November 2020

Making XR a reality across the campus at University of Michigan

The XR Initiative heads into the end of 2020 reflecting on the amazing progress and truly inspiring work being done by faculty throughout the University of Michigan. Its faculty are embracing the challenges and…

4 November 2020

4 min read

Transform classrooms into engaged and active language communities!

Imagine a method that lets students see, hear and experience a foreign language in action. Suppose that source was available in every major European language, and that teachers could use it to provide students, in…

6 November 2020

6 min read

AV Technologies Media Literacy

Voices First, Faces Second: Beyond the Tweet

In a moment of empathy with a lot of faculty/teachers in these times, I wrote this tweet: Everyone knows my stance on cameras on or off. we should not force students to turn them on, because there are many…

6 November 2020

4 min read

Camera on? Camera off?

Should your college students have their camera ‘on’, or camera ‘off’ during an online lesson? This has been quite a topic of discussion since teaching went online earlier this year. A view of how…

6 November 2020

12 min read

Are universities finally complying with EU directive on accessibility?

UK undergraduate disabled students have a consistently lower than average overall satisfaction rate than non-disabled students and are doing less well in terms of continuing their course (0.9 percentage points), degree…

8 November 2020

4 min read

How NuPOV Revolutionises Organic Chemistry Education with the help of AR

Interactive Augmented Reality (AR) app NuPOV could be the answer to teach undergraduates Organic Chemistry Reactions. The topic “Organic Chemistry” may strike fear in many students taking a course in chemistry, and…

6 November 2020

5 min read

AV Technologies Higher Education

The enriching and hilarious video game research experience

It is amazing how data-collection experiences and processes can be so enriching, stressful and hilarious at the same time. This opening story is from 1 of 3 focus group discussions (FDGs) we undertook in a qualitative…

29 October 2020

6 min read

Providing educational value in a time of rising tuition fees & social distancing with the help of WebClip2Go

As term begins for universities across Europe, an old debate has now taken on a new dimension. The issue of rising tuition costs has, for many years, raged on – with strong proponents on both sides. ‘Pragmatists’ argue…

3 November 2020

9 min read

News

Language of Lying wins MEDEA Awards 2020

This year’s awards ceremony was a long time coming, but finally the winner was announced during a webinar that took place on 28 October 2020. The honours went to Language of Lying submitted by Hamlett Films for Open…

29 October 2020

1 min read

EUA issues report on financial and economic impact of COVID-19

The European Universities Association (EUA) recently published the first of a two-part flagship study, the EUA Public Funding Observatory 2020/2021, which contains data from 29 university systems in Europe. This report…

2 November 2020

1 min read

AV Technologies

Kalyzée and Panasonic join Media & Learning Association

The Media & Learning Association is delighted to welcome Kalyzée as a new sponsoring member. Originating in France, Kalyzée is a technology company that designs and develops lecture-capture and streaming solutions…

29 October 2020

1 min read

New SMaRT-EU project to build social media resilience toolkit

One of the 5 proposals accepted for funding in the 2019 Call for proposals for Preparatory Action on Media Literacy for All is starting its work. The project is called Social Media Resilience Toolkit – SMaRT-EU…

8 November 2020

1 min read

AR & VR Higher Education

Mediasite launches advanced integration with Zoom

Mediasite recently announced an advanced new integration with Zoom that lets users record and schedule Zoom meetings and turn them into valuable tools on-demand in Mediasite, complete with accessibility…

9 November 2020

1 min read

Social media influences our political behaviour and puts pressure on our democracies

The democratic foundations of our societies are under pressure from the influence that social media has on our political opinions and our behaviours, according to a new JRC report. 48% of Europeans use social media…

9 November 2020

1 min read

MLI ‘Media Literacy Monday’ Webinars

As a result of Covid-19 restrictions, Media Literacy Ireland will not be hosting their annual MLI conference this year. Instead, MLI will be hosting a series of five ‘Media Literacy Monday’ webinars. With an overarching…

2 November 2020

2 min read

Primary & Secondary Education

EPRA roundtable meetings on Media Literacy Networks

EPRA, the European platform of regulatory authorities, the oldest and largest network of broadcasting regulators, launched a series of online meetings in September entitled ‘MIL Networks: Learning from each other”…

6 November 2020

1 min read

Tips and Reviews

AV Technologies

NVIDIA: AI is coming to a screen near you…

8 November 2020

2 min read

AV Technologies

Record on Vimeo

8 November 2020

2 min read

Eurydice publishes report on Equity in School Education

9 November 2020

1 min read

Events and Competitions

Primary & Secondary Education

EAVI Conversations 27 October – 18 November

The EAVI Conversations 2020 is a three-week-long event meant to reflect about the digital environment and the skills people should develop. In light of recent political and cultural events, policy, education, media and…

2 November 2020

1 min read

Euroclio conference takes place throughout November

The 27th Annual Conference of Euroclio, the European Association of History Educators, called Controversy and Disagreement in the Classroom is taking place online from 31 October until 29 November. Panel…

3 November 2020

1 min read

Higher Education Primary & Secondary Education

ISMAR 2020 Symposium on Mixed and Augmented Reality 9-13 November

The 19th IEEE International Symposium on Mixed and Augmented Reality (ISMAR 2020) will take place virtually on the iLRN Virtual Campus, powered by VirBELA from 9 to 13 November, ISMAR is an important technical and…

3 November 2020

1 min read

European Digital Hackathon 2020 12-13 November

The 2020 Digital Education Hackathon will take place on 12 and 13 November. DigiEduHack is a series of online and offline idea-hackathons happening all around the world over two days, focusing on co-creating the future…

9 November 2020

1 min read