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June 2022

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June 2022

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Meet you in Leuven for Media & Learning 2022!

At the same time as our June newsletter is going out, our secretariat staff and conference team are moving to Groep T in Leuven, Belgium to get ready for the Media & Learning Association’s annual conference on 2-3…

31 May 2022

4 min read

AV Technologies Higher Education

Check out the latest tools and services at the M&L22 Exhibition

During the Media & Learning conference taking place on 2-3 June in Leuven, we will be hosting an exhibition where 8 companies will showcase the latest technology and services to enhance your use of media for…

31 May 2022

7 min read

Higher Education

Gently down the (live) stream

By Laurent Krook, University of Groningen, the Netherlands. With the relaxation of COVID-regulations in the Netherlands, the highly-anticipated return to in-person education has seen a surprisingly low lecture…

24 May 2022

7 min read

AV Technologies Higher Education

Analysing the pedagogical affordances of video

by Tony Bates, Toronto Metropolitan University & Contact North, Ontario, Canada. In revising my online, open textbook, Teaching in a Digital Age, I found I needed to make a number of changes to the section on video…

27 May 2022

12 min read

Media Literacy

MediaSmarts – Building a Digital Media Literacy Strategy for Canada

by Samantha McAleese & Kara Brisson-Boivin, MediaSmarts, Canada. MediaSmarts – Canada’s centre for digital media literacy – has advocated for a national digital media literacy strategy for over fifteen years…

26 May 2022

4 min read

AV Technologies Higher Education

Community building is the key to successful teaching in hybrid settings

By Zac Woolfitt, Inholland University, The Netherlands. On May 12, Media and Learning connected the globe in their webinar to share good practices about teaching in the hybrid virtual classroom (HVC). Speakers joined…

16 May 2022

15 min read

AR & VR

Extended Reality for Everybody – XR MOOC Specialization on Coursera

By Michael Nebeling, University of Michigan, USA. What Is the XR MOOC Specialization? The Extended Reality for Everybody is a three-course MOOC specialization designed for online learners by Professor Michael Nebeling…

31 May 2022

4 min read

Higher Education

Three papers on the idea of a ‘new learning’ through social media

By Ksenia Zavyalova, Kazan Federal University, Republic of Tatarstan & Conor Galvin, UCD, Ireland. Learning is changing in this digital age – fundamentally and irrevocably –and social media is accelerating these…

9 May 2022

5 min read

AV Technologies Higher Education

Designing for hybrid is all about the space, the pedagogy and the community

by Annelies Raes, KU Leuven, Belgium & Université de Lille, France. More and more voices claim that the nature and structure of future educational institutions will be hybrid to better deal with fast changing…

27 May 2022

7 min read

AV Technologies Higher Education

The missing focus in educational videos

By Dominik Lukeš, University of Oxford, UK. There is no end of research around the effectiveness of every aspect of learning from video. Should the videos be long or short, should there be a face, how should text and…

30 May 2022

8 min read

News

Primary & Secondary Education

School Education Gateway & eTwinning platforms to merge

School Education Gateway and eTwinning will soon merge into a new European School Education Platform. To understand how this might have an impact on your onoing work related to these platforms, check out this site. The…

17 May 2022

1 min read

AV Technologies Higher Education

Coursera Launches Clips – Short learning Videos and Lessons

Coursera recently reported on their blog that they are intoducing Clips, over 10,000 bite-sized videos and lessons from the world’s leading companies and universities, which they are planning to scale to more than…

17 May 2022

1 min read

Media Literacy Primary & Secondary Education

Winners of 19th EduCAC Awards are announced

The EduCAC Awards promotes education in audiovisual communication and is aimed at students and teachers from schools in Catalonia. This year 88 projects were submitted and the jury awarded 17 prizes. The winning…

24 May 2022

1 min read

Media Literacy

Over 30,000 participate in Croatia’s 5th round of Media Literacy Days

This year, Media Literacy Days in Croatia were held under the slogan “Think with your head in the media labyrinth” and were really successful with over 30,000 participants in more than 500 events in 155…

29 May 2022

1 min read

Higher Education

TransACTION! project moving forward

The project partners recently met in Nurnberg, Germany for their first in-person meeting since the start of the project. This meeting was hosted by the Innovation in Learning Institute (ILI) at the University of…

26 May 2022

1 min read

Lifelong Learning

New online catalogue maps and connects training initiatives in Europe

The Digital Industry Training Atlas provides visibility to the training programs offered in Europe through an accessible, online catalogue. The Atlas is a platform that displays the most interesting training courses in…

26 May 2022

1 min read

AV Technologies

UOC develops system to guide students and teaching staff with AI support

A recent article on the UOC.edu portal provides some insight into a new Learning Intelligent System (LIS) project which has been developed by an inter-disciplinary team of researchers at the Universitat Oberta de…

26 May 2022

1 min read

Media Literacy Primary & Secondary Education

EC launches new Better Internet for Kids strategy

Referred to as BIK+, this updated strategy is the digital arm of the rights of the child strategy and reflects the recently proposed digital principle that ‘Children and young people should be protected and empowered…

26 May 2022

1 min read

Tips and Reviews

Higher Education

EADTU Report on Designing Online Assessment

26 May 2022

1 min read

Media Literacy

New lesson plan from EAVI on identifying misleading images

26 May 2022

1 min read

Primary & Secondary Education

Guidelines on teaching and learning online for schools

26 May 2022

1 min read

Events and Competitions

Primary & Secondary Education

School Innovation Forum 9-10 June

Rethinking school innovation for future-proof learning” is the theme of the 2022 edition of the School Innovation Forum. On 9 June 2022, European Schoolnet invites the education community to discuss the importance…

26 May 2022

1 min read

Higher Education

EUA webinar series: A new world? 14 June

In late May 2022, governments and universities from around the world met in Barcelona for the UNESCO World Higher Education Conference. This event aims to set out the global vision for higher education and higher…

26 May 2022

1 min read

Higher Education

Designing Online Assessment 14-16 June

The EADTU team are organising a dedicated webinar series on the topic of online assessment during the Empower Webinar Week, from 14 – 16 June. Topics addressed include Assessment Design, Assessment Futures…

26 May 2022

1 min read

AR & VR AV Technologies

MET AMS, 14 -17 June, Amsterdam, The Netherlands

MET AMS is Europe’s leading metaverse festival that will take place on 14-17 June in Amsterdam, the Netherlands. The 4-day festival, centred around education, experiences and interaction, is the first of its kind…

26 May 2022

1 min read

Higher Education

EDEN 2022 Annual Conference 20-22 June 2022

EDEN Digital Learning Europe’s Annual Conference will be hosted by Tallinn University, Estonia and will take place on 20-22 June 2022 in hybrid mode. The theme for this year’s conference is ‘Shaping…

26 May 2022

1 min read

Media Literacy Primary & Secondary Education

Childnet Film Competition International deadline 22 June

Young people who attend school outside of the UK can showcase their creative skills and online safety knowledge by entering the Childnet Film Competition International category. The organisers invite submissions of…

26 May 2022

1 min read

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