diary: Looking at Educational Technology through a wider lens”. With 30+ years’ experience developing and using EdTech products...

30th July 2021
1 min read

Tips and Reviews

iPlayText
AV Technologies

iPlayText – Turn text in podcasts

30th July 2021
1 min read
Higher Education

lecturemotely – sharing teaching resources in Higher Education

30th June 2021
1 min read
Primary & Secondary Education

Guidelines in Learning Space Innovations published

15th July 2021
1 min read

Events and Competitions

AV Technologies

EduTECH 2021 Conference (online), 17 – 18 August

EduTECH brings together educators and solution providers to exchange and explore ideas, techniques and technology, with the aim of improving teaching, training and learning and raising the education standards in...

28th July 2021
1 min read
Higher Education

NordMedia2021 Conference (online), 18 August

Every two years, Nordicom co-organises the media research conference NordMedia together with the national research associations in the Nordic countries. NordMedia2021 is going to take place online on 18 August. The...

28th July 2021
1 min read
Higher Education

EARLI 2021 Conference (online), 23-27 August

The European Association for Research on Learning and Instruction (EARLI) is an international, scientific community with the primary goal to support an active research culture in the field of learning and instruction...

15th July 2021
1 min read
AV Technologies

ALT Annual Conference (online), 7-9 September

The 2021 ALT Annual Conference under the theme “Shared Experience, Different Perspectives” sees Edtech leaders, innovators and educators from around the globe come together across 3 days online. The long...

15th July 2021
1 min read
AV Technologies

EdTech World Forum 2021 (online), 9-10 September

You can now register for the virtual conference “EdTech World Forum 2021” being held Online on September 9-10, 2021. The Forum is a leading education technology event. This year’s EdTech World Forum keynote and...

15th July 2021
1 min read
Higher Education

EDUCAUSE Annual Conference (hybrid), 26–29 October, Philadelphia, USA

The EDUCAUSE Annual Conference brings together professionals and technology providers from around the world to discuss their discoveries, grow professionally, and explore solutions to continuing challenges. This year...

15th July 2021
1 min read

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