On May 2, 2025, a free conference will address the impact of social media on mental health, relationships, and public trust, providing practical, evidence-based strategies for online safety.Social media plays a far...
New MOOC on Gender-Sensitive Media Literacy
The GenderED Coalition has launched a free online course, Towards a Gender-Sensitive Media and Information Literacy (MIL), running from April 1 to May 31, 2025. This MOOC aims to equip educators, media professionals...
“There’s An AI For That” – a growing AI tool/task database
There’s An AI For That is a website that tracks AI tools for various tasks, helping users find solutions for work, research, and creativity. It currently lists 32,944 AI tools across 13,634 tasks and 4,990 job...
Navigating EdTech effectiveness: takeaways from the 4th Learning Bytes Festival
The 4th edition of the Learning Bytes Festival took place on 28 March in Kortrijk, Belgium, bringing together around 300 participants under the theme “Factcheck: Does Your EdTech Work?” The event featured...
Artifake: Street art against disinformation
by Internews Ukraine, Ukraine. The Internews Ukraine team, together with partners, created the international art project. It used the nontraditional and creative tools of street art to defend the informational space...
Join us on 10 April to explore GenAI’s role in teaching and learning within higher education
A Media & Learning online event titled Teaching and learning with GenAI in higher education will take place from 14:00 – 15:00 CEST on Thursday, 10 April. This online session will explore the evolving role of GenAI...
Video on campus Symposium, Online, 16 April 2025
Epiphan are organising an open online Higher Ed Symposium on ‘Video on campus: Solving ed tech integration challenges’. During this event, top AV practitioners from US universities across will share...
Fürth Manifesto on AI in Education
Media & Learning’s first international exchange week, held from March 17-21, 2025, hosted by FAU Erlangen-Nürnberg, provided a deep dive into the transformative role of AI in higher education. Prepared by...
Open call to contribute to our new Media and Learning community sound map
by Lucy Kendra, Heriot-Watt Online, UK. Hearing is a way of touching at a distance. ‘The Soundscape’, Murray Schafer (1977).WhatIn support of our mission to get serious about sound, we’ve created a collaborative...
Bridging the digital divide in Georgia: Empowering rural communities through the Digital Adoption Program (DAP)
by Mariam Dakhundaridze, Communications Commission of Georgia, Georgia. In Georgia, rural communities have long struggled with limited access to digital technologies, creating a significant gap between urban and rural...
Here are 5 reasons to attend Media & Learning 2025
The Media & Learning 2025 conference organised jointly with KU Leuven’s Learning Lab offers an excellent opportunity for educators, researchers, and innovators to explore how media can effectively support teaching...
Welcome to our newest member from Latvia!
This month the Media & Learning Association is pleased to welcome a new sponsoring member: Catchbox, Latvia. Catchbox is well known in the AV industry as the company that created the fun and engaging Cube throwable...
Understanding the DNA of Centres for Teaching and Learning (CTLs)
by Alexandra Mihai, Maastricht University, The Netherlands. Centres for Teaching and Learning (CTLs) are gaining visibility in the higher education (HE) landscape as key actors that support universities in...
What does decolonisation mean today? YouNDigital invites you to think about it!
The YouNDigital newsroom, developed as part of the YouNDigital – Youth, News, and Digital Citizenship project, is based at Lusófona University/CICANT (Portugal). This collaborative initiative invites young people from...
Revisiting Disinformation – Critical Media Literacy Approaches, 27-28 June, Crete, Greece
The S.HI.E.L.D. vs Disinformation project is pleased to announce its upcoming International Conference, titled “Revisiting Disinformation: Critical Media Literacy Approaches”, taking place on Friday, June 27, and...
Beyond essays: engaging students through media assignments
by Anouk den Hamer, Educational Development & Training, Utrecht University, The Netherlands. Rethinking student assignmentsFor decades, essays have been the standard way for students to demonstrate learning. They...
Getting a Grip on Disinformation: From distrust to trust within learning communities
by Deike Schulz, Joyce Kerstens, and Dustin Sajoe, NHL Stenden University of Applied Sciences, The Netherlands. Disinformation has become part of our daily life, therefore empowering citizens to identify and counter...
Do AI avatars teach as well as humans? The results might surprise you!
by Mutlu Cukurova & Zoe Li, University College London, UK. The buzz around Artificial Intelligence (AI) in education has been growing. In addition to AI chatbots like ChatGPT, AI-generated videos seem to be another...
Media & Learning announces change in leadership
We are pleased to announce that Monika Theron will be joining the Media and Learning Association as the new Director, effective June 1st, 2025. With a background in film and media production, Monika transitioned into...
Pickle, your AI stand-in in Zoom?
Pickle is an AI-powered tool that creates a digital body double for video calls, allowing users to appear in virtual meetings without being on camera. By recording a short video of yourselve, you can generate an AI...
