Finland adopts a new Media Literacy Education Policy – what has changed?
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What happens when innovation moves beyond experimentation and becomes part of everyday teaching and learning? Universities are constantly exploring new and innovative ways to use media and technology to support teaching and learning. But the…
Read moreAI can do far more than answer questions in a chat window. On 22 October 2026, from 14:00 to 17:00 CEST, workshop leader Serge de Beer of LearningTour, who leads the Agentic Production programme for…
Read moreThis month, the Media & Learning Association is pleased to welcome four new organisational members: NHL Stenden University for Applied Sciences & HU University of Applied Sciences Utrecht from the Netherlands, Folkets Bio Filmpedagogerna AB from Sweden and…
Read moreThe TREnD project partners held a dedicated session on 2 September at the biennial Conference of the European Association for American Studies (EAAS), “1776–2026: Visions of Freedom,” at the University of Bologna, Italy (1–4 September…
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by Julia Alajärvi, Finnish Arts and Culture Agency, Finland. In May 2026, the Finnish Ministry of Education and Culture published an updated national Media Literacy Education Policy. The revision responds to a rapidly changing media…

by Tobias Bahr, Heidelberg University, Germany. Students, according to constructivism (Ben-Ari, 2001) make sense, build conceptions about AI by engaging with AI tools in their everyday life, e.g. a social media app with a personalised…

by Mathy Vanbuel. Media and Learning Association. Walking around IBC2026 in Amsterdam, my main impression was not one of spectacular new technology. It was that many technologies we have been talking about for years –…

Walk into almost any university department today and you'll likely find colleagues already using GenAI for all kinds of purposes - drafting lesson plans, generating content, supporting students, even assisting with assessment. GenAI tools are…

by Maja Cimerman Sitar, EduSkills+. Last year, I wrote here about a simple activity that helps young children discover that photographs do not necessarily show reality. I ended that article with a question that had increasingly…

by Anneleen Cosemans, KU Leuven, Belgium. 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…

by Kyle James, DW Akademie, Germany. Feature image credit: DW In a virtual meeting space, 48 people listen as Kenyan podcaster Abigael Kima talks about podcasting on climate change. She explains how she gets people…

by Stefanie Havelka, University College Dublin, Ireland. Since the public release of ChatGPT, an AI assistant by OpenAI, nearly 4 years ago, AI has been widely debated worldwide. AI is reshaping labor markets by automating…

IMPROVE – Research and Development of Media Literacy in Preschool and Primary Education, a Four-Year Institutional Research Project Conducted at the Faculty of Teacher Education, University of Zagreb.

by Catriona Mulcahy, Webwise, Ireland. As children and young people increasingly encounter and use AI in their everyday lives, understanding how these technologies work and the opportunities and challenges they present can help support safe,…

If you work with educational video and audio, you probably spend more time than you would like creating transcripts and subtitles. This is where I have found Whisper particularly useful. Whisper is an AI speech…

Colossyan is an AI video platform aimed specifically at education and training. It takes textual input such as a PDF, slide deck or script, and an AI avatar presents it as a video that you…

OpenArt’s new Dub Video feature promises to make a speaker in your video talk in another language, with lip movements to match. It is simple to use and genuinely promising for short clips, but limited…
What difference does Erasmus+ really make for the people and organisations shaping adult learning? That’s the question at the heart of the next EPALE Belgium Conference, taking place on 22 October 2026 at Flagey, Brussels,…
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From 24 to 31 October 2026, UNESCO’s Global Media and Information Literacy Week starts, this year under the theme “We All Play a Part – Media and Information Literacy for the People”. The theme reflects…
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Disabled Women Ireland, a national representative organisation of disabled women, girls, and non-binary people in Ireland, will host its final session in its series on misinformation and disinformation on disabled people in media. With particular…
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From 10 to 12 November 2026, the global XR community meets inside virtual reality for the sixth edition of IMMERSIVE X. Under the theme “Reclaim the Future”, the festival explores how XR and immersive media…
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