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Media and Learning Association

December 2021

6th December 2021
1 min read

Featured Articles

Higher Education

Talking about transition at Media & Learning Autumn online conference

How are media and learning services in higher education transitioning during the pandemic? What have we learned so far, which practices are emerging and how can we move forward? (Presentation videos and slides...

29th November 2021
14 min read
Higher Education

Making a MOOC about the science behind beer – this year’s winner of the MEDEA Awards

Belgium is a beer country, with over 300 breweries. In fact, Belgian beer culture is even listed as UNESCO world heritage. What many people probably don’t realize when enjoying their pint of beer, is the incredible...

26th November 2021
4 min read
Media Literacy

Ofcom research review highlights specific media literacy skills that have an impact

The way people access news and information has changed significantly in recent years. We know people may not always critically engage with the accuracy and partiality of online news or feel confident in their...

26th November 2021
3 min read
Higher EducationLifelong Learning

Evolving as a Digital Scholar – Teaching and Researching in a Digital World

Teachers and researchers need to develop or grow in their competences to adapt to the rapid changes and demands of our digital society. “Evolving as a Digital Scholar” which you can download here is written...

29th November 2021
4 min read
Media Literacy

MIL Week in Armenia: Take the Media Literacy Vaccine to Fight the Infodemic

The story goes that one day Veritas, the princess of Informia, the guarantor of truth and trust, disappears. Rumors spread that she is marrying Manipulus – the oppressor of the neighboring land who always wanted...

30th November 2021
4 min read
Higher Education

How to apply digital technology more skillfully for blending learning?

Teaching and Learning is the core business of universities and colleges in higher institutions. As the COVID-19 global health crisis swamped the world, no institution was spared from harnessing digital technology in...

29th November 2021
4 min read

News

Higher Education

University service providers facing ongoing challenges

Sónia Hetzner from the Friedrich-Alexander-University, Erlangen-Nürnberg (FAU) in Germany moderated a lively closing discussion during the recent Media & Learning Online conference with a panel of experienced...

29th November 2021
1 min read
Higher EducationPrimary & Secondary Education

Heidelberg School of Education; City, University London and Pioneering Schools join MLA

Membership of the Media & Learning Assciation continued to grow in November with the addition of two new Organisational Members and a new Network Member. Heidelberg School of Education (HSE) is a joint academic...

29th November 2021
1 min read
Media Literacy

EDMO takes part in European Media Literacy Week

On 28 October, EDMO organised a workshop “United against disinformation: EDMO’s work on media literacy” as part of the European Media Literacy Week, coordinated by the European Commission Directorate-General for...

29th November 2021
1 min read
Higher Education

Beer MOOC from KU Leuven wins MEDEA Awards 2021

Karin Voordeckers from KU Leuven represented the team who submitted the winning entry of this year’s MEDEA awards during the awards ceremony which took place online last Thursday. Entitled Beer: the Science of...

22nd November 2021
1 min read
Higher EducationLifelong LearningPrimary & Secondary Education

Erasmus+ call provides opportunities for more innovative projects

he 2022 Erasmus+ Programme Guide was published in November, together with the 2022 Call for Proposals. The Programme has an increased budget of nearly €3.9 billion for the next year, and comes with several features...

29th November 2021
1 min read
Lifelong LearningPrimary & Secondary Education

Still time to contribute to new version of DigComp

The European Digital Competence Framework, also known as DigComp, offers a tool to improve citizen’s digital competence. The current version, DigComp V2.0 presents an updated list of 21 competences along with 8...

30th November 2021
1 min read
AR & VR

XR4All becomes XR4Europe

XR4Europe is the result of the XR4ALL project supported by the European Commission’s H2020 programme and which ran until August 2021. XR4EUROPE is a Pan-European association that federates all the XR professionals...

2nd December 2021
1 min read
Media LiteracyPrimary & Secondary Education

EU Experts group moves ahead with teacher guidelines on media literacy

The second meeting of the EU Experts group on tackling disinformation and promoting digital literacy through education and training took place on 25 November. Much of this meeting was devoted to discussions to help...

2nd December 2021
1 min read

Tips and Reviews

AV Technologies

And yet another free video editor: Shotcut

6th December 2021
1 min read
AV Technologies

If This Then That

6th December 2021
2 min read
Higher Education

New revealing report on HE teaching in UK during pandemic

30th November 2021
1 min read

Events and Competitions

AR & VR

Stereopsia EUROPE (hybrid), 8-10 December, Brussels, Belgium

Stereopsia EUROPE is an international forum dedicated to immersive technologies and content. The 13th edition of Stereopsia EUROPE will take place on 8-10 December in Brussels, Belgium and online. It will feature...

3rd December 2021
1 min read
Media Literacy

SMaRT-EU Final Conference, 10 December 2021

Social Media Resilience Toolkit – SMaRT-EU is an intergenerational project providing tools, suggestions and resources to train young people, older people and also the intermediaries who work with them. SMaRT...

26th November 2021
1 min read
AV Technologies

Hybrid Teaching and Learning in HE workshop, 12 January

In the past 18 months, universities around the globe were pushed to think creatively how to accommodate the needs of students unable to attend face-to-face classes. While the ‘everyone online solution’ seemed daunting...

29th November 2021
1 min read
AV TechnologiesPrimary & Secondary Education

Bett 2022, 19-21 January, London, UK

The annual Bett conference on educational technology takes place in the ExCeL conference centre on 19-21 January 2022 in London, UK. Over 3 days, participants are invited to immerse themselves in inspiring content...

3rd December 2021
1 min read
Higher Education

ICDE Leadership Summit 2022, 20-21 January

Korea National Open University (KNOU) will host the ICDE Leadership Summit 2022 as a hybrid event under the main theme of “Leadership for EdTech Oriented Innovation in Education” on 20-21 January...

1st December 2021
1 min read
Higher Education

Digifest 2022 (hybrid), 8-9 March, Birmingham, UK

The Digifest 2022 conference under the theme “Evolving Learning” will bring together the UK’s learning and teaching community on 8-9 March 2022 in Birmingham, UK, and online. Over two days they will be...

3rd December 2021
1 min read

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