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🎤 We are delighted to welcome Jeff Van de Poël - Bùi as one of the keynote speakers at the Media & Learning Conference 2026, speaking about “The Augmented Teacher: Navigating AI as an instrument, not an oracle”

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Scanarix Media Game: fostering media and information literacy skills through play by Larysa Nazarenko, CSO Segalor, Ukraine. Today’s information space is governed not just through policy and legislation, but through socio-technical infrastructures and human-AI collaboration.

🎮 Discover the Scanarix Media Game, a serious game boosting media literacy through interactive play! 👾🕹️

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#MediaLiteracy #AIliteracy #DigitalLiteracy #SeriousGames #GameBasedLearning

CTLs as systemic knowledge brokers for lifelong learning This article is part of the new “Centres for Teaching and Learning” series, a collection of interviews and articles exploring the diverse roles and innovative practices of CTLs, presented by the…

🧑‍💻🎓 How can Centres for Teaching and Learning (CTLs) play a bigger role in shaping the future of higher education? The new article by Nynke Kruiderink explores how CTLs can act as systemic knowledge brokers 🤝🌍

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MLA’s recommendations for ”A new strategy for Media Literacy and Digital learning” by Chloé Peté, Media and Learning Association. This policy statement is presented in the context of the stakeholder meeting of the CULT Committee (Committee on Culture and Education) on “A New…

👩‍🏫 Chloé Peté shares MLA's expert insights on embedding media literacy in policy and education.

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#MediaLiteracy #DigitalLearning #EducationPolicy #Disinformation

How can we support students amid Generative AI and disinformation? 🤖📚
Join our AI SIG session on 18 March 2026, 15:30 CET.

⚠️Members only.

send us an email to register: info@media-and-learning.eu

#AI #MediaLiteracy #HigherEducation #EdTech

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🗣📰 Media & Learning's March newsletter is out!

Articles and news items on our conference keynotes, events and projects on media literacy & digital learning in higher education and manny more.

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🎤 Keynote Speaker Announcement – Media & Learning 2026:
Dr. Sharon Klinkenberg from UVA will talk about multimodal learning and personalised learning path to boost student engagement & success.

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#MediaAndLearning #EdTech

Well being and mental health in digital and higher education in Europe As digital technologies become ever more central to teaching and learning, understanding their impact on wellbeing, for both students and educators, is increasingly vital.

🌍 Join us 18 March 2026 (14:00–15:00 CET) for a webinar on Well-being & Mental Health in Digital & Higher Education in Europe.

🎯 Insights, EU projects, JRC report.

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#HigherEducation #DigitalWellbeing #MentalHealth #OnlineLearning

🚀 AI-LITERATE has started!
We’re excited to introduce our new project AI-LITERATE: Upskilling Higher Education in the Age of Generative AI and Disinformation.

We focus on:
🔎 AI literacy
⚖️ Ethical AI use
🎓 Competency development

Stay tuned for update!
#AILiteracy #GenAI

Virtual tour of advanced learning spaces This event presents a series of virtual tours of immersive learning spaces in higher education. Participants will be guided through different technology-enhanced educational environments and…

🚀 Join the Media and Learning Association for a Virtual Tour of Advanced Learning Spaces! 🎓

📅 Date: 26 March 2026
🕒 Time: 14:00 – 15:30 CET
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#HigherEd #EdTech #LearningSpaces #AV #HybridLearning

Media & Learning 2026: Co-creating the future of learning Media & Learning 2026 will take place from Wednesday, 17th to Thursday, 18th June 2026, in Provinciehuis, Leuven, Belgium The Media and Learning 2026 conference will run under the banner “Co-creating…

📢 Register Now for Media & Learning 2026! 

The annual Media & Learning conference in June 17-18, 2026, in Leuven will 2with sessions on AI, immersive learning, next-gen educational media production and more...
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#MediaLearning2026 #MandL26

The reality of digital ageing by Dr. Cora van Leeuwen, imec-SMIT, Vrije Universiteit Brussels, Belgium. Media and digital literacy, and older adults are often seen as opposites. An examination of 20 years of newspaper articles in…

📱 Lifelong digital literacy is key to ensuring no one is left behind in our increasingly digital world.

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#DigitalInclusion #AgeingSociety #LifelongLearning #DigitalLiteracy

The role and possible value of avatars in Higher Education Throughout the Higher Education sector, we are seeing a growing interest in the use of avatars. Approaches in evidence include those whereby academic teaching staff are cloning themselves to…

Free webinar: The role and potential value of avatars in teaching, from both practical experience and research insights.

🗓️ 26 Feb
🕑 14:00 CET
📍 Online

Gary Burnett – Loughborough University
Marco Toffanin – Università degli Studi di Padova
Erik Boon – (VU Amsterdam)s
Moderator: Lana Scott – MIT
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How a smart spreadsheet partner transforms academic work by Mengqi Hu, Xi’an Jiaotong-Liverpool University, China. As data-driven decision-making becomes central to academic and administrative workplaces in higher education, spreadsheets remain a ubiquitous…

📊What if spreadsheets could do more than just store data? Mengqi Hu fy introduces GPT Excel, an AI-powered tool that turns complex data tasks into simple conversations.

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#EdTech #HigherEd #DataLiteracy #AIinEducation

Kids Radio Europe: when young people make journalism, not just consume it by Myrto Stamelaki, National Federation of Francas, France. What if media literacy was not only about analysing information, but about creating it? Across Europe, young people are surrounded by media…

🎙️ Empowering Young Voices: When Kids Don’t Just Consume Media, they Create It!

