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Media and Learning Association

October 2019

7th October 2019
1 min read

Featured Articles

Higher Education

How not to be the centre of attention when making an educational documentary in India

Mixing up educational requirements with film making is always a challenging task.  Producing the film as a non-invasive documentary makes the challenge even greater. And if you shoot in a culturally very different...

2nd October 2019
4 min read
Media Literacy

New Lie Detectors study highlights threat of false news to schoolchildren

Video is king, Facebook and Twitter are a thing of the past for most schoolchildren, and many pupils have problems telling the difference between real and junk news, according to a study by news literacy project Lie...

13th September 2019
3 min read
Higher Education

Crossing borders with the hybrid virtual classroom

The digital economy of 2025 will demand a flexible workforce, open to continual change and with the capacity to adapt in response to the complexities of the global economy. This means that educational institutions and...

7th October 2019
4 min read
Higher Education

Video-rich MOOC brings Spanish Royal Sites to life

The concept of Cultural Heritage has evolved in recent decades, and especially since the various initiatives linked to the European Year of Cultural Heritage in 2018. There are many different expressions of this...

23rd September 2019
3 min read

News

Media Literacy

Take a more holistic approach to MIL is the message from Gothenburg

The topic of the UNESCO Feature MIL Conference conference was “MIL citizens: informed, engaged, empowered”. As usual, the topic covered a wide range of issues related to MIL policies, practices and...

25th September 2019
2 min read
Higher Education

Number of MOOCs provided by European Universities continues to grow

EADTU recently published a new report on the MOOC status in European HEIs in cooperation with the MOONLITE project. Based on the 96 HEIs from 20 countries that were sampled, it seems that interest in MOOCs is still...

26th September 2019
1 min read
Media Literacy

Clarifications on call for Media Literacy project funding from the EC

A number of clarifications have been added to the open call for Media Literacy/Disinformation projects by the EC which closes on 30 September. Officially called the Preparatory Action on Media Literacy for All, this...

13th September 2019
1 min read
Primary & Secondary Education

Sound and Vision’s new schools portal goes live

Beeld en Geluid (Sound and Vision) in the Netherlands recently launched its new portal for schools providing access to a wealth of audiovisual resources and archive materials. This new portal replaces the previous...

26th September 2019
1 min read
Higher Education

Université de Montréal, Canada & Lund University, Sweden join Media & Learning Association

Two new organisational members joined last month which pushes the overall membership of the association to almost 40. The first to join was Lund University, represented by AHU, the division for educational development...

7th October 2019
1 min read
AR & VR

AI and AR set to make lecture capture even more popular in US universities

Margot Douaihy’s recent article in AVTechnology tracks the growing impact of lecture capture in universities in the US and points to the potential of AI and AR to increase lecture capture’s popularity...

7th October 2019
1 min read
Media Literacy

Evens Foundation links schools and media outlets in Poland

The Evens Foundation and the Center for Citizenship Education (Poland) are launching a new educational project in media literacy addressing local coalitions of schools and media outlets. The goals of this project are to...

7th October 2019
1 min read
Higher Education

Concerned about how Brexit might impact the Erasmus+ programme?

As we creep ever closer to the 31st October deadline, its worth checking out the regulation adopted by the European Council and Parliament to avoid the disruption of Erasmus+ learning mobility activities involving the...

7th October 2019
1 min read

Tips and Reviews

Adobe Spark
AV Technologies

Spark your visuals in the classroom

7th October 2019
2 min read
Primary & Secondary Education

Digital Education at School in Europe – new report out

26th September 2019
1 min read
EdPuzzle
AV Technologies

Interactive video lessons with EdPuzzle

7th October 2019
2 min read

Events and Competitions

Primary & Secondary Education

ALL DIGITAL Summit 2019 in Bologna to explore Coding, STEAM and Digital Skills

On 10-11 October, over 150 representatives of organisations and networks, working in the field of digital inclusion and empowerment, will gather in Bologna for the XXII ALL DIGITAL Summit. The event is co-hosted by ALL...

26th September 2019
1 min read
AV Technologies

UNESCO ICT in Education Prize for projects leveraging AI

The UNESCO King Hamad Bin Isa Al-Khalifa Prize for the use of ICT in education is now accepting submissions. The theme of the 2019 edition is the use of Artificial Intelligence (AI) to innovate education, teaching and...

26th September 2019
2 min read
Primary & Secondary Education

LINQ 2019 on 22 November, in Roermond, Netherlands

The LINQ 2019 Conference is being organised by the Open Education research group of the Welten Institute from the Open University of the Netherlands in collaboration with the Niekée school in Roermond. This year’s...

26th September 2019
1 min read
Higher Education

INTED2020 2-4 March 2020 in Valencia, Spain

The 14th annual International Technology, Education and Development Conference INTED is all set to attract more than 700 experts from 80 countries who come together to present their projects and share their knowledge on...

26th September 2019
1 min read
Higher Education

EdMedia 1-5 June 2020 in Amsterdam

EdMedia + Innovate Learning is returning to Amsterdam in 2020. This annual, international event offers a forum for the discussion and exchange of research, development, and applications on all topics relating to...

2nd October 2019
1 min read
Higher Education

EUNIS conference to take place 10-12 June in Helsinki

The EUNIS 2020 conference will be hosted by the University of Helsinki, Finland on June 10-12 2020 and is aimed at leaders, IT professionals and scientists responsible for the management, development and policies of IT...

25th September 2019
1 min read

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