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July 2021

2nd July 2021
1 min read

Featured Articles

AV Technologies

How to create an interactive lecture for +1500 students? The Hybrid Learning Theatre

Similar to all educational institutions around the globe, University of Amsterdam was struggling with the pandemic and its effect on having real-time, meaningful interaction with students online. Having started...

2nd July 2021
4 min read
Higher Education

New research into instructional resilience identifies key variables in how teaching staff coped

The pandemic has been, and is still, a test of societies worldwide and their capacities and abilities to react and adapt according to new requirements. The same applies for higher education (HE). Along with my fellow...

6th July 2021
3 min read
Media Literacy

“Media classes” a complete and transversal MIL project in French Schools

As disinformation and conspiracy theories on social networks are part of our everyday life, it’s more and more important for teenagers to learn how to sort information out and understand how this is done. Implementing a...

29th June 2021
4 min read
Higher Education

What happened last year wasn’t true online distance learning

March 2020 will go down in history as a time in which legends were made, as pandemic restrictions forced teachers to convert their classes to distance learning, often with only a few days’ notice. But in many cases, we...

14th June 2021
4 min read
Media Literacy

EDMO Week: United Against Online Disinformation

Between 7-11 June, the European Digital Media Observatory (EDMO) brought together more than 50 speakers and 500 participants to celebrate its first annual conference, EDMO Week: United Against Online Disinformation. The...

22nd June 2021
3 min read
Higher Education

Resilient Teaching: A Learning Design Framework for a Post-pandemic Era

At the start of the pandemic, my colleagues and I developed an open course called Resilient Teaching Through Times of Crisis and Change. We wanted to create a learning design framework for instructors to use as they...

1st July 2021
4 min read
Media LiteracyProfessional Development

Cultivating the teacher’s role in critical media literacy

Cultivating critical media literacy (CML) competencies is a must these days, yet not everyone can boast a comprehensive set of skills that ensures navigating smoothly through the media landscape. As users around the...

1st July 2021
3 min read

News

Higher Education

Podcasting to Escape Rooms – MLA’s programme of workshops and seminars for Autumn revealed

It’s going to be a busy autumn for members of the Media & Learning Association as plans for the next series of half-day seminars and workshops were revealed at the end of June. Here is the line-up: 9...

29th June 2021
1 min read
AR & VR

State of XR & Immersive Learning Outlook Report published

The inaugural iLRN State of XR & Immersive Learning Outlook Report gathered over 100 expert educators, education leaders, researchers, technologists, and others in a Delphi-inspired environmental...

7th June 2021
1 min read
Media Literacy

The EAVI Food Menu Campaign

The EAVI food menu is a reflection of media ingestion and consumption in the current reality, which seems to be as vital as our food consumption. The things we consume enter our brain, grow into thoughts, and later...

7th June 2021
1 min read
Media Literacy

A holistic approach to media literacy is needed

The European Digital Media Observatory (EDMO)  held its first annual event, EDMO Week: United Against Disinformation, on 7-11 June bringing together stakeholders working to tackle online disinformation, including...

14th June 2021
2 min read
AV Technologies

European Edtech News officially launched

The European Edtech Alliance (EEA) is a consortium of national trade associations and clusters from across Europe that brings together 1500 EdTech companies. Formed in 2019, the EEA meets monthly to share best practice...

28th June 2021
1 min read
Higher Education

Major developments at EdX announced

2U, Inc., a global leader in education technology, and edX, a leading online learning platform and education marketplace, announced on 29 June that they have entered into a definitive agreement to join together in an...

29th June 2021
1 min read
Professional Development

All Digital reports on projects, events and activities

All Digital recently presented their annual report which gives a comprehensive overview of its work and achievements during 2020. This report highlights the key results, presents their strategic objectives and the...

14th June 2021
1 min read
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Professional Development

Check out this treasure trove of open access learning resources!

The Open Content Toolkit developed and maintained by Theo Kuechel links to millions of items of contemporary and historical open-content items from around the world. The toolkit is designed to provide a platform to...

16th June 2021
1 min read

Tips and Reviews

AV Technologies

Turn a web page into a Podcast with Audiblogs

5th July 2021
1 min read
Schools

Research report on ed tech in UK schools published

25th June 2021
1 min read
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AV Technologies

Teams and NDI

5th July 2021
2 min read

Events and Competitions

Media Literacy

NAMLE Conference, 16-18 July

The National Association for Media Literacy and Education (NAMLE) is the leading nonprofit membership organisation dedicated to advancing media literacy education in the United States. This year they are organising a...

16th March 2021
1 min read
Higher Education

Double Book Launch – Higher Education Teaching (Online Event), 15 July

Two new books about teaching in higher education – the revised second edition of “An A-Z of Creative Teaching in Higher Education” by Sylvia Ashton and Rachel Stone and the brand new “Adapting...

28th June 2021
1 min read
Professional Development

ATEE Conference, 9-11 September

The Annual ATEE Conference is the main annual event of the Association of Teacher Education in Europe (ATEE). This year’s theme is “(Re)imagining & Rethinking Teacher Education”. The three-day...

28th June 2021
1 min read
Higher Education

I-HE2021 Conference, 3-5 November, Italy

The Innovating Higher Education (I·HE) conference organised by EADTU focuses on trends and high impact factors in global and European higher education. This year’s theme is: ‘Higher Education in the new...

2nd July 2021
1 min read
Higher Education

DigiEduHack 2021, 9-10 November

DigiEduHack is a series of online and offline idea-hackathons happening all around the world on November 9-10 2021, focusing on co-creating the future of education in the digital age. Each DigiEduHack challenge is owned...

29th June 2021
1 min read
AR & VR

Stereopsia, 8 – 10 December, Brussels, Belgium (hybrid event)

Stereopsia is the World Immersion Forum dedicated to immersive technologies and content and it will hold its 13th hybrid edition in Brussels, Belgium on 8-10 December 2021. Created in 2009 in Belgium, it is the...

24th June 2021
1 min read

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