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June 2019
Featured Articles
Informal learning through film – results of a significant Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona study
Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona (UAB) research shows substantial impacts on children’s critical and communication skills, engagement with curriculum subjects and appetite for films amongst children involved in film…
Copyright, Media and Learning: a long-standing relationship
Copyright law has always had a close relationship with media and learning. The world’s first copyright statute – commonly referred to as the Statute of Anne 1710 – was ‘An Act for the Encouragement of Learning’. As…
It’s all about the content – celebrating the TIB AV-Portal
This month, 5 years ago, the AV-Portal of the TIB went online. Among the first 2000 films were instructional videos by Professor Jörn Loviscach, who teaches mathematics and informatics at the University of Applied…
Do-it-yourself video and screencast production
It is difficult to summarise 15 years long experiences in do-it-yourself video and screencast production in few lines. A screencast is a digital video and audio recording of what occurs on a presenter’s computer…
Time to broaden how we talk about lecture capture
Discussions on the use of lecture capture frequently start with, or turn to, the question of whether there is any adverse impact on lecture attendance. This question has also been the subject of a substantial number of…
News
What are the impacts of cartoon instructional videos on learning experience?
Chelsea Liu and Philip Elms from the University of Adelaide have recently published a research article that is focused on investigating the use of a series of animated videos to teach advanced accounting at an…
The attraction and completion rates of MOOCs
Sergey Kruchinin Noyabrskiy Oil and Gas Institute (branch) of TIU in Noyabrsk, Russia has recently published a study investigating what makes MOOCs popular. His research suggests that using the traditional MOOC format…
EDEN webinar recordings available
EDEN NAP organised two webinars in May and recordings of both are now available. The “Sense-making Strategies for MOOC Research” webinar took place on Wednesday, 22 May 2019 at 15:30 CEST with Mairéad Nic Giolla Mhichíl…
Centre for Innovation, Leiden University joins Media & Learning Association
The board of the Media & Learning Association are delighted to announce that the Centre for Innovation, Leiden University has joined the association. The Centre consists of a multi-disciplinary team (interaction…
275 people registered for Media & Learning Conference
People from 22 different countries are traveling to Leuven for the Video in Higher Education conference taking place on 5-6 June in STUK. Organised jointly by the Media & Learning Association and KU Leuven Lab…
EAVI part of YoFest @ the European Parliament
On 29th and 30th April, 2019, EAVI hosted workshops and a pub quiz at the Digital Activism tent as part of YoFest at the European Parliament. Organised by the European Youth Forum, YoFest is the largest political youth…
Tips and Reviews
Events and Competitions
Fest of Fests Forum 10-13 June, Greece
The second International Fest of Fest Forum will take place on 10-13 June at “Michael Cacoyannis” Foundation in Greece. This event is organised as a focus group on the promotion of film literacy in…
2019 IIIF Conference 24-28 June, Göttingen, Germany
The 2019 International Image Interoperability Framework (IIIF) Conference will be held in the week of the 24th to 28th of June in Göttingen, hosted by the University of Göttingen / Göttingen State and University Library…
Re-imagining Learning 25 June, Leiden, The Netherlands
Leiden University’s Centre for Innovation and the Leiden-Delft-Erasmus (LDE) Centre for Education and Learning are joining forces to organise the Re-imagining Learning: Augmenting Learning in Higher Education event on…
Making Sense of Media 18 July in London, UK
Making Sense of Media is organised by Ofcom, the regulator for the communications services in the UK. The event will take place on Thursday 18 July 2019, from 10am to 4.00pm at a Central London venue. This event will…
IODL, 14-16 November, Eskişehir, Turkey
Anadolu University is hosting the International Open and Distance Learning Conference (IODL 2019) on 14-16 November 2019 in Eskişehir, Turkey with a specific focus on “global ODL learning opportunities and dynamics”…
Europeana Connect Communities Conference 27-29 November, Lisbon
There is no one-size-fits-all professional working in and around cultural heritage – your roles, your institutions, your passions and your skills are incredibly wide-ranging. Europeana 2019 will aim to make the…














