November 2022

Featured Articles

AR & VR

The role of wearable haptic devices in XR

by Rebecca Rui, XR ERA.WEART develops wearable haptic devices that enable a naturalistic and comfortable interaction with virtual objects, surfaces, and materials, allowing people to grasp, touch, feel, and manipulate...

28th October 2022

5 min read

Media Literacy

Media Literacy at the heart of new demands on education

by Tessa Jolls, President and CEO, Center for Media Literacy, USA. The results of a new Fulbright-NATO Security Studies Award are now available through a just-released report, “Building Resiliency: Media Literacy as a...

12th October 2022

5 min read

Higher Education

Digital transformation in Higher Education: 7 areas for enhancing digital learning

by Florence Martin, North Carolina State University & Kui Xie, The Ohio State University, USA.This article reflects on current practices and directions for digital transformation through a framework that supports...

21st October 2022

12 min read

Higher Education OE(M)R Primary & Secondary Education

Call for more open educational resources from cultural heritage organisations!

A study conducted by Centrum Cyfrowe in partnership with Europeana, EuroClio and Creative Commons. This report presents findings of the Open GLAM & education research project which attempts to understand the...

28th October 2022

6 min read

Higher Education

Students: knowledge co-creators or knowledge consumers?

by Fernandos Ongolly, Irish Universities Association, Ireland.We students are key stakeholders in higher education; however, often there are very few opportunities for us to actively take part in knowledge co-creation...

27th October 2022

5 min read

AV Technologies Higher Education Primary & Secondary Education

Do teachers’ own video game experiences motivate them to integrate video games in class?

by Denise Sutter Widmer, Université de Genève, Switzerland, Julien Bugmman & Florence Quinche, Haute Ecole Pédagogique Vaud, Switzerland.Video games have become a widespread cultural practice. However, they are...

28th October 2022

4 min read

AR & VR Higher Education

Using XR to improve architectural education

by Farzam Sepanta, Carleton University, Canada. Although extended reality (XR) technologies such as virtual and augmented reality are widely utilized in many different fields, architectural education has not witnessed a...

2nd November 2022

4 min read

Media Literacy

Getting to justice and equity through media literacy

by Belinha De Abreu, International Council for Media Literacy (IC4ML), USA. “The way to right wrongs is to turn the light of truth upon them.” Ida B. Wells. Globally, the discourse on justice and equity is layered...

31st October 2022

5 min read

AR & VR

4 pilots to assess effectiveness of using AR technologies in education

by Eleni Mangina, University College Dublin, Ireland.ARETE is a €3.9 million research and innovation project funded by European Union’s H2020 programme (2019-2023). The project is led by Professor Eleni Mangina from the...

2nd November 2022

6 min read

Higher Education Lifelong Learning Media Literacy OE(M)R

Infrastructures for (Open) Educational Resources around the World

by Victoria Marín, Universitat de Lleida, Spain, & Laura N. Peters & Olaf Zawacki-Richter, University of Oldenburg, Germany.Open Educational Resources (OER) are a constituent element of open education and...

2nd November 2022

4 min read

News

Media Literacy

Guidelines for teachers & educators on tackling disinformation launched by EC

Mariya Gabriel, the European Commissioner for Innovation, Research, Culture, Education and Youth launched a new set of Guidelines for teachers and educators on tackling disinformation and promoting digital literacy on...

12th October 2022

1 min read

Primary & Secondary Education

EDUmake kick-off meeting in Brussels

EDUmake is a 2-year project funded under the Creative Europe Programme (CREA). The kick-off meeting took place on 17 October in Brussels and was hosted by our lead partner VRT who brought together the consortium made up...

27th October 2022

1 min read

AR & VR Higher Education

Discover how to develop educational XR apps on 17 November

Have you ever wondered how researchers and developers work together on creating an extended reality project? How do they approach an idea that can add value to an educational experience? What are the pitfalls that can...

28th October 2022

1 min read

Media Literacy

Highlights from Content Moderation in Bulgaria: a conversation in Meta

On September 13, 2022, Media Literacy Coalition Bulgaria and Meta hosted for the very time an event, co-organised by the Menlo Park-based big tech company and the leading non-governmental network organisation, dedicated...

27th October 2022

1 min read

Higher Education Primary & Secondary Education

Submit your entry to the 15th MEDEA Awards 2023!

The Media & Learning Association’s annual competition to reward best use of media to support education at all levels is now open for entries! We are looking for entries which demonstrate excellent use of...