🔗 Read about Kids Radio Europe, a project that puts young people behind the microphone, fostering a new generation of critical, creative, and engaged media makers.

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Meet virtUOS, the Center for Digital Teaching, Information Management and Higher Education Didactics in Osnabrück University This interview is part of the new “Centres for Teaching and Learning” series, a collection of interviews exploring the diverse roles and innovative practices of CTLs, presented by the Media and…

🏛️ “Centres for Teaching and Learning” series #1: Meet virtUOS, Digital Teaching & Higher Education Didactics at Osnabrück University

💡 Curious about their innovative approach?
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#DigitalTeaching #HigherEd #EdTech

Equipping communities with AI discernment through literacy by Brittani Kollar, MediaWise, The Poynter Institute for Media Studies, USA. It was not that long ago that content generated with AI could be easily identified, whether by its sheer ridiculousness or…

💡 Navigate AI with Confidence

MediaWise have launched alt+Ignite, an initiative designed to equip communities with the skills to understand, evaluate, and ethically engage with AI.

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#AILiteracy #MediaLiteracy #DigitalSkills #FutureReady

Solving Media Literacy’s translation crisis through trusted professionals by Parent Zone, United Kingdom. Across Europe media literacy enjoys robust policy support from national regulators to EU-level frameworks. Yet a curious disconnect exists. While academics and policy…

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Parent Zone reveals how their "Everyday Digital: Life Skills program" trains trusted professionals, teachers, librarians, and local authorities, to deliver practical, relatable guidance to families.

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#MediaLiteracy #DigitalParenting

From barrier to solution: how educators can identify and build their own accessibility tools by Matthew Deeprose, University of Southampton, UK. As an educator, you may notice digital accessibility barriers your students face. A student with wrist pain struggles with note-taking.

🔧 Turning Accessibility Barriers into Solutions: How Educators Can Build Their Own Tools

The key?
Start with a clear problem.
Use existing libraries.
Test rigorously for accessibility and usability.

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#Accessibility #EdTech #AIinEducation

D-PAIDEIA: Addressing Social and Emotional Competences in Post-Covid Digital Education by Katsiaryna Palishchuk, All Digital, Belgium. The Covid-19 pandemic accelerated digital transformation in education but exposed gaps in teachers’ pedagogical, social, and emotional use of digital…

💡 How Can We Make Digital Education More Human?

D-PAIDEIA project tackles this challenge by updating the DigCompEdu framework and creating a training curriculum.

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The role and possible value of avatars in Higher Education Throughout the Higher Education sector, we are seeing a growing interest in the use of avatars. Approaches in evidence include those whereby academic teaching staff are cloning themselves to…

Join our free webinar to explore the role and potential value of avatars in teaching, from both practical experience and research insights.

🗓️ 26 February
🕑 14:00 CET
📍 Online
💸Free

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ESJ LILLE: when Information travels to you - Newstruck, projects and Innovative games by Laurence Gaiffe, Lille School of Journalism, France. A Newstruck, a van equipped as a mobile control room, which travels the roads to raise public awareness about information and how it is…

📡 When Information Comes to You: How ESJ Lille is Revolutionizing Media Literacy!

How the school is transforming media literacy with creative, hands-on projects.

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#MediaLiteracy #Journalism #EdTech #LifelongLearning

Building UvA AI chat: why we built our own GenAI tool and what we learned by Merel Pompe, University of Amsterdam, the Netherlands. UvA AI Chat is the University of Amsterdam’s institutionally developed generative‑AI tool (GenAI), created by an internal team to provide…

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💡In her insightful article, Merel Pompe from the University of Amsterdam shares why they developed UvA AI Chat, a custom, privacy-focused GenAI tool designed specifically for education.

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#EdTech #HigherEd

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📨 Check out the February Media & Learning newsletter! Highlights:

▪️ MEDEA Awards 2026 submissions open!
▪️ UvA AI chat insights by Merel Pompe
▪️ ESJ LILLE: Innovative games by Laurence GAIFFE
▪️...

🔗 These and many more here 👉

Media & Learning Association The Media & Learning Association (MLA) is an international, not-for-profit association set up in 2012 to promote and stimulate the use of media as a way to enhance innovation and creativity in teaching...

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In Autumn 2025, Media & Learning hosted 10 online events on a variety of topics.

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📢 Call for proposal: Media and Learning 2026; Co-creating the future of learning.

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🚀 The MEDEA Awards Competition 2026 is now OPEN!

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Gender and Representation: deconstructing stereotypes and disinformation in the media Gender stereotypes and biased representations remain deeply embedded across today’s media landscape, influencing public perceptions, shaping social norms, and fueling gender-based disinformation.

🔎 Upcoming session in the Wednesday Webinars on Digital & Media Literacy in Europe series: “Gender and Representation: Deconstructing Stereotypes and Disinformation in the Media” on 21 January 2026

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#MediaLiteracy #GenderEquality

Wellbeing in digital teaching and learning in higher education Digital education has opened up unprecedented opportunities for teaching, learning, and collaboration. With emerging technologies constantly reshaping educational possibilities…

🌱Upcoming Event: Wellbeing in Digital Teaching & Learning in Higher Education workshop

Digital education brings opportunities — but it also introduces new challenges for wellbeing.

🗓️22 January 2026
🕑14:00 CET

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