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VI Encontro Brasileiro de Educomunicação & III Educom Sul
A educomunicação é um paradigma orientador de práticas que têm como objetivo o fortalecimento do protagonismo dos sujeitos sociais, mediante a gestão compartilhada e solidária das tecnologias da informação, num exercício prático do direito universal à expressão. Visível nas ações do movimento social, em toda a América Latina, a partir dos anos de 1960, através da comunicação alternativa e da educação popular, o conceito, sistematizado pelo NCE/USP, em 1999, tem como seu principal desafio, hoje, converter-se em política pública, em…
Find out more »First Social Innovation Camp in the Arab Region launched by UNDP
The “First Social Innovation Camp for Youth from the Arab Region” was held for three days on 13 to 15 June 2015 in Amman, Jordan. The main purpose was to provide a platform for young women and men to examine key development challenges facing the region and suggest innovative solutions to address them. The camp is the first event of its kind to be organized on a regional level by the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP). A total of 65…
Find out more »Media Education Conference June 15-17, Finland
Welcome to the MEC 2015! Media Education Conference - MEC 2015 (former NBE) is an informal and friendly conference which participants attend to exchange ideas and information dealing with media education, educational use of ICTs and learning environments. MEC is organized on 15-17 June 2015 in Sallatunturi, Finland, with the theme In the Light of the Midnight Sun. The event organizer is the Centre for Media Pedagogy at the University of Lapland (CMP), Finland.
Find out more »Fourth Annual Global Media and Information Literacy Week
The MIL Week highlights include the MIL Conference taking place June 26-27, 2015 in Philadelphia, USA, and the meeting of the UNESCO-UNAOC International University Network on Media and Information Literacy and Intercultural Dialogue (MILID). The MIL Week activities and conference are important opportunities for members of the Global Alliance for Partnerships on Media and Information Literacy (GAPMIL) and the International University MILID Network to meet and share the latest research, projects, new ideas and information with a diverse gathering of…
Find out more »2015 NAMLE Conference
The theme for the conference is Celebrating Connectivity Across Cultures. The event will take place in vibrant Center City at the Westin Philadelphia, 99 South 17th Street at Liberty Place. Watch your inbox for the call for proposals, which will be released in early October. The NAMLE conference brings together a unique mix of educators, media literacy practitioners, scholars, content producers, media-industry leaders and others passionate about media literacy education to share their work and learn from one another. Join…
Find out more »Children’s Media Conference 2015
The Children’s Media Conference is the most important event in the UK calendar for everyone involved in developing, producing and distributing content for kids. During the Children’s Media Conference 2014, over 1.000 delegates from children’s TV, interactive media, games, licensing, toys, radio, book and magazine publishing, arts, culture, film and ed tech went to Sheffield, England, from 2-4 July.
Find out more »Danube Peace Boat
Knowledge and Education has zero value without IMPLEMENTATION! Share, Develop and Implement your knowledge, convert it in ACTION! Danube Peace Boat E.U.R.O.P.E. Project INTERNATIONAL, INTERCULTURAL, INTERACTIVE, INCLUSIVE AND INNOVATIVE Traveling Festival, New International Media Pedagogy School and Training-Workshop on the Floating Classroom, European Understanding, Rapid Action (RapTION) in providing Opportunity for everybody to participate in development of the Intercultural Pedagogy and New, Digital, Multimedia Education! Our project has to implement our multimedia educational experience and experience of our partners in…
Find out more »UNDP Unveils National Competition for Youth Innovators in Swaziland
MBABANE – The United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), through a newly- formed Innovators Association of Swaziland (IAS), has introduced a national competition for Swazi youth innovators to design, create and innovate development solutions for the country. Such innovative solutions will be targeted at various sectors including information and communication technology (ICT), Music, Arts, Health, Education and Agriculture. The competition was officially launched by UNDP's Deputy Resident Representative (DRR), Kabiru Nasidi at the UNDP Headquarters in Mbabane in September 2014. The…
Find out more »WORKSHOP: WHAT IS THE ROLE OF MEDIA IN PROMOTING CIVIC ENGAGEMENT?
It is easier than ever before for citizens to engage around issues they care about through the media- either as consumers, producers or both. New media outlets are using innovative ways to generate content; while social media is connecting people, ideas and movements. How can media best promote sustainable civic engagement? What are examples of new and creative tools that the media are using to engage citizens? How is all of this shifting ideas of governance and accountability? Join us…
Find out more »Media Rise Festival 2015: Forum
A daylong series of talks, presentations and workshops, convening people who are passionate about creating positive change through media. The forum is designed for information-sharing on case studies, best practices, and requests for collaboration in the media and social impact sectors. FORUM IMPACT HUB DC 419 7th St NW, 3rd Floor, Washington, DC 20004 8:30am - 5pm
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