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1st Annual United States Media Literacy Week
Media Literacy Week is designed to bring attention and visibility to media literacy education in the United States. Inspired by Canada’s Media Literacy Week now in its 10th year, the National Association for Media Literacy Education is leading the efforts to create a media literacy week in the United States to showcase the work of amazing media literacy educators and organizations around the country. The mission of Media Literacy Week is to highlight the power of media literacy education and…
Find out more »10th Annual Canada Media Literacy Week
Media Literacy Week (Canada) is an annual event that takes place every November. Co-led by MediaSmarts and the Canadian Teachers’ Federation (CTF), the week puts a spotlight on the importance of digital and media literacy as key components in the education of children and young people. Working with Canadian schools, libraries, and educational associations and organizations, MediaSmarts and CTF seek to inspire a leap in Canadians’ thinking towards media education as an important – and innovative – approach for creating…
Find out more »The Fourth International Conference of Media Literacy
After decades of development, the research and practice of media literacy education has gradually become mature. The field of media literacy is located at the crossroad of many academic disciplines and it possesses a multidisciplinary characteristic. For both research and practice, media literacy is not restricted to be carried out in a single discipline. Media literacy attracts scholars and educators from communication studies, education, journalism, cultural studies, health communication, language, arts, new media, etc. to work in this field and…
Find out more »ACSI-2015
ACSI-2015 is one of the area focused international workshops for presenting novel ideas and advances in the area of Computer Science and Informatics organized by scientific cooperations. ACSI-2015 aims to increase the collaboration among researchers and practitioners with a common interest in Computer Science and Informatics through scientific and technological publications. ACSI-2015 will take place in Istanbul-TURKEY during November 7-8, 2015. The scientific cooperations society intends to accelerate the relations among researchers.
Find out more »Media Education Summit 2015
MEDIA EDUCATION SUMMIT The 8th Media Education Summit brings together a global network of media educators, scholars and researchers to share research, pedagogy and innovation on all aspects of media education and media in education. The Summit is convened annually by the Centre for Excellence in Media Practice CEMP and hosted this year by Emerson College, Boston, US. Emerson is the home of the Engagement Lab. The Boston Summit incorporates the 2015 Media Literacy Research Symposium. Presenters will be invited…
Find out more »Media Literacy and Media Education: Digital Media for Future
The School of Media of the Higher School of Economics is pleased to announce it will be holding The Second International Scientific-practical Conference Media Literacy and Media Education: Digital Media for Future, at the Higher School of Economics on November 26-28, 2015. Media Education and Media Literacy play a central role in the life of a modern society, where Media is understood to be a public benefit and an institution for the development of citizens. The Russian Ministry of Communications…
Find out more »Ofcom children’s research event
Ofcom children’s research event In October we will be publishing Ofcom's annual Children and Parents: Media Use and Attitudes report. Previous reports can be found on our website at www.ofcom.org.uk/medialiteracyresearch. To mark the publication we will be holding a research event on Thursday 26 November 2015, from 3-5.30pm at Riverside House, London. There will be networking drinks from 5.30pm. The event will be introduced by Sharon White, Chief Executive, Ofcom. In addition to presentations of key findings from the report,…
Find out more »EU Expert Group on Media Literacy
The European Commission intends to organise the next meeting the EU Expert Group on Media Literacy on 1st December in Brussels. A draft agenda is already available. The group is chaired by the European Commission. The following categories of participants are invited: Experts nominated by Member States, Candidate countries and the EEA/EFTA Secretariat; Representatives of European associations and Foundations active in the field of media literacy; Representatives from international organisations (Council of Europe, UNESCO). Researchers and Universities can also be…
Find out more »2nd Pan - African Conference on Media and Information
UNESCO and DW Akademie, Germany’s leading organization for international media development in collaboration with the Pan - African Alliance on Media and Information Literacy (PAMIL) and the Global Alliance for Partnerships on Media and Information Literacy (GAPMIL) will be holding the 2nd Pan - African Conference on Media and Information from 1 to 3 December 2015 in Abuja, Nigeria. The event is held under the theme Creating a Culture of Dialogue and design to map MIL on the continent to inform evidence-based actions. Having…
Find out more »INTCESS-16- 3rd INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON EDUCATION AND SOCIAL SCIENCES
CALL FOR PAPERS: You are invited to participate in INTCESS-16- 3rd INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON EDUCATION AND SOCIAL SCIENCES that will be held in ISTANBUL, Turkey on the 8th, 9th and 10th February 2016. SUBMIT YOUR ABSTRACT ONLINE NOW: http://ocerint.org/intcess16/index.php/abstract-submission INTCESS-16 is an multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary international conference that provides the ideal opportunity to bring together professors, researchers and high education students of different disciplines, discuss new issues, and discover the most recent researches in all fields of EDUCATION, SOCIAL SCIENCES…
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