September 2022

Media Literacy Training in Irish Public Libraries – a pilot project

by Claire McGuinness & Crystal Fulton, University College Dublin, Ireland. At the 2022 World Library and Information Congress in Dublin, Ireland, IFLA’s Public Library Section launched the latest version of the…

15 August 2022

5 min read

MOOC: Enlightening the Dark Ages: Early Medieval Archaeology in Italy

by Marianne Grace Z. Araneta, Università degli Studi di Padova, Italy. As educators and instructors, one of the many questions we often ask ourselves is how to make our students learn better. How can we create…

15 August 2022

5 min read

AR & VR Higher Education

Six benefits that the metaverse offers to colleges and universities

by Nir Kshetri, University of North Carolina – Greensboro, USA. Even though it’s unclear what exactly the metaverse is and whether it even exists, colleges and universities have jumped onto the metaverse…

29 August 2022

6 min read

AV Technologies Higher Education

How fake news leads to conspiracy theories

by Rosemary Smith, Getting Better Foundation, USA. Besides being potentially avoidable tragedies, what do the Nashville Bomber, Russian Trolls, Black Lives Matter, Covington Catholic, Pizza Gate, Sandy Hook, Anti-Vaxx…

29 August 2022

4 min read

Digital Storytelling as an assessment tool – embedding evaluation in the learning process

by Antonia Liguori, Loughborough University, UK. In the Winter of 2019, I was invited to facilitate a digital storytelling workshop for educators in Maryland, in US, hosted by the Montgomery College and organised in…

31 August 2022

3 min read

AV Technologies Higher Education OE(M)R

New learning tool available in the Baltics for building informational resilience

by Sabīne Bērziņa, IREX, Latvia. IREX recently launched a new, open-access education platform in five languages – English, Russian, Estonian, Latvian and Lithuanian – to help people overcome challenges created by the…

30 August 2022

3 min read

AR & VR Higher Education

Interactive Virtual Reality Applications for Timișoara

by Politehnica University of Timișoara, Romania. The stories of Timișoara, Romania churches, explored in a virtual space The International Spotlight Heritage Student Contest, ISHSC 2021, was organised in order to…

31 August 2022

5 min read

Closing access to information on the Internet. Access limitations. Blocking a resource on the Internet

Are Open Education Resources (OER) accessible to everyone?

by Oriane Pierrès & Alireza Darvishy, ZHAW School of Engineering, Switzerland. Open Educational Resources (OERs) are educational materials that can be used, adapted, and redistributed by anyone free of charge…

31 August 2022

4 min read

Librarians’ perspectives on the impact of COVID on teaching media education

by Igor Kanižaj, University of Zagreb, Croatia; Maria José Brites, Lusófona University, Portugal & Luis Pereira, City, University of London, UK The Routledge Handbook of Media Education Futures Post-Pandemic…

1 September 2022

3 min read

News

MLA4MedLit – Conference on Teacher Education in Digital and Media Literacy 19 October 2022

The Media & Learning Association is organising a one-day conference on Teacher Education in Digital Media Literacy which will take place online on 19 October 2022 from 9:30 – 17:00 CET. Join us for our first…

1 September 2022

1 min read

Places available for online seminar on accessibility in Higher Ed video services on 15 Sept

The first seminar run by the Media & Learning Association in the autumn series will take place on 15 September and places are still available for members and non-members. This first event will be about accessibility…

31 August 2022

1 min read

Open Call to join Focus Group on media-based learning strategies & resources

The TransACTION! project team is in the process of bringing together anyone who would be interested in being part of a focus group: TransACTION!+ an informal network of practitioners who are working to create effective…

29 August 2022

1 min read

Join webinar series on Media Literacy work of EDMO hubs

Places are still available to join our new Wednesday Webinar series organised together with the European Digital Media Observatory (EDMO) on Digital & Media Literacy in Europe: Exploring Media Literacy at National…

29 August 2022

1 min read

One step closer to a common European micro-credential standard

In June, the European Council recommended member states to adopt a European approach to micro-credentials and in particular to apply a common EU definition, EU standards and key principles for the design and issuance of…

18 August 2022

1 min read

OECD Education Podcast series on Disinformation

OECD Education is broadcasting podcasts about global education, which brings together OECD as well as a broad range of authors and researchers to explain and explore emerging education data, and deliver objective…

15 August 2022

2 min read

EDMO publishes analysis of Media Literacy Initiatives on Ukraine

Following a public call for information on media literacy initiatives, EDMO published its analysis on the mapping of European media literacy initiatives in response to the war in Ukraine In July. The response across…

18 August 2022

1 min read

Educational Repositories Network all set to resume in-person seminars

The Educational Repository Network is planning the resumption of its in-person seminars starting with a first seminar set to take place in Dublin, Ireland, hosted and organised by Patrick Coffey, the National…

29 August 2022

1 min read

Big global differences in levels of concern around false or misleading info

A study carried out earlier in the summer by Poynter shows significant differences across the globe when it comes to false or misleading information online. In this study, the research team surveyed 8585 respondents of…

22 August 2022

1 min read

Watch parties identified as one of ten higher education innovative pedagogies

The recently published Innovating Pedagogy 2022: Open University Innovation Report 10 explores new forms of teaching, learning, and assessment for an interactive world, to guide teachers and policymakers in productive…

24 August 2022

1 min read

Tips and Reviews

Top 100 Tools for Learning 2022

31 August 2022

1 min read

New Handbook on Media Education highlights innovative practices

15 August 2022

1 min read

Higher Education Lifelong Learning

Series of articles on technological advances in accessibility

23 August 2022

1 min read

Events and Competitions

ECTEL 2022, 12-16 September, Toulouse, France

The 17th European Conference on Technology Enhanced Learning under the theme “Educating for a new future: Making sense of technology-enhanced learning adoption” will take place from 12-16 September in…

23 August 2022

1 min read

CEDMO 22-23 September, Prague

The Central European Digital Media Observatory (CEDMO) is organising an international conference on 22-23 September entitled ‘Europe Tackles Information Chaos”. This event is open to the general public and…

18 August 2022

1 min read

Primary & Secondary Education

mLearn 2022, blended 10-12 October in Heerlen

The 21st World Conference on Mobile, Blended and Seamless Learning will take place on 10-12 October and will provode an opportunity to explore and discuss how personal mobile devices and their affordances currently do…

1 September 2022

1 min read

Europeana Hybrid Conference 28-30 Sept

Take part in Europeana 2022 to explore how we can collaboratively build a common data space for cultural heritage and the role digital cultural heritage plays in today’s and tomorrow’s world. Each day will begin with a…

1 September 2022

1 min read

AR & VR

Stereopsia Europe 17-19 October Brussels

Stereopsia EUROPE 2022 is a key event for anyone interested in the topic of XR in Europe – including the teaching and learning community. This event will include the General Assembly of XR4Europe alongside…

1 July 2022

1 min read