Co-creating the future of learning – Media and Learning Conference 2026
- Artificial Intelligence
- AV Technologies
- Higher Education
- XR

by Zac Woolfitt, Inholland University of Applied Sciences, the Netherlands. I attended the Media & Learning Conference 2026 in Leuven (June 17-18) on “Co-creating the future of learning”. Media &

by Chloé Pété, Media & Learning Association. This year marked my first attendance at the International Media Literacy Research Symposium (IMLRS), and what a location: Rome!

This article is part of the “Centres for Teaching and Learning” series, a collection of interviews and articles exploring the diverse roles and innovative practices of CTLs, presented by the Media and…

by Julia Cooke, Ofcom, United Kingdom. For Ofcom, the UK’s independent communications regulator, media literacy is everyone’s business. A media literate population with the skills to critically assess the content they see, and with the…

by Tanja Tillmanns, FAU, Germany. On 19 June, the HealthyMindED Erasmus+ project hosted a ninety minute workshop at the Media and Learning 2026 conference in Leuven. The session brought together…

by Mari-Liis Madisson & Andreas Ventsel, University of Tartu, Estonia. History is far more than a record of the past. It shapes how people understand themselves, their country, and their place in the…

by Carl Hartley, University of Leeds, UK. Good journalism is needed more than ever in the increasingly partisan world we are living in. We rely on journalists to tell the stories of real people…

by Juuso Kojo, University of Oulu, Finland. For the past two years, my colleagues and I in the Finnish EduMedia project have been asking a simple-looking question: if every higher education…

by Karin Heremans, Jens Vermeersch, Lien Vandael and Stefanie Van Brussel from the Miles Project. For the past three years, the Miles Project has made it its goal to tackle disinformation in education across 10…

Khanmigo is Khan Academy’s AI-powered teaching assistant, and as of this year it’s completely free for teachers, backed by a partnership with Microsoft. It’s aimed squarely at reducing the admin and…

How can educators, youth workers, and support professionals help vulnerable young people navigate an increasingly digital world? The new book Guiding Vulnerable Young People in a Digital World…

The Climate Ed Tech Toolkit is a free, open-access resource developed by the Association for Learning Technology’s Digital Sustainability SIG, a group of individuals from several UK universities…
The joint EARLI Special Interest Group 6 & 7 Conference will take place from 10–12 August 2026 at the University of Zürich, with associated JURE (junior researcher) events running on 9 and 13 August.
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The 21st European Conference on Technology-Enhanced Learning (ECTEL), organised by EATEL (European Association of Technology Enhanced Learning), will take place from 14–18 September 2026 in Valencia…
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There is no shortage of conversation about AI in higher education. What remains harder to find are spaces where practitioners can move past the debate and into the practical: what does it actually…
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The Erasmus+ MILES project is wrapping up three years of work on media and information literacy, critical thinking, and disinformation in education, and they are closing with a conference worth…
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Augmented World Expo (AWE) and Stereopsia have merged their annual flagship events to launch UnitedXR Europe, positioning it as the continent’s leading gathering for the XR community.
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Bett UK, the annual education technology event, will return to ExCeL London from 20 to 22 January 2027. Registration and initial speaker announcements are now open, alongside a call for proposals for…
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