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May 2023

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May 2023

Featured Articles

Scaling XR in Higher Education

by Jeremy Nelson, University of Michigan, USA. Extended Reality (XR) technologies, including augmented, virtual and mixed reality, are already revolutionizing higher education by providing immersive, interactive, and…

3 May 2023

4 min read

Media Literacy

Embedding children’s rights in the digital environment: the Digital Futures Commission

by Sonia Livingstone, LSE, UK. For the past three years, the Digital Futures Commission, hosted by 5Rights Foundation and guided by a multistakeholder group of Commissioners has sought to embed children’s best interests…

17 April 2023

4 min read

AV Technologies Higher Education

Designing Video Workshops for the Post-Pandemic University: A Playful Approach

by Ross Parker, Durham University, UK. The Covid-19 pandemic, remote working and emergency remote education placed a far greater emphasis on the use of video in mainstream education than ever before. Yet, in the years…

8 May 2023

5 min read

Media Literacy

Developing a National Media Literacy Strategy for Australia

by Michael Dezuanni, Queensland University of Technology; Tanya Notley, Western Sydney University; Annabel Astbury, Australian Broadcasting Corporation, Australia. What would it mean to develop a national media literacy…

3 May 2023

5 min read

Artificial Intelligence Higher Education

Developing Career-Ready Graduates: The Importance of AI Literacy Across the Curriculum

by Jane Southworth & Kati Migliaccio, University of Florida, USA. Are you curious about how Artificial Intelligence (AI) can be incorporated into undergraduate education across a diverse university with many…

3 May 2023

6 min read

AR & VR Media Literacy

Misinformation in Virtual Reality

by James Brown, Jeremy Bailenson & Jeffrey Hanock, Stanford University, USA. Virtual Reality (VR) use is growing, and the medium is becoming ever more immersive, creating perceptual experiences that come closer to…

3 May 2023

5 min read

Media Literacy

Digital Media Literacy in EDMO Round Table: IBERIFIER

This interview is part of the ”Digital Media Literacy in EDMO Round Table’‘ interview series that is published every month to highlight the work of the 14 EDMO hubs. IBERIFIER, Digitial Media…

3 May 2023

6 min read

AV Technologies Higher Education

Podcasting as a learning practice in higher education

by Silvia Gullino, Elodie Wakerley, and Simeon Shtebunaev, Birmingham City University, UK. Podcasts are downloadable audio or video files (typically MP3) that can be played anywhere and anytime. In recent years, they…

4 May 2023

4 min read

Media Literacy

Mapping measures to promote media and information literacy in Sweden

by Martina Wagner, Swedish Media Council, Sweden. What opportunities does someone living in Sweden have to become and remain media and information literate throughout their life? What preconditions are created by public…

3 May 2023

6 min read

Artificial Intelligence Media Literacy

#BeHate-Free: Lithuania broke the ice in countering hate speech online

by Danguolė Kalinauskaitė & Tomas Krilavičius, Vytautas Magnus University, Lithuania. In March 2021, four Lithuanian institutions, namely, Vytautas Magnus University, Lithuanian Human Rights Center, European…

5 May 2023

5 min read

News

Primary & Secondary Education

EDUmake team localises EDUbox on Culture for Croatian and on AI for Dutch audiences

EDUbox is an educational concept developed by VRT to introduce secondary school students to specific social topics. As part of the European EDUmake project, partners in Croatia and The Netherlands have created their own…

4 April 2023

1 min read

Primary & Secondary Education

Innovative video-based practices in schools

On Wednesday 10 May, MLA is organising the last webinar in our wednesday webinar series before the summer break which is all about cutting edge usage of video for teaching and learning in schools. Speakers from Germany…

8 May 2023

1 min read

Higher Education

Jisc publishes guide to help universities build a smarter campus using data analysis

Many colleges and universities are working on ways to improve their students’ experience, business efficiencies and environmental performance by better utilising data. This data can be directly related to learning and…

3 May 2023

1 min read

Media Literacy

SMILES last project meeting in Leuven!

The SMILES team met up for the last time on Thuesday 13 April in Leuven, Belgium, the meeting was hosted by the Media & Learning Association and took place at the AGORA Learning Centre, KU Leuven. During this…

3 May 2023

1 min read

Artificial Intelligence

Join us on 24 May to discuss the use of AI in higher education

The Media & Learning seminar entitled “AI in Higher Education: opportunities and threats” will take place from 14:00 – 15:30 CEST on Wednesday, 24 May. AI has the potential to revolutionise education and in this…

5 May 2023

1 min read

Media Literacy

TeaMLit First External Advisory Board

The TeaMLit project held its first online External Advisory Board meeting on Wednesday 26 April 2023: 12 EAB members, 10 partners and 3 external observers attended. The meeting was overall very fruitful and insightful:…

8 May 2023

1 min read

AR & VR Artificial Intelligence

MLA members invited to join SIGs on AI and XR

The Media & Learning Association is inviting its members to join two new special interest groups (SIGs) on AI in Higher Education and XR in Higher Education. These fields have a significant impact on education, and…

5 May 2023

1 min read

Media Literacy

Media Literacy Ireland 2023 Award Winners announced

These Awards aim to raise awareness of the importance of media literacy, recognise existing media literacy work being undertaken in Ireland, and inspire the development of new media literacy initiatives across the…

3 May 2023

3 min read

Tips and Reviews

Put a VU Meter on your desktop

8 May 2023

1 min read

Monster Mash is a modelling and animation tool that creates 3D objects

AR & VR AV Technologies

Monster Mash up your sketches

8 May 2023

2 min read

Higher Education Primary & Secondary Education

Formulating a Positive Vision for the Future of OER in Europe

5 May 2023

1 min read

Events and Competitions

Media Literacy

EDMO 2023 Annual Conference, 25 May Brussels

This event will convene media and policy practitioners and experts, policymakers, academics, regulators, journalists and members of civil society. It will be an opportunity to share some results of EDMO and of its Hubs…

3 May 2023

3 min read

AR & VR Higher Education

iPEAR Conference, 30 May – 1 June, Athens, Greece

The iPEAR project’s upcoming conference on Inclusive Peer Learning with Augmented Reality will be held in Athens, Greece from 30 May to 1 June, 2023. Educators, instructional designers, learning technologists, and…

4 May 2023

1 min read

Higher Education

HUMANE Annual Conference in partnership with EUA, 14-16 June, Barcelona, Spain

The HUMANE (Heads of University Management and Administration Network in Europe) 2023 Annual Conference in partnership with EUA, entitled “Leading together: Academic leaders and senior managers of professional services…

3 May 2023

1 min read

AV Technologies Higher Education

EUNIS 2023, 14-16 June in Vigo, Spain

The University of Vigo in Spain will host the EUNIS23 Annual Congress from 14- 16 June 2023. The Congress aims to explore various aspects of digital transformation in European universities, covering topics such as…

4 May 2023

1 min read

Higher Education

EMOOCS Summit, Potsdam, June 14-16, 2023

With the title ‘Post-Covid Prospects for Massive Open Online Courses – Quarantine boost or backlash?’ this first summit on MOOCS will focus on three key themes: Impact of the pandemic on digital education:…

5 May 2023

1 min read

Lifelong Learning Primary & Secondary Education

EuropeanaTech The Hague, the Netherlands, 10 – 12 October 2023

hybrid conference is for all tech-minded professionals, developers, researchers and students working in and around digital cultural heritage across the globe. It will be a fantastic opportunity to meet with, learn from…

5 May 2023

1 min read

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