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Journée internationale de l’alphabétisation: l’alphabétisation dans un monde numérique
Cette année la conférence internationale pour la Journee internationale de l’alphabétisation aura pour sujet "L’alphabétisation dans un monde numérique". L’événement mondial aura lieu au Siège de l’UNESCO à Paris le 8 septembre. Le temps fort sera la remise des Prix UNESCO d’alphabétisation. La conférence aura pour objectif de : - approfondir la compréhension du type de compétences en alphabétisation dont les gens ont besoin pour naviguer dans un monde numérique et ce que cela signifie pour l'alphabétisation et l'apprentissage. -…
Find out more »European Conference on Information Literacy (ECIL)
Co-organized by the Department of Information Management of Hacettepe University, Department of Information and Communication Sciences of Zagreb University and the IUT Paris Descartes, European Conference on Information Literacy (or ECIL) will take place in Saint-Malo, France from 18-21 September 2017. ECIL is an international conference under the patronage of UNESCO and IFLA. Paul G. Zurkowski is the Honorary Chair of the Conference. Conference committees include over hundred distinguished experts from over sixty countries. The language of the Conference is…
Find out more »Media Meets Literacy in Sarajevo
Media literacy professionals from all over Europe will be gathering in Sarajevo in September 2017 to explore the huge challenges of our rapidly changing media world. Given the tidal wave of information, disinformation, propaganda and lies that we have witnessed in the recent past, the Media Meets Literacy 2017 conference, organized by the Evens Foundation and partners, will have plenty to discuss.
Find out more »het Vlaams Mediawijs Congres ‘MediaBurgers’
Het congres 'MediaBurgers' focust op thema’s op het snijvlak tussen burgerschap en mediawijsheid: Media(wijsheid) als een mensenrecht Informatiebubbels en fake news Online beleidsparticipatie Creators for social change Op het Menu: Volg de keynote van Prof. David Buckingham over de uitdagingen van fake news voor het educatieve werkveld Ga aan de slag tijdens hands-on workshops over digital storytelling, beeldtaal in de berichtgeving en nieuws maken. Laat je inspireren door participatieve praktijken voor en met jongeren, kwetsbare ouders, mensen met een verstandelijke…
Find out more »Global Media and Information Literacy Week 2017
Global Media and Information Literacy Week 2017 Media and Information Literacy in Critical Times: Re-imagining Ways of Learning and Information Environments The annual Global MIL Week activities and the feature conference are important opportunities for stakeholders globally to celebrate the progress achieved towards the process of "MIL for all". Global MIL Week also enables connections and sharing of creative projects, the latest research, new ideas, and information across countries and stakeholders involved in MIL, and in print, screen-based and digital…
Find out more »Media Literacy Seminar 2017
The rapid pace at which technology is changing is having huge effects on our cultures and relationships. At the same time a divide between generations is emerging because of this rapidly evolving media landscape. Digital natives have different relationships with media than millennials and older generations. Children today are consuming, creating, dealing with and living in media in numerous other ways - we need to adapt to that. Let’s bridge the generational gap by taking children seriously as makers, users…
Find out more »Nordic Game Week
Games have quickly become an established, important and fun medium for people of all ages! Nordic Game Week is theme week all about games, game culture and gamers! Nordic Game Week is celebrated from 30.10. to 5.11.2017! The purpose of the theme week is to have the public libraries and other organizations from all the Nordic countries to focus on digital games and traditional games as a medium for one week in November. The aim is to promote game literacy…
Find out more »United States Media Literacy Week 2017
3rd Annual United States Media Literacy Week November 6 – November 10, 2017 #MediaLitWk Coordinated by NAMLE medialiteracyweek@namle.net Media Literacy is the ability to ACCESS, ANALYZE, EVALUATE, COMMUNICATE and CREATE using all forms of communication. The mission of Media Literacy Week is to highlight the power of media literacy education and its essential role in education today.
Find out more »3rd ANNUAL MEDIA LITERACY WEEK USA
The 3rd annual Media Literacy Week (https://medialiteracyweek.us) in the United States is being held November 6 -10, 2017. The mission of Media Literacy Week is to highlight the power of media literacy education and its essential role in education today. Hosted by the National Association for Media Literacy Education (NAMLE), U.S. Media Literacy Week brings together hundreds of partners for events and activities around the county. This important initiative has the support of a large group of partnering organizations and…
Find out more »Media Literacy Week in the United States (Kick off event)
To kick off the 3rd annual U.S. Media Literacy Week, Reuters and the National Association for Media Literacy Education (NAMLE) are bringing together journalists, pre-K to grade-12 educators, higher education professors, and researchers to discuss journalism and media literacy in today’s world. Conversations will explore the challenges journalists and educators face in the ever-growing information landscape, how journalists and educators can work together to move beyond the “fake news” discussion and what students need to understand to participate as an…
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