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Media and Learning Association

January 2020

8th January 2020
1 min read

Featured Articles

Higher Education

What you really need to know about EU Accessibility legislation

Digital Accessibility will become a major topic for media-supported learning in 2020 and in this article I will provide you with a quick guide to the EU accessibility legislation (EU2102). There are 3 major influencing...

7th January 2020
7 min read
Media Literacy

Budget media literacy like innovation!

….and with these powerful words, Andy Demeulenaere from Mediawijs, Belgium brought to an end the most recent gathering of the European Commission’s Media Literacy Expert Group (MLEG) held in Brussels on 11 December. It...

16th December 2019
6 min read
AV Technologies

Analyzing classroom videos with the Opencast Annotation Tool (OAT)

Classrooms videos are a standard learning object in teacher training; analyzing them collaboratively is a challenge for both students and instructors. This use case from the Institute of Psychology in Education and...

18th December 2019
3 min read
AR & VR

LOOM|VR – Strengthening job-related competencies by interactive 360° video training

Social and communication skills are becoming increasingly important for the professional context in a digitalised world. Nevertheless, the development of such competencies in vocational education and training (TVET) and...

7th January 2020
5 min read
Media Literacy

Media Literacy by Design

The current media landscape is characterised by the rise of online platforms which curate and present media content to users, either wholly or partially as a result of algorithmic decision-making. These platforms (such...

8th January 2020
3 min read
AR & VR

Weighing up the costs of Virtual Reality supported training

In a previous article I wrote about which domains are perfectly suited for using XR. In this article I will further elaborate on when to use VR and what the benefits are, both for the trainer and the trainee, now from...

7th January 2020
4 min read

News

Higher Education

Nursing and Midwifery faculty from RCSI joins MLA

More and more innovators involved in medical teaching and learning are exploring media based tools and techniques to enhance their initial and continuing training offer. One of the leading faculties in the field of...

16th December 2019
1 min read
Media Literacy

Twitter launches handbook on teaching and learning

Twitter’s recent publication on teaching and learning was produced in collaboration with UNESCO with a view to promote media and information literacy learning. With this resource, Twitter and UNESCO hope to draw...

17th December 2019
1 min read
Media Literacy

Media Coach Europe rounds off busy year

The main focus of the Media Coach Europe project is the improvement of media literacy levels among young people through the training of 500 media literate coaches working in schools, youth centres and in non-formal...

20th December 2019
1 min read
Higher Education

YouTube plan to focus more on Learning in 2020

USA Today recently carried an interesting article explaining how and why YouTube are turning more and more to learning. And its not just about learning practical skills that YouTube is targeting. Take a look at...

3rd January 2020
1 min read
Higher Education

Universität Osnabrück, Germany and Wageningen University & Research, The Netherlands join MLA

The Media & Learning Association is delighted to announce that we have 2 new organisational members this month. The first of these is Universität Osnabrück in Germany, represented by the Center for Digital Teaching...

18th December 2019
1 min read
Media Literacy

Summer Institute in Digital Literacy moves to Chicago

For anyone involved in media literacy, the summer school on media literacy run by Renee Hobbs and her colleagues in the US based Media Education Lab is an established, high quality opportunity for global media literacy...

7th January 2020
1 min read
AV Technologies

Audrey Watters on Ed-Tech Disasters

Ed-Tech commentator Audrey Watters takes a hard look at the global Ed-Tech history of the last 10 years and is not impressed. Take the time to read her excellent article on the 100 worst Ed-Tech Debacles of the Decade...

8th January 2020
1 min read
AR & VR

Jisc announces availability of XR developers

Jisc in the UK recently announced that it is working with five leading developers of immersive experiences to bring virtual and augmented reality (VR and AR) into the classroom and lecture theatre. This is a move...

8th January 2020
1 min read

Tips and Reviews

3D Big Buck Bunny
AV Technologies

Displaying multiple videos or 3D video

8th January 2020
1 min read
Media Literacy

Report on anti-disinformation initiatives

6th January 2020
1 min read
ITI Online Video Analysis
AV Technologies

On-line video analysis

8th January 2020
2 min read

Events and Competitions

Higher Education

MEDEA Awards 2020 – deadline 31 January!

For more than 12 years, the MEDEA Awards has been encouraging innovation and good practice in the use of media (audio, video, graphics and animation) in education. These annual awards recognise and promote excellence in...

3rd January 2020
1 min read
Higher Education

Deadline 31 January for Media & Learning 2020 submissions

The call for inputs to the 2020 edition of Media & Learning – Images and Sound in Higher Education Conference taking place on 17-18 June in Leuven, Belgium closes on 31 January 2020. Submit your proposal for a...

6th January 2020
1 min read
Media Literacy

Media Literacy Seminar Brussels, 20-21 February 2020

How can teachers make their pupils more media literate? This two day seminar entitled “Kindling the Media Literacy Flame in Secondary School Educators” for secondary school educators will enhance teachers’...

14th August 2019
2 min read
Media Literacy

The Art of Living in the Digital Environment – EAVI conference 25 March, Brussels

The EAVI team have announced that their 2020 Conversations will take place on 25 March 2020 at the Cinema Palace, in Brussels. This gathering will provide an opportunity to discuss and reflect on how to develop...

3rd December 2019
1 min read
Media Literacy

Media literacy in an ever-changing world: Integrate. Gather. Empower.

This flagship event taking place in Zagreb, Croatia on 30 March and 1 April 2020 is jointly organised by the European Commission (DG Connect) and the Croatian Ministry of Culture and Agency for Electronic Media. The...

4th December 2019
1 min read
Primary & Secondary Education

Serious Game Award Competition

The International Serious Play Awards honor games that deliver high quality engagement and measurable training or learning in one or more of the following fields: Preschool Education, K-12 Education, Higher Education...

3rd January 2020
1 min read

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