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August 2020

Newsletter

August 2020

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Media Literacy Primary & Secondary Education

Unlocking digital heritage for education

How available and usable is digital heritage for education? Initial findings. (October 2019) From a history lesson with videos of the liberation in Arnhem in 1945 to a biology lesson with Röntgen’s first X-rays. The use…

31 July 2020

5 min read

AR & VR

VR Facilitating Youth Employment

Many young people in today’s labor market are out of work, and youth unemployment is a serious problem in many countries. Can VR help to mitigate this problem? The technology potentially has wider possibilities to…

31 July 2020

3 min read

Higher Education

What constitutes a lie within the context of contemporary politics?

The finalists of this year’s MEDEA Awards were announced in May, You can read about them here, the winner will be announced in October. Each month we are featuring one or more of this year’s finalists. In…

13 July 2020

2 min read

Media Literacy

Europe’s first multi-disciplinary response to the increasing threat of online disinformation launched

The new European Digital Media Observatory (EDMO) was launched in June. This European Union funded project brings together fact-checkers, media literacy experts and academic researchers to understand and analyse…

27 July 2020

3 min read

Media Literacy

The EAVI Test: a Factful Look at the Digital Age

The role of new media and the Internet have been undeniably increasing day by day, and now, more than ever, due to the ongoing pandemic. As their importance increases,new media and the Internet also affect the way we…

31 July 2020

4 min read

News

Higher Education Primary & Secondary Education

New look for JoVE

JoVE, which describes itself as the world’s first and only peer-reviewed scientific video journal has a new look. The main improved features include easier general navigation around the website and clear research…

13 July 2020

1 min read

Higher Education Primary & Secondary Education

EC consultation on digital cultural heritage important for Europeana

The European Commission has just launched the long-awaited public element of its consultation on its main policy instrument on digitisation, online access and digital preservation of cultural heritage material. The…

27 July 2020

1 min read

Higher Education

Resources available from EduHackathon workshop

Members of the EduHack network as well as lots of others joined the recent half-day online event organised by the EduHack project which looked at the potential of hackathons as a format for educational innovation and…

28 July 2020

1 min read

Media Literacy

Get Your Facts Straight – how a media literacy project is adapting to Corona

“Get your facts straight ‘ is the title of an EC supported project that provides media literacy education to students and young people from socially and economically disadvantaged backgrounds, as well as to…

28 July 2020

1 min read

AV Technologies

Rapidmooc and Sony join Media & Learning Association

Two new sponsoring members have joined the Media & Learning Association recently, Rapidmooc and Sony. Rapidmooc provides all-in-one, ready-to use video studios along with advice and support in setting up and using…

28 July 2020

1 min read

Higher Education

Tony Bates lists early research into impact of Covid-19 in North America

Internationally renowned expert in online learning and distance education Tony Bates has published an initial review of 9 research reports on Covid-19 and emergency remote learning/online learning in higher education…

29 July 2020

1 min read

Higher Education

Encouraging results in study into Holographic Teaching

The results into a study available in ALT’s Research in Learning Technology carried out by Nai Li & David Lefevre from Imperial College London, make for interesting reading. The full title of the study is…

31 July 2020

1 min read

AV Technologies Higher Education

Plenty of advice on university video services from NORDUnet

NORDUnet is the Nordic Gateway for Research and Education and is a collaboration between the National Research and Education Networks (NRENs) of the five Nordic countries; Denmark (DeiC), Iceland (RHnet), Norway…

3 August 2020

1 min read

Tips and Reviews

AV Technologies

A super easy funky online image editor

3 August 2020

1 min read

Primary & Secondary Education

Blended learning in school education: guidelines for the start of the academic year 2020/21

30 July 2020

1 min read

Higher Education

EUA launches new strategic plan for European Universities

30 July 2020

1 min read

Events and Competitions

Lifelong Learning Primary & Secondary Education

LLL AWARDS deadline 31 August

The Lifelong Learning Platform launched the Lifelong Learning Awards in 2016 to celebrate creative and inclusive practices. The aim of the Lifelong Learning Award is to give visibility to innovative…

30 July 2020

1 min read

Higher Education

EC-TEL 2020 14-18 September, online

The 15th European Conference on Technology Enhanced Learning which was originally planned to take place in Heidelberg (Germany), will take place as a fully online event. EC-TEL 2020 will address global…

30 June 2020

1 min read

AR & VR

VR/AR Global Summit 16-18 September, online

The VR/AR Global Summit Online is an online conference, organised by the VR/AR Association, connecting virtual reality and augmented reality solution providers with enterprise and media entertainment companies. This is…

30 July 2020

1 min read

Higher Education Lifelong Learning

ALL DIGITAL Summit 6-8 October, Berlin, Germany

The ALL DIGITAL Summit 2020 will take place on 6-8 October in Berlin and is supported by the Ministry of the Economy of the Federal Government of Germany, which has the Presidency of the European…

28 July 2020

1 min read

Higher Education

Short Learning Programmes 13-15 October, webinars

EADTU in cooperation with partners in the E-SLP project is organising Short Learning Programmes Webinar Week from 13-15 October 2020. During this webinar week, 12 experts will take a deeper look into the topic of Short…

27 July 2020

1 min read

Higher Education

EDEN Research Workshop 21-23 October, Lisbon, Portugal

The 11th EDEN Research Workshop takes place 21-23 October in Lisbon and is hosted by LE@D, Universidade Aberta. The title of this event is “Enhancing the Human Experience of Learning with Technology: New…

28 July 2020

1 min read

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