February 2021

Featured Articles

AR & VR

Learning with social XR

‘Does the bomb have a parallel port?!’ my friend shouts into my ear. I turn the bomb around. ‘No, it doesn’t,’ I reply, stressed out. ‘Cut the wire!’ he yells. I hold my breath and cut the wire. Without mercy, the bomb...

14th January 2021

7 min read

Media Literacy

EPRA’s Media and Information Literacy Taskforce report tackles the AVMS Directive

EPRA has recently published a report to offer their reflections on how the new provision of Article 28b(3)(j) AVMSD could best be understood and applied. The full report is available here.The AVMS Directive: Article...

1st February 2021

3 min read

Higher Education

MITx and Open Learning: Moving Forward

In March 2020, with the effects of COVID-19, MIT was forced to transition from in person teaching to remote online teaching for the spring and fall semesters. Now, as we focus on the spring 2021 semester, the office of...

2nd February 2021

3 min read

Media Literacy

Only 1 in 12 have access to media literacy education in Croatia

Although Croatia has no official media literacy policy or strategy, nor a specialised institutional body, and media literacy is only partly incorporated within school curricula, there is strong informal community...

2nd February 2021

4 min read

Higher Education

The Educational Video Challenge EDIT and International Co-operation – both the same and different

The 7th EDIT – Educational Video Challenge was organised 18-26 November, 2020. The event has had only minor changes in the past few years – it’s always been an online event since the original idea of a hackathon...

1st February 2021

6 min read

Media Literacy

Croatian Film Association’s transition to digital environments

The Croatian Film Association (CFA) already had ambitious plans for film education in the challenging era of a new school curriculum. Now, the ongoing pandemic situation is pushing CFA to its limits to develop modified...

1st February 2021

4 min read

AR & VR

A 3D Exploration of the Material Past | recap of Meetup

To make a flying start of 2021, a very special XR ERA meetup took place on Thursday, January 21st at 11:00. In an ample 40 minutes, participants got the chance to visit a virtual exhibition and wander through a life...

2nd February 2021

5 min read

News

Higher Education

Welcome University of Amsterdam, Queen Margaret University and Delft University of Technology

University membership of the Media & Learning Association expanded in January with 3 new high profile universities joining. The first was University of Amsterdam (UvA) where membership is led by the Audiovisual...

1st February 2021

1 min read

AR & VR

Using VR to Address Social Determinants of Health

Boston University in the US has announced a new project to study whether creating a virtual reality interdisciplinary learning environment in which students can collaboratively grapple with virtual scenarios will both...

27th January 2021

1 min read

Media Literacy

Learn more about MIL in the Mediterranean region

EKOME has recently published their “Meet Our Members” booklet introducing the honorary members of Europe Sub Chapter Mediterranean Group for UNESCO MIL Alliance. This guide contains a brief description of...

14th January 2021

1 min read

AV Technologies

Techsmith and Kaltura join MLA as sponsoring members

The Media & Learning Association is delighted to welcome both TechSmith and Kaltura as new sponsoring members this month. Kaltura is well-known in the education and training field for their supply of high-quality...

28th January 2021

1 min read

AR & VR

Bring ARevolution in your teaching with the ARETE Pilot 1!

ARETE is running an exciting study to investigate how Augmented Reality (AR) technologies can help students improve their English literacy skills. To study the impact of AR technologies on English literacy attainment...

28th January 2021

1 min read

AV Technologies

Listen to 25 Years of Ed Tech!

25 Years of Ed Tech is a serialized audio version of the book 25 Years of Ed Tech, written by Martin Weller of the Open University and published by Athabasca University Press. Every Monday a new chapter of the book...

1st February 2021

1 min read

Primary & Secondary Education

New MOOC on supporting Digital Education with Europeana resources

Europeana have launched a new MOOC aimed at teachers and non-formal educators like museum educators, librarians, archivists or curators. The aim of this MOOC called Digital Education with Cultural Heritage is to both...

2nd February 2021

1 min read

Media Literacy

Media Literacy in Poland – let’s find out more

Join our Wednesday Webinar on 10 February at 15:00 CET when the spotlight falls on the media literacy landscape in Poland. This webinar is open to all and will include an overview of the current media literacy policy...

2nd February 2021

1 min read

Higher Education

THE Café – University Rectors need a crash course in Educational Technology!

A small, but select group took part in the first of our new series of informal get-togethers called THE Future Café which take place on the last Friday of the month. This first one on 29 January was led by Predrag Pale...

2nd February 2021

1 min read

Primary & Secondary Education

Keeping the cameras on in classrooms – even after the pandemic?

Writing in Education Next recently, Michael J. Petrilli provides a good argument for keeping teachers on camera, even when the world returns to normal in the – we hope – not too distant future. Part of his...

2nd February 2021

1 min read

Tips and Reviews

AV Technologies

Subtitle Edit

2nd February 2021

1 min read

Media Literacy

Media in action: 14 questions to explore in 2021

28th January 2021

1 min read

AV Technologies

Creator Studio, a useful add-on for Google Slides

2nd February 2021

1 min read

Events and Competitions

Media Literacy Primary & Secondary Education

Safer Internet Day on 9 February

Over the years, Safer Internet Day has become a landmark event in the online safety calendar. Starting as an initiative of the EU SafeBorders project in 2004 and taken up by the Insafe network as one of its earliest...

19th January 2021

1 min read

Primary & Secondary Education

Aerospace in Class MOOC launches 15 February

Would you like to use the latest aerospace resources and best practices in your STEM lessons with students? Join this Aerospace in Class MOOC and get to know amazingly engaging resources that will lift up your classroom...

19th January 2021

1 min read

Lifelong Learning

Webinar on mental wellbeing for educators on 18 February

The British Education Research Association is organising a half day webinar entitled “Stay calm and e-educate: Technology, education and mental wellbeing”. Learn more about and discuss the repercussions of...

27th January 2021

1 min read

AR & VR

iLRN 2021 Virtual Conference, 17 May – 10 June

The 7th International Conference of the Immersive Learning Research Network (iLRN 2021) will be an innovative and interactive virtual gathering to strengthen the global network of researchers and practitioners...

14th January 2021

1 min read

Media Literacy

2021 Scottish International Film Education Conference, 17 – 18 June

The 2021 Scottish International Film Education Conference explores diverse perspectives on film education from around the world, from a variety of different perspectives within the process – class-room teachers...

19th January 2021

1 min read

Media Literacy

NordMedia 2021 Conference, 18 – 20 August, Reykjavík, Iceland

The biannual NordMedia conference will take place 18 – 20 August 2021 at the University of Iceland in Reykjavík. The local organisers are getting ready to welcome hundreds of Nordic media scholars to the capital...

14th January 2021

1 min read

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