January 2026

January 14, 2026

7 reasons to submit a proposal for Media & Learning 2026

The Media & Learning 2026 conference (13th in-person edition!🎉), jointly organised by the Media & Learning Association with KU Leuven, will take place in Leuven, Belgium, on 17–18 June 2026.

• Artificial Intelligence
• AV Technologies
• Higher Education
• Lifelong Learning
• OE(M)R
• XR

January 9, 2026

MEDEA Awards Competition 2026 now open for submissions

The MEDEA Awards Competition 2026 is now officially open for submissions. Organised annually by the Media & Learning Association (MLA), the competition recognises excellence in the use of media and…

• Artificial Intelligence
• AV Technologies
• Digital and Media Literacy
• Higher Education
• Lifelong Learning
• Primary and Secondary Education

January 13, 2026

A Vision for Media and AI Literacy in the Digital Age

by Mario PIACENTINI and Luis Francisco VARGAS-MADRIZ, Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD). In a world where internet users regularly encounter false or manipulated…

• Digital and Media Literacy
• Lifelong Learning
• Primary and Secondary Education

December 4, 2025

HealthyMindEd review highlights critical need for institutions to support student well-being in digital settings

by Anna Muro i Rodríguez, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Spain. The rapid expansion of digital education following COVID-19 led higher education institutions worldwide to shift from face-to-face…

• AV Technologies
• Higher Education

December 12, 2025

Centers for Teaching and Learning: how to make them successful?

Part of CTL series by Charlotte Meijer, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, the Netherlands Academic teaching staff can go to Centers for Teaching and Learning (CTLs) for advice, support and/

• Higher Education

January 9, 2026

Shaping Beliefs in the Digital Age: Algorithmic Evolution and the Psychology of Disinformation

by Mariam Latsabidze, Tbilisi State University, Georgia This article is the result of a joint initiative bringing together the Media & Learning Association and the Georgian National Communications…

• Digital and Media Literacy
• Higher Education
• Lifelong Learning

December 12, 2025

Wellbeing support on hand for early career researchers

by Tania Maria Villanueva Cabello, University of Warwick, UK Stress and burnout are well-known terms in research, not only because they have been studied, but also because they are common experiences…

• Higher Education

January 9, 2026

Amai! Inclusive AI Education for the Digitally Vulnerable

by Isaak Vandermaesen, Scivil, the Flemish knowledge centre for citizen science, Belgium. Digital vulnerability affects four out of ten Belgians[1] spanning diverse ages, socio-cultural backgrounds…

• Artificial Intelligence
• Digital and Media Literacy
• Lifelong Learning

January 9, 2026

“White Lies” Down the Rabbit Hole: Disinformation Discourse in the Scrolling Culture

by Nino Bregadze, Ilia State University, Georgia This article is the result of a joint initiative bringing together the Media & Learning Association and the Georgian National Communications Commission…

• Digital and Media Literacy
• Lifelong Learning

January 11, 2026

Making educational resources accessible in higher education

by Nicolette Karst, Mid Sweden University, Sweden. In this session on December 11, we enjoyed three presentations, with topics ranging from a more general to a highly specific take on AI an…

• Higher Education

January 9, 2026

The Dual Nature of AI in Media: Opportunities and Challenges

by Khatia Leonidze, Batumi Shota Rustaveli State University, Georgia This article is the result of a joint initiative bringing together the Media & Learning Association and the Georgian National…

• Artificial Intelligence
• Digital and Media Literacy