December 2025

November 28, 2025

How teaching and learning centres are shaping the future of higher education

by Shirin Izadpanah, MLA and Melissa A. Lark, Leiden University, the Netherlands. On 20 November, the Media & Learning Association hosted an online event titled “Driving Educational Innovation: The…

• Higher Education

November 27, 2025

Adventures in media literacy: MilLab’s innovative approach to critical thinking

by Nino Gelashvili, Media Development Foundation (MDF), Georgia. Mila and Kira, Mimi and Dete, Dr. Fake, alongside beloved characters from Georgian fairy tales, and other figures from online games…

• Digital and Media Literacy
• OE(M)R
• Primary and Secondary Education

November 8, 2025

Fostering reading comprehension with the help of an AI agent

by Dr. Ruth Maloszek, Friedrich-Alexander University of Erlangen-Nuremberg, Germany. How can we spread awareness of the 17 UN Sustainability Goals and, at the same time support language learners of…

• Artificial Intelligence
• Digital and Media Literacy
• Lifelong Learning

November 27, 2025

Mimicking the screen: what the MIMIc project reveals about teens and screens

by Laura Vandenbosch and Jasmina Rosič, KU Leuven, Department of Communication Science, Media Psychology Lab, Belgium. In the years after the COVID-19 pandemic, the World Health Organization urged…

• Digital and Media Literacy
• Primary and Secondary Education

October 31, 2025

Evaluating AI in education: moving from hype to meaningful use

by Zohre Mohammadi Zenouzagh, Leiden University, the Netherlands. Artificial Intelligence (AI) is rapidly entering higher education, bringing with it a wave of tools that promise to personalise…

• Artificial Intelligence
• Higher Education

November 27, 2025

NuGamers: creative orientation for a more gender-inclusive games education

by Francesca Olivier, Future Games, Sweden. When NuGamers started in late 2023, the question was simple: how can vocational game schools turn good intentions about gender equality into what actually…

• Higher Education

December 1, 2025

Inclusive Data Literacy: Lessons from a Data Literacy course in Cape Town, South Africa

by Lotte Vermeire, imec‐SMIT, Vrije Universiteit Brussel (VUB), Belgium. How do you teach data and digital skills in a context where many young people lack reliable internet, adequate devices, or prior computer experience? This question…

• Digital and Media Literacy
• Higher Education

November 27, 2025

From traffic lights to roundabouts: learning with AI

by Chrissi Nerantzi and John Palfreyman, University of Leeds, UK. At a real and metaphorical level, traffic lights signal strict rules. Dignan (2019) uses traffic lights to describe how legacy…

• Artificial Intelligence
• Higher Education

December 2, 2025

INFOLEAD: Strengthening legal and civic responses to information disorder

by Marta Achler, University of Florence, Italy. Misinformation, disinformation, mal-information, and media literacy were at the heart of the EMIF funded project “Infolead: Media Literacy Programme for…

• Digital and Media Literacy
• Lifelong Learning

November 27, 2025

Predicting grades early: a new tool for student success at Leiden University

by Arian Kiandoost, Leiden Learning & Innovation Centre (LLInC), the Netherlands. At Leiden University, we’re always looking for ways to help students shine, especially in their first year when the…

• Higher Education

December 2, 2025

Simplified content, believable politics: the influencer effects in Taiwan and the USA

by Jiun-Chi Lin, National Sun Yat-sen University (Taiwan, ROC). In the age of digital communication, social media influencers (SMIs) have become more socially influential due to their growing numbers…

• Digital and Media Literacy
• Lifelong Learning