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IX INTERNATIONAL GUIDE CONFERENCE: Online Education and Society: The Challenges of the Digital Era
The IX International GUIDE Conference, “Online Education and Society: The Challenges of the Digital Era” to be held on May 6-8, 2015 at the Universidad del Salvador in Buenos Aires, Argentina, will provide a critical framework for the analysis of the impact of the digital revolution on society, higher education institutions and student and teacher behavior. The conference is structured around 3 main areas – Higher Education, Corporate Education and Science, Technology and Research – and will offer an in-depth…
Find out more »Kids TV: Travel Around the World in a Day from New York City! (PRIX JEUNESSE)
From topics to taboos; formats to what’s funny, children’s television produced in other countries can be wildly different from our own. The Children’s Media Association, Fordham University’s Department of Communication and Media Studies, and PlayScience invite you to screen and discuss kids TV from around the world, drawn from the 50th Anniversary international children’s TV festival, PRIX JEUNESSE 2014
Find out more »International Congress on Communication, Civil Society and Social Change
The injustices and inequalities taking place worldwide have moved thousands of people to claim their rights through social movements. Especially since 2011, citizens protests have revived globally with the Arab Spring, the 15M in Spain, Occupy in the United States and other countries such as Greece, Turkey, Chile or Brazil, that have also seen several social movements unfolding. The International Congress on Communication, Civil Society and Social Change (#comunicambio, #com4change) is organized in a participatory way with professionals in communication,…
Find out more »Media Meets Literacy in Warsaw
Media Meets Literacy… in Warsaw is, above all, a learning and networking event taking place in a pleasant atmosphere. It is aimed at 200 Media and Information Literacy (MIL) professionals from all over Europe – from policymakers and researchers to academics and, in particular, practitioners. Organized by the Evens Foundation, it celebrates the foundation’s work in the Media and Information Literacy (MIL) field over more than five years. The main objective is to create a festive event where the participants…
Find out more »67th World News Media Congress
A who's who of global executives from media industry and experts from other industries will share their strategies, insights and advice during probing panel discussions, interviews, and best practice presentations. Industry leaders will provide directions and critical answers to today’s challenging questions. The Congress offers valuable takeaways, timely tips and ideas, and an injection of confidence to build long-term and future-oriented news media strategies.
Find out more »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 »PLURAL+ 2015 CALL FOR ENTRIES
The United Nations Alliance of Civilizations (UNAOC) and the International Organization for Migration (IOM) again invite the world’s youth to submit original and creative videos focusing on PLURAL+ themes: migration, diversity and social inclusion. Recognizing youth as powerful agents of social change in a world often characterized by intolerance, and cultural and religious divisions, PLURAL+ invites youth to address key challenges related to migrant integration, inclusiveness, identity, diversity, human rights and social cohesiveness, both at local and global levels. Young…
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…
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