January 2021

Start2Think, but also Start2 check!

Project START2THINK is dedicated to strengthening media literacy and building European citizens’ resilience to disinformation. Its aim is to alert Internet users to possible disinformation activities…

5 January 2021

4 min read

Higher Education

Why Maryam Tsegaye’s prizewinning video is so important for online learning?

The main reason this video is so important for online learning is that Maryam demonstrates so well many of the educational affordances of video, and shows what a powerful teaching medium video can be when used properly…

4 January 2021

3 min read

Media literacy alive and well in Catalonia thanks to CAC

The new media services and video-sharing platforms have brought about significant shifts in the trends for audiovisual content consumption. These content services, that are here to stay, are also contributing to an…

4 January 2021

4 min read

Image of a group of young people making a film, with one person taking a photo of the film crew, one holding the camera and another holding up a light reflector.

Lifelong Learning

Develop soft skills with eLene4Life’s MOOC

We hear a lot about how soft skills are important in today’s job market, but it’s often hard to pin them down. And as teachers, how do we design learning to help our students develop such skills? The eLene partners have…

6 January 2021

3 min read

Baltic MIL Summit: strengthening MIL networks between Baltic countries

The first Baltic MIL summit which took place on 26-27 November 2020 attracted more than 100 media and information literacy professionals and practitioners. Most of whom were from Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania, but a few…

23 December 2020

4 min read

News

AV Technologies Higher Education

Spotlight on Media Literacy in Croatia

Join our Wednesday Webinar on 20 January at 15:00 CET when the spotlight falls on the media literacy scene in Croatia. This webinar is open to all and will include an overview of the current media literacy policy…

6 January 2021

1 min read

The University of Oxford installs their fourth Rapidmooc studio

Just over two years ago, the University of Oxford were on the hunt for a solution that would offer them an “an on-campus space where lecturers, staff and students could create videos for internal and external purposes…

17 December 2020

2 min read

A complaint against five online test-proctoring services filed

According to the American technology news website The Verge, The Electronic Privacy Information Center (EPIC) has recently filed a complaint against five online test-proctoring services: Respondus, ProctorU, Proctorio…

17 December 2020

1 min read

Edutopia identifies the 10 Most Significant Education Studies of 2020

Edutopia has reviewed hundreds of educational studies in 2020 and highlighted 10 of the most significant—covering topics from virtual learning to the reading wars and the decline of standardised tests. Although much of…

17 December 2020

1 min read

OE(M)R Primary & Secondary Education

Metro Atlanta Policy Lab for Education publish report on virtual learning best practices

This report summarizes the existing evidence on virtual learning in K-12 education in the US and discusses what is known about the efficacy of specific virtual learning strategies and “best practices” in virtual…

10 December 2020

1 min read

Open Education as a game changer – stories from the pandemic

Centrum Cyfrowe in Poland has recently published their study that presents examples of positive initiatives and changes in education originated as a reaction to the closure of schools during the COVID-19 pandemic…

17 December 2020

1 min read

Lifelong Learning

The 2021 Global Learning Landscape: an open-source taxonomy for the future of education

Holon IQ in the US has recently published The 2021 Global Learning Landscape – an open-source taxonomy for education innovation, providing a common structure and language for identifying, tracking and making sense…

17 December 2020

1 min read

European MediaCoach Prototype is published!

MediaCoach programme is a successful Dutch National MediaCoach programme that was implemented in five more European countries: Cyprus, Romania, Portugal, Greece and Bulgaria. EAVI Media Literacy for Citizenship has…

4 January 2021

1 min read

AV Technologies Higher Education

Latest edition of Comunicar available

The latest issue of Comunicar, a media education research journal was published recently. This is a quarterly, bilingual Spanish-English research journal, with Chinese and Portuguese abstracts. The title of this…

6 January 2021

1 min read

Call for inputs to AJET journal on Emerging Technologies

AJET, the Australasian Journal of Education Technology is planning a special issue on Emerging Technologies in Education for Innovative Pedagogies and Competency Development. Submissions are welcome before 1 April 2021…

6 January 2021

1 min read

AETM Joins Media & Learning Association

AETM is a leading voice for audiovisual professionals working in Higher Education in Australia and we are delighted to announce that AETM has recently become a networking member of our association. Scott Doyle from…

6 January 2021

1 min read

Discover how to integrate Europeana into your teaching

Composed of the 30 best contributions in the 2020 Europeana Education Competition, this booklet has been designed for teachers and educational stakeholders as a prime example of the use of Europeana’s content. Carefully…

6 January 2021

1 min read

Tips and Reviews

Jingle Palette Yee Haa!

6 January 2021

1 min read

Gather.town – a virtual place to gather while staying at home

17 December 2020

1 min read

AR & VR

Mozilla Hubs – an immersive virtual social experience

17 December 2020

1 min read

Events and Competitions

BettFest! 20-22 January 2021

Instead of the annual Bett event in London in January, this year the organisers will be running BettFest – a virtual festival of education based on a variety of topics including Leadership; Digital Inclusion and…

18 December 2020

1 min read