The Knowledge Media Institute (KMi) researches the areas of Cognitive and Learning Sciences, Artificial Intelligence and Semantic Technologies, and Multimedia. Knowledge Media is about the processes of generating, understanding and sharing knowledge using several different media, as well as understanding how the use of different media shape these processes. KMi operates with reference to a […]
Immersive Education
Immersive Education, founded in 1999 as a result of collaboration between Oxford University and Intel, is an award-winning specialist educational software publisher, based in Oxford, UK. Based on the premise that pupils learn more efficiently when learning is made fun, Immersive Education products include several award-winning software programs and boardgames. Its tools encourage creative learning, […]
Headliners
Headliners is a UK-based news agency which teaches news production techniques to people of ages 8-19 through journalism programs. Through these programs participants are able to write and produce their own news stories which often get published in local newspapers and magazines, or broadcast on television or radio. Headliners’ main objective is to inspire children […]
Welsh Joint Education Council – Media Studies
WJEC was previously called the Welsh Joint Education Committee. It was established in 1948 as a consortium of local education authorities in Wales. It is now a registered charity, and a company limited by guarantee, owned by the 22 local authorities in Wales. A subsidiary company, WJEC CBAC Services Limited, provides specialist printing and publication […]
WAC Performing Arts & Media College
WAC Performing Arts & Media College provides training in the arts for children and young people up to the age of twenty-five. It also offers a range of career and personal development projects for the eighteen-plus age group. WAC Performing Arts & Media College works with children and young people every year within a variety […]
OneWorldTV
OneWorldTV is a public platform for filmmakers, video journalists, NGO’s amateurs interested in social issues. The organization’s website provides these groups with opportunities to access video messages and short films from around the world. The films available for viewing describe a range of world social issues, and are sorted by categories such as community initiatives, […]
MediaWise
MediaWise (formerly PressWise), is an independent charity, set up in 1993 by ‘victims of media abuse’, supported by concerned journalists, media lawyers, and politicians in the UK. We operate on the principle that press freedom is a responsibility exercised by journalists on behalf of the public, and that the public has a right to know […]
Theory.Org
Established in 1997 by David Gauntlett, Theory.Org is a unique website which explores complex connection between media and identities while trying “to have a little fun”. The site is useful for teachers, media educators, and students alike. It encourages viewers to let young people explore and understand their identity by using icons in pop culture […]
Media Ed
www.MediaEd.org.uk is for teachers, students, and anyone interested in media and moving image education in primary, secondary, further and informal education. This UK Media Education website provides an extensive list of resources and materials for classroom use, including links to articles, essays, and recently published books on the subject of media studies, film studies, and […]
Media and Communication Studies
Media and Communication Studies Site was established by Daniel Chandler in 1995, and is currently hosted by the University of Wales, Aberystwyth. The website is an “award-winning portal” or “meta-index” of various online resources, essays, and articles useful for scholars or anyone interested in learning more about media and media studies. A variety of additional […]