28th October 2022

1 min read

Media Literacy

Lots of interest in teacher education in digital and media literacy

The MLA4MedLit Conference dedicated to Teacher Education in Digital and Media Literacy held online on 19 October 2022 was the first event of its kind organised by the Media & Learning Association. 183 people from 48...

28th October 2022

2 min read

New MLA members from Finland, Belgium and Germany

It’s been busy in our secretariat in recent weeks while amongst other tasks, we were delighted to welcome 3 new members to our association and to start to find ways in which we can collaborate with them to...

31st October 2022

2 min read

AV Technologies Higher Education

Panopto announces success with 21 of top 25 universities worldwide

Panopto announced in October that for the fifth year in succession, Panopto is being used by at least 20 of the world’s top 25 academic institutions as ranked by the Times Higher Education World University 2023 Rankings...

2nd November 2022

1 min read

Media Literacy Primary & Secondary Education

School Radio and Podcasting Community fostering citizenship education

The European project “Social Radio 2.0 – The European School Radio and Podcasting Community for Active Citizenship Education” aims to introduce a holistic educational approach that will support schools and teachers...

2nd November 2022

1 min read

New MOOC on using data in the classroom

The EU Academy is offering a new MOOC entitled ‘What Can You Do with Data in Your Classroom?’ starting on 7 November and running until 16 December. It tackles questions such as ‘What kind of artificial...

2nd November 2022

1 min read

Tips and Reviews

AV Technologies

Screenloop for interviews via Zoom

2nd November 2022

1 min read

Higher Education Primary & Secondary Education

EC publishes guidelines on use of AI & data in education & training

27th October 2022

1 min read

AV Technologies

Openverse search engine

2nd November 2022

1 min read

Events and Competitions

Higher Education

Rethinking Learning and Teaching Spaces, 17-18 Nov, Vienna, Austria

Vienna University of Economics and Business (WU) is hosting a two-day conference on “Rethinking Learning and Teaching Spaces – physical, virtual, seamless?” on 17-18 November in Vienna...

27th October 2022

1 min read

Media Literacy

Multi-stakeholder talk on Digital Inclusion, 21 Nov, Brussels, Belgium

The Digital Collective (DigiCo) is hosting a Multi-stakeholder Talk on Digital Inclusion in Brussels, on 21 November 2022. The event will reunite multiple actors in the field of digital literacy, to discuss the current...

2nd November 2022

1 min read

Higher Education Lifelong Learning

LLLWEEK 2022, 28 Nov-2 Dec, Brussels, Belgium

The LLLWeek 2022 will take place from 8 November – 2 December in Brussels, Belgium. The Lifelong Learning Platform is an umbrella body that gathers 42 European organisations active in the field of education...

25th October 2022

1 min read

Higher Education

DICE Conference (online), 30 Nov-2 Dec

The DICE conference will take place from 30 November – 2 December online. Between digital lectures and the desire to return to the university, between video conferencing and the desire for personal exchange:...

14th October 2022

1 min read

Higher Education Primary & Secondary Education

Bright Young Minds – European Education Summit (online), 1 Dec

The 5th European Education Summit will take place on Thursday, 1 December, online. The event puts youth and education centre stage, giving young people the opportunity to contribute to shaping the future direction of...

28th October 2022

1 min read

Media Literacy

EMIF Conference on Funding the Fight Against Disinformation, 2 Dec, Lisbon, Portugal

The European Media Information Fund (EMIF) is organising its first annual event “Funding the Fight Against Disinformation”, taking place on 2 December 2022, and hosted by the Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation in Lisbon...

2nd November 2022

1 min read

Higher Education

ASCILITE 2022 (hybrid), 4-7 Dec, Sydney, Australia

ASCILITE 2022 international conference under the theme “Reconnecting relationships through technology” will take place from 4 – 7 December in Sydney, Australia, and online. The importance of...

27th October 2022

1 min read

Media Literacy

Global Media Education Summit (hybrid), 2-4 March 2023, Vancouver, Canada

The Global Media Education Summit (MES) brings together an international network of researchers, educators, and practitioners across all aspects of media education, media and digital literacies, youth media production...

28th October 2022

1 min read

AV Technologies

Bett, 29-31 March 2023, London, UK

Bett is back at ExCeL London on 29-31 March 2023 for three days of inspiring content, networking and product discovery from a wide variety of solution providers. Described as the biggest Education...

2nd November 2022

1 min read

